Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Australian TV Ads

So the ads here are a bit funny, because they use a lot of colloquialisms like, "Sure we all buy mince..." - yes, we ALL buy mince, what kind of 2-bit bogan wouldn't buy mince? C'mon. But by far the strangest ad is one for an underwear maker here named Bonds. They'll run 12 short commercials over the span of just one half hour show, so it starts to get really strange if the TV's on in the background. A guy kinda singing like Robert Goulet half asleep just sings a part of "Twelve Days of Christmas" with a couple guitar plucks and fades out.

Imagine this coming on repeatedly:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5sgx0Yjnlw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79visS2GafE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqXG28ffG48
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQt1zrDPDKk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rumgnCjAhrI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUdNfmebeMg

So weird.

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