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Originally posted by emmaEven though it has a relatively small target audience, & didn't have a lot of airplay (Possibly has something to do with me never having gotten sick of it.) ...
Originally posted by JayJayDeanAre the Volkswagen commercials featuring "our German engineer, Wolfgang" eligible even though they are radio spots?
"Zis car has three speeds, and ze third speed is 'disappointment'. Car, honk if you suck. *honk*"
I'm impartial to the "Dr. Zee" commercials from DailerChrysler, myself.
Well don't get used to them. He was canned as spokesperson about two weeks ago.
"I enjoy cocaine because it's a fun thing to do. I enjoy the company of prostitutes because it's a fun thing to do. If you combine the two together, it's probably even more fun." -- Representative Robert Wexler (D - FL)
However, Jean Halliday, who covers the automotive industry for Advertising Age magazine, said while the commercials are amusing, the message is unclear.
"There are many Americans who do not know who Dieter Zetsche is," she said. "There was some research I found in my reporting that 80 percent of Americans who saw the ads thought the character was a made up person. They didn't realize he was really the chair of DaimlerChrysler AG."
Other critics complained that Zetsche's silly behavior in the ads was inappropriate for the chairman of an international conglomerate, though that would probably be less of a concern if the ads sold cars.
But Halliday said -- when looking at the numbers -- they didn't. When the ads were pulled earlier this month, there was talk that the campaign had been a dud.
DaimlerChrysler denies ad failure Christine Mackenzie, the Executive Director of Multi-Brand Marketing & Agency Relations, for the Chrysler Group, said it's not a sign of failure that the high profile "Dr. Z" ads were abruptly stopped in September when it became clear that too much inventory and low sales were more pressing issues.
"We have to be very spontaneous and flexible, and that's the whole reason for taking down the 'Dr. Z' ads and replacing them with clearance spots," Mackenzie said.
Dr. Z's commercials may not have sold many cars, but he did enter the lexicon as a pop culture icon -- both hated and loved.
"I enjoy cocaine because it's a fun thing to do. I enjoy the company of prostitutes because it's a fun thing to do. If you combine the two together, it's probably even more fun." -- Representative Robert Wexler (D - FL)
>"There are many Americans who do not know who Dieter Zetsche is," she said. "There was some research I found in my reporting that 80 percent of Americans who saw the ads thought the character was a made up person. They didn't realize he was really the chair of DaimlerChrysler AG."<
Add me to the 80 percent.
"Oh it's on like Donkey Kong." - Stifler, American Wedding
I like some of the ads for Game Boy Advance games because they usually have pretty rad music. I first heard Goldfrapp in a commercial for the original Mario vs. Donkey Kong!
I also enjoy the USA Network spots with the characters from all their different shows interacting.
(edited by rinberg on 18.10.06 1001) "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." --Rick Cook
I love iPod commercials, especially the one with Eminem's "Lose Yourself" and the new one with all the neon squiggles in the air.
"How could we possibly appreciate the Mona Lisa if Leonardo had written at the bottom of the canvas: 'The lady is smiling because she is hiding a secret from her lover.' This would shackle the viewer to reality, and I don't want this to happen to 2001." - Stanley Kubrick
Not necessarily the ENTIRE commercial, but the Miller Lite "Man Law" segment where Jerome Bettis goes to give Burt Reynolds a Wet Willie and Burt, without even turning his head, deadpans "Don't!". And how Jerome sheepishly withdraws his finger. Cracks me up every time.
"Cunnilingus and psychiatry brought this on" - Tony Soprano
I can't remember which cell phone carrier it is for, but I love that one.
"I enjoy cocaine because it's a fun thing to do. I enjoy the company of prostitutes because it's a fun thing to do. If you combine the two together, it's probably even more fun." -- Representative Robert Wexler (D - FL)
this is one of those really surreal commercials; while I appreciate the out-of-the-boxness of it... in the back of my head it really creeps me out.
Just like that commercial about chicken fries, where one guy tells the other he'll turn into a chicken if he keeps eating them. Then cuts to the guy getting out of bed and he has chicken feet... and for no reason they show a fox in his house hallway. Random, weird. You guys know which commercial Im talking about? (whats the deal with that fox?!)
A girl where I work also thinks that the Skittles Rabbit commercial is hilarious. She shows it to everyone she can. So far, she's only found one other person who laughed at it.
My name is Brett. I'm 48, born in New York City and mostly grew up in the Jersey suburbs. I used to be a radio DJ, taught elementary school for a while, and now I'm a test prep teacher with The Princeton Review--SAT, ACT, LSAT, GMAT, and so on.