With the dawn of the ViVo age, will we see the next generation of advertising icons?
Think about the culture of America. So many timeless characters are just shills to take away our hard earned money!
Who are the best? The most memorable?
I offer that though there are some great ones out there, all fall short in comparison to McDonlad’s Grimace!
Joe Isuzu
She’s not much of a character, but I’m partial to Mandy Amano, the girl who dances and wiggles to the “Rich Girl” song in the new Pepsi TV ads.
The Twix – er, Trix – Rabbit, of course!
Or for a more classic and timeless example, how about our standard image of jolly, fat, white-bearded, red-and-white-clad Santa Claus, the product of Coca-Cola ads?
The Marlboro Man comes immediately to mind … and I don’t even smoke.
It’s all about Ernest P. Worrell. Even got his own movies… all seventy-two trillion of 'em…
That’s gotta count as “Best” in someone’s book.
Did you chaps in the US get the jeans advert set in a launderette?
With the haunting sound of ‘Heard it on the grapevine’ in the background, a male model called Nick Kamen strolls in, takes off his jeans and washes them. Giggling girls and an old bloke watch in admiration / amazement.
(There was a fine spoof followup, with a similar advert, but the catchphrase ‘bet he drinks Carling Black Label!’.)
Dr. Galazkiewicz (I wish I could find a link to the ad)
Paul Bunyan.
I vote for that little bunny with the drum.
I’d say James Bond, but that would be just a little too snarky for Cafe Society
Stranger
“Does this Limo have Bud Light?”
“Yes.”
“Then I’m Doctor Galla-WEEK-itz.”
“You mean Doctor Galakawitz?”
“Yes I am.”
“First time in a Limo…Doctor?”
What is?
This goes back a ways, and I’m not even sure if he counts as a “character,” but I loved the Jamaican “Uncola Nut Man” from 7-Up commercials in the '60s. (“These are cola nuts…these [holding up a lemon and a lime] are un-cola nuts. Rather laaarger than cola nuts. Rather juicier.”)
Yo Quero Taco Bell.
HO! HO! HO! Green Giant!