Ricky Gervais’ love of telcos travels borders
Ricky Gervais has been widely been lauded for his ads for Optus and its Netflix tie-in.
But Dr Mumbo can’t help but feel like there is a strategic overlap between what is he did here in Oz and what Ricky is now doing for Verizon in the US:
The Verizon ads launched this week in America.
For those who don’t remember the original Optus ad, here it is, albeit with slightly more attitude:
Verizon definitely is not the first to co-opt a great ad idea from down under, just go ask the guys at Coles.
When you’re on to a good thing – why shake it up. I enjoyed both ads.
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And then there’s this one – which even use the same gags.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbTo7DosD5g
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And I wonder where the Optus guys got the inspiration to use Ricky to promote their addition of Netflix?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SZv2vPdj6g
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