Ellen has a gay old time – as in fun and happy
Sometimes we forget how funny or odd something can be for people who don’t know the heritage or understand the cultural context of our brands.
Take Streets Golden Gaytime ice cream for example.
Many Australians will have fond memories of munching on a Gaytime when they were young – innocently associating the name with nothing more than having a good time – y’know being happy, cheery, sunny and gay…
But of course in the present day the brand name comes with much more homosexual connotations.
Video doesn’t work
Aw Tim the vid isnt working!
But just imagining the content has me satisfied. Gaytime is hilarious if you arent already familiar, and if you are familiar but get into an immature mood.
Hey Tim.
Video isn’t working.
And my co-worker told me to tell you the video isn’t working for her .
My boss is telling me to get off mumbrella, (but on a side note, the video isn’t working for her either).
Ahhhh … finger on the pulse reporting there Mumbo!
P.S. Video no longer there.
Hi guys,
The video appears to be working from our end. Maybe give it another go now.
Cheers,
Camille – Mumbrella
It works, you just need to click on the clip showing Ellen on the bottom left. (after it asks you to accept the friend request, which you ignore)
Thats great, go Ellen.
Aha!
Well Ellen, it is hard to have a Gaytime on your own, so tempting!
The ad was on the back of buses during the Mardi Gras and I thought at the time that it was a very clever campaign.
It’s brilliant for SO many reasons. Great ice-cream, brilliant name, top piece of copywriting. It’s just so memorable and it’s this 50 year old ice cream plastered to the side of a bus. I know this is heresy on this site – but digital can never deliver that!
good onya Sally! How contrived!
haha, love that Ben and Jerry’s line. hysterical!