On 28/11/2012 11:25, Janet wrote:
In article ,
says...

On 27/11/2012 22:13, David Hill wrote:
So are we due for the end of the world?

http://www.maya12-21-2012.com/2012galactic.html
OR
http://www.levity.com/eschaton/Why2012.html

So should I forget about a turkey?

It is high time for another cull of B-Ark material.

I've enjoyed this one because it has given rise to an entertaining ad
on UK TV.. a hunk Noah builds his ark, then his passengers arrive to
start boarding, two by two. They're all beautiful girls.

(Note to product publicity dept.. sorry, haven't a clue what you're
selling)

Janet

I somehow don't think you are the target audience. But then it passed me
by entirely - I will watch out for it now. Aftershave perhaps?

My favourite all time advert was the Levi's rivets ad in the ~70's,
followed closely by the Gods minting BA tickets about the same time.

Regards,
Martin Brown

Martin Brown wrote:

I've enjoyed this one because it has given rise to an entertaining ad
on UK TV.. a hunk Noah builds his ark, then his passengers arrive to
start boarding, two by two. They're all beautiful girls.

(Note to product publicity dept.. sorry, haven't a clue what you're
selling)

Janet

I somehow don't think you are the target audience. But then it passed me
by entirely - I will watch out for it now. Aftershave perhaps?

It does sound a bit like a Lynx advert, but I know the one in question
and - isn't it for O2 or someone similar?

I do remember having the same feeling as Janet about it, and making an
effort to find out who it was (good marketing!), then totally forgot
again by now apparently (not so good marketing!)

Martin Brown wrote in news:gJmts.13343
:

On 28/11/2012 11:25, Janet wrote:
In article ,
says...

On 27/11/2012 22:13, David Hill wrote:
So are we due for the end of the world?

http://www.maya12-21-2012.com/2012galactic.html
OR
http://www.levity.com/eschaton/Why2012.html

So should I forget about a turkey?

It is high time for another cull of B-Ark material.

I've enjoyed this one because it has given rise to an entertaining ad
on UK TV.. a hunk Noah builds his ark, then his passengers arrive to
start boarding, two by two. They're all beautiful girls.

(Note to product publicity dept.. sorry, haven't a clue what you're
selling)

Janet

I somehow don't think you are the target audience. But then it passed me
by entirely - I will watch out for it now. Aftershave perhaps?

My favourite all time advert was the Levi's rivets ad in the ~70's,
followed closely by the Gods minting BA tickets about the same time.

Regards,
Martin Brown


Subliminal advertising? One of many good reasons why not to watch a tv
company or channel with advertisements.

Baz

Sacha wrote in
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On 2012-11-28 14:18:29 +0000, Baz said:

Martin Brown wrote in
news:gJmts.13343 :
snip

My favourite all time advert was the Levi's rivets ad in the ~70's,
followed closely by the Gods minting BA tickets about the same time.

Regards,
Martin Brown


Subliminal advertising? One of many good reasons why not to watch a
tv company or channel with advertisements.

Baz

We don't have subliminal advertising.

Thats true, Sacha, but the same advert. repeated over and over and then
over and over again is IMO an attempt to "brainwash" the viewer. Either
that or they regard their viewers as brain damaged and need to be reminded
every few minutes. I find it impossible now to watch any channel with
adverts. You are right though, the adverts are more interesting than the
programmes. How bad can that be?

Baz

On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:48:30 +0000, Sacha wrote:

I don't think advertisers have realised that sometimes people can be so
irritated by repetitive showing of an ad that it can put them off the
product through sheer annoyance!

I can't stand TV adverts at all. I never buy advertised products. I
don't mind product announcements or even the occasional sponsorship
but I rarely see a TV advert. If I want to watch a program on any of
the commercial channels I record it and skip the adverts.

