Best ad complaint ever? Pure Blonde cleared of cruelty to mythical winged horses
Life is, Dr Mumbo is sure, good when you work for the Ad Standards Bureau.
After all, you never know what sort of complaint you’ll get.
Take this one about Clemenger BBDO’s Pure Blonde ad that sees a burp from our bumbling heroes bring down Brewtopia and startle Colin the Pegasus.
What can you say…definitely a pure blonde complaint
Harold Scruby does this trick, but without the ironic intentions…
I think you will find that the ASB – by law – MUST investigate all written complaints. As Zac has clearly demonstrated this nanny-state approach gives a disproportionately loud voice to all the nutbaggers out there (not that Zac is a nutbagger).
So here’s my thought.
Why don’t we all join up to all the nutbag societies that lobby, and by sheer weight of numbers change their agendas? Let’s call it reverse-nutbagging!
I’m offended by the idea that all it takes to sell beer is two ugly schlubs ripping a dress off a beautiful blonde who is plunging to her death. who thinks up this crap?
Oh thank God, I hadn’t heard the term Nanny State for so long…
Settle down kids. I don’t understand the fuss? Blonde tastes of horse p1ss anyway.
In my local bottlo at the moment I can pick up a case of either Lowenbrau or Bitburger for only $40!!!
Quite simply divine beer compared to Pure Blonde. I havent seen an advert for either of the above beers ever in Australia.
Admittedly I will pick Blonde over New or VB; so perhaps gumby’s and Blonde’s does sell beer to me..?
Admittedly Blonde does make me feel gruff the next day.
The gravity of the situation is matched only by the recent-ish controversy sparked by American sex advice columnist Dan Savage when he stood up for the rights of centaur fetishists everwhere.
The ad that started it all:
http://slog.thestranger.com/sl.....fetishists
And one of the letters that followed:
http://www.thestranger.com/slo.....w=comments
How did this end up at Centaur fetish?
I pride myself on my ability to lower the tone of any conversation.
Another sexist ad from our male dominated advertising industry. Time that womenget some senior positions in ad agencies and then we would not continue to get these sexist ads.
Cruelty to animals even if they are computer generated is just not acceptable, I turn off when I see that ad and would never buy the product.
cheers
Carole Goldsmith
What’s the point of it being winged if it can’t fly? Surely it’s the only one on that mountain top that survives?