I drive by Apple’s Cupertino HQ daily on my way to work (I live in San Jose and work in Mountain View), and they have these HUGE black and white Think Different banners on the main building. They rotate the banners every couple months… it was a little girl for a while, but since March (I assume for Black History Month) it’s been Dr. King.
PLG said:
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I don’t have the heart to tell her she’s supposed to think of Jimi Hendrix. Because she’s young. And cute.
Nope. I like the commercials. I think they make a good point… and I don’t think it’s tasteless use, I think it’s a good one.
I can’t say they get my panties in a bunch nor will they prevent me from buying their product. I just find their ads to be in poor taste.
Now one ad that did piss me off was for diamonds. It was in the paper and the caption was something like “If you don’t buy it for her then her next husband will.” That would make be avoid shopping at that particular company.
Marc
Hat’s off to **Drastic ** for boldly and creatively putting a visual image of total hypocrisy for us to look at.
What to look for in advertising trends:
Anne Frank hawking large ovens.
Steven Hawking tapping dancing with a vaccuum cleaner.
Groucho Marx selling guns. ( I once shot an elephant in my pajama’s…)
Ghandi selling Martha Stewart bed sheets
Yul Brenner: The New and Tougher Mr. Clean
Raul Julia: selling the new 2002 Chyrsler Cordoba’s.
Gilda Radner: Hair frizz tamer stuff
Winston Churchill: Starch
Bobby Kennedy: toothpaste
John Kennedy Jr - Hair gel
Princess Diana: Laundry Detergent and Cruise Lines.
Abe Lincoln: Preperation H
James Cagney: Grapefruit Juice (Hi Eve!)
Mae West: Underwear line for Kmart
Gene Kelly: Dancing under sprinkler systems
Ginger Rogers: Birkenstocks
Humphrey Bogart: Mutual funds.
George Raft: Off Track Betting
Chico Marx: Off Track Betting
Ed Sullivan: Life Insurance
Jimmy Stewart: Chevy’s
Bob Hope: Oh wait, he’s not dead yet.
Franklin Roosevelt: Visit Georgia Today ads.
Mamie Eisenhower, Jackie Kennedy, Elenor Roosevelt: Vagisil
Betty Ford: Coors
Who’d I miss?
I’m assuming most of you are aware that selling advertising on your car is already a business.
http://www.autowraps.com/driver_about_us.html
“Welcome to Autowraps.com the first marketplace to list your vehicle as a moving billboard. . . .
Autowraps brings together people who want to earn extra money while driving and in traffic and companies who want a unique medium to promote their brand or product.”