Steve

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I don't think advertisers have realised that sometimes people can be so
irritated by repetitive showing of an ad that it can put them off the
product through sheer annoyance! I mean - how many cheap sofas does
anyone need?! The other interesting thing, my brother told me a long
time ago, is that having someone very famous in an ad can actually
detract from the product because all the public remember is the actor.
He created the now long-ago ad for WH Smith in which Nicholas Lyndhurst
played every member of a family and that was hugely successful because
it was funny but also because of the attention-holding novelty of 1 well
known person seen in many guises. If an ad is like a little playlet, it
holds the attention. The awful droning on ads that relentlessly push
have a negative effect, imo.


Who doesn't remember Oxo Katie?
Well discounting the youngsters.

"David Hill" wrote in message
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I don't think advertisers have realised that sometimes people can be so
irritated by repetitive showing of an ad that it can put them off the
product through sheer annoyance! I mean - how many cheap sofas does
anyone need?! The other interesting thing, my brother told me a long
time ago, is that having someone very famous in an ad can actually
detract from the product because all the public remember is the actor.
He created the now long-ago ad for WH Smith in which Nicholas Lyndhurst
played every member of a family and that was hugely successful because
it was funny but also because of the attention-holding novelty of 1 well
known person seen in many guises. If an ad is like a little playlet, it
holds the attention. The awful droning on ads that relentlessly push
have a negative effect, imo.


Who doesn't remember Oxo Katie?
Well discounting the youngsters.

Yes I remember Katie, but who can remember the adverts which ended with "We
want to be together"? AND, which company?

Mike


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I'm an Angel, honest ! The horns are there just to keep the halo straight.

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If an ad is like a little playlet, it
holds the attention. The awful droning on ads that relentlessly push
have a negative effect, imo.


Tom and i were always a bit bemused by adverts that seem to condone
cruel behaviour as the advert where the grownups send the children into
the garden to hunt for sweets but have kept them all for themselves
really. We never thought that was funny - seems just nasty
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Janet Tweedy

"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message
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If an ad is like a little playlet, it
holds the attention. The awful droning on ads that relentlessly push
have a negative effect, imo.


Tom and i were always a bit bemused by adverts that seem to condone cruel
behaviour as the advert where the grownups send the children into the
garden to hunt for sweets but have kept them all for themselves really. We
never thought that was funny - seems just nasty

Yes I don't like stuff like that either
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"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 2012-11-29 16:56:05 +0000, David Hill
said:


I don't think advertisers have realised that sometimes people can be so
irritated by repetitive showing of an ad that it can put them off the
product through sheer annoyance! I mean - how many cheap sofas does
anyone need?! The other interesting thing, my brother told me a long
time ago, is that having someone very famous in an ad can actually
detract from the product because all the public remember is the actor.
He created the now long-ago ad for WH Smith in which Nicholas Lyndhurst
played every member of a family and that was hugely successful because
it was funny but also because of the attention-holding novelty of 1 well
known person seen in many guises. If an ad is like a little playlet, it
holds the attention. The awful droning on ads that relentlessly push
have a negative effect, imo.


Who doesn't remember Oxo Katie?
Well discounting the youngsters.

Lol! Linda Bellingham gently complained recently that one of the royal
family had talked of her character in those ads. She'd rather hoped he
might have remembered her other and many rôles!

She was a very good 'Katie' but do you remember the original?

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"Sacha" wrote in message
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She was a very good 'Katie' but do you remember the original?


Yes. I looked her up and she was Mary Holland. I remembered her but not
her name. She was very 'cleancut', a bit Sylvia Peters, whereas with Linda
and her screen ad husband, there was always a 'frisson d'amour' going on.
Amazing what a bit of stock could do...!

lol true))))))))))))
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On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:06:40 +0000, Sacha wrote:

Subliminal advertising? One of many good reasons why not to watch a tv
company or channel with advertisements.

We don't have subliminal advertising. It's illegal in UK.

Well the flash frame type stuff is but I sometimes think the ad agencies
come up with an ad that make people talk about the ad as they don't know
what the ad was advertising... Then they find out and it "sticks" a bit
better in the mind.

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Cheers
Dave.