Rolf Harris paints Cadbury’s poster

Tim Burrowes

September 22, 2009 9:52

Aussie entertainer Rolf Harris is the front man for an advertising campaign which has seen Cadbury’s give away its advertising space to the public.

The UK campaign for Cadbury’s Wispa Gold saw the brand give 50 members of the public the opportunity to put their messages on a billboard.

And Rolf Harris painted a marriage proposal for one of the winners on a JC Decaux billboard.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.

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ad billboard business celebrity entertainment JC Decaux Media Rolf Harris

5 COMMENTS

Boskin 22 Sep 09

It’s just Cadbury. Not Cadbury’s.

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Jojo 22 Sep 09

Gotta love a bit of romance and wobble board together

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DD 22 Sep 09

have you guessed that it is yet?

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Anonymous 22 Sep 09

mastercard did the proposal billboard thing for valentine’s day. looks like it was on the same london outdoor site:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP23Vcav6OE

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version 22 Sep 09

I don’t mind that it’s similar to the Mastercard idea. It’s fun and engaging. For that alone it beats 90% of everything else.

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