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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 39.6 | 'it's a gherkin!' | TURB0::art | | Tue Jul 09 1991 16:18 | 14 |
| reviving a topic on car ads.
Has anyone seen the tv advert with the Rover Metro - the one with the
blindfolded guy groping the steering wheel of the car whilst wondering
aloud which one of several phallic objects it is?
It ends with the caption "I bet he doesn't drink Carling Black Label"
I just wonder whether it implies that you need to drink copius amounts
of (very poor) lager before realising that you are indeed sat behind
the wheel of a motor car?!
...art
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| 39.7 | | COMICS::WEGG | Some hard boiled eggs & some nuts. | Tue Jul 09 1991 16:27 | 4 |
| I agree, that is a strange advert. Presumably paid for by the brewers
of Carling, rather than Rover.
Ian.
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| 39.8 | | RUTILE::BISHOP | | Wed Jul 10 1991 11:40 | 3 |
| Has nayone seen the adverts for Continental Tyres?
If so, any comments?
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| 39.9 | | HUGS::AND_KISSES | Scott Marshall | Wed Jul 10 1991 11:50 | 12 |
| re .6, .7 "It's a Gherkin"
Well I thought this ad was hilarious. Carling Black Label ads are always good,
and this one, poking fun at a very poor original advertisment (let's face it,
no-one could be sat blind-folded in a metro and think it was a 2.5l large car!)
is one of the best.
Art, I think the point of the advert is that the man is stupid (doesn't
recognise it's a steering wheel). As Carling would have us believe their lager
is an intelligent choice, the ad concludes this man doesn't drink it...
Scott
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| 39.10 | | VOGON::ATWAL | | Wed Jul 10 1991 12:32 | 5 |
| yup - I understand the ad Scott - but I simply _hate_ it. I'm glad I don't drive
a Metro :-)
...art
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| 39.11 | | WOTVAX::HARRISC | Not very nice at all | Wed Jul 10 1991 13:59 | 6 |
| re: Continental Tyre ad
Yep, great ad - but I was dissapointed to learn this was filmed only a
few inches off the ground...
..Craig
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| 39.12 | What was performed only afew inches off the ground? | TIMMII::RDAVIES | An amateur expert | Wed Jul 10 1991 14:02 | 11 |
| >> <<< Note 39.11 by WOTVAX::HARRISC "Not very nice at all" >>>
>> re: Continental Tyre ad
>> Yep, great ad - but I was dissapointed to learn this was filmed only a
>> few inches off the ground...
Not seen it, can you describe it?.
Richard
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| 39.13 | | HUGS::AND_KISSES | Scott Marshall | Wed Jul 10 1991 14:07 | 6 |
| Art,
Well at least my metro is an Austin one and not the inferior Rover offering
with a gherkin for a steering wheel :-)
Scott
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| 39.14 | Good - if you drive on a roof | WOTVAX::HARRISC | Not very nice at all | Wed Jul 10 1991 18:19 | 10 |
| >Not seen it, can you describe it?
A stunt driver in a Astra, performing various handbrake turns and
spins, stopping right on the edge of what seems to be the roof of a very
high rise building. Of course he needs the Continentals to do this!
Looks very impresive and was apparantly filmed only a couple of
inches off the ground! (GOSH)
..Craig
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