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Hmmmm... Perhaps this is all planned - the "crack made with chocolate pudding" does sound a bit odd doesn't it? ;)
This post has attracted the attention of Tequila, the TBWA toy that boasts they invented "DISRUPTON" a methodology whereby they provide their clients with ideas and actions that break the mould.
Anyway, people from the super secret Tequila Hacienda are hitting the front page right now so they are talking about something around here, and since Coco Rocks is their client, it might just be this post. ;)
Cute... But nothing tops the creepyness of Burger King vs Darth Vader heavy breathing duel. The stuff of nightmares. Yup.
Oooh, well see that might be a good thing that it fell through actually. From my p.ov. anyway, I have a knack of being in countries where I might not know the language too well, and surfing the web - if the website changes to French to accommodate me it really doesn't work since I don't speak it.
(and I always did wonder how that sort of thing deals with Switzerland... Does it ask only in that case or does it check the computers main language? The latter would make sense for everyone.)
No worries I didn't think you sounded bitchy, you're right like I said it was rather cryptic. Could've written that a lot better, was in a hurry. ;)
Now, I do hope that their idea travels and that they get to do this to other cities, like Times Square in New York, somewhere in Hong Kong and so on. I'd love to invite them to Stockholm, last time I visited there I was suprised at how many ads and ad-signs are now covering the center of town, and how BIG some of them are, things have changed a lot up there.
Pardon the delay but I did receive another reply from the journalist who wrote the Deseretnews article (which seems to be the source of all articles about this interesting enough).
He did say that Kari, the lady with the new forehead, called and invited everyone to the scene. He assumes that Goldenpalace urged her to do that because you can't buy this kind of advertising for a puny 10k.
I thought that detail was interesting, that it's not Goldenpalace sending out press releases about their strange events, but the people featured. Since everyone "bought" by GP.com, from the cleavage tattoo girl to Kari, say something along the lines: "I'm delighted that the winning bid was by GoldenPalace.com. They seem to be innovative and fun." - I'm guessing they've been instructed in what to say, at least. GP*s motto is to not mess with a good thing, the first cleavage they bought was in Florida.
So far Goldenpalace ahs won all of these Ebay bids and gotten in the paper just about every time.
From the BBC Ad breakdown article you linked:
In some respects this advert may become a classic, to rank alongside the BR promotional films and the 1980s British Rail "Relax" advert in which even the Penguin in the logo on a passenger's book dozes.
The film they are refering to is here: Intercity Relax 1988.
Heya, lookie here suddenwaffle, you made the Creativitity email. ;)
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