Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Internet Search
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
General Discussions
The Watercooler
I want to talk about commercials.
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 73264" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>You guys just used THAT word - I've been chided for using it on this site and because some words are perfectly acceptable for us, I have to remember they're not always, for others.</p><p></p><p>But it's a word commonly used even in Aussie parliament. I guess it's from our Pommie background, they use it and the Kiwis do too - and that marvellous ad was made in New Zealand, for a joint NZ/Aust market.</p><p></p><p>It's a classic. Absolutely!</p><p></p><p>And now for the icing on the cake - you may recall the fireworks around the world, on New Year 2000. This was about the same time that fabulous ad we've been talking about hit the scene (and won gold at Cannes). Because Sydney was to be hosting the 2000 Olympics it was decreed that our New Year fireworks, already impressive, were to be several orders of magnitude better than before.</p><p></p><p>Our Sydney Harbour Bridge (the 'coathanger') is always an important feature of the midnight fireworks display. The place is loaded with more explosive power than - I don't know what. Various mysterious structures go up, loaded with mortars, cables, compressors and gunpowder, all set and timed to perfection. At midnight it all lights up for a half hour display which at times rains gold from the deck of the bridge, onto the Harbour below. Even the entire rim of the arch shoots out giant mortar shells which burst into amazing colour.</p><p></p><p>Midnight on December 31 1999 saw the start of an amazing display which was later voted among the best in the world that year. The pall of smoke which was all that was left half an hour later, was similarly impressive but expected.</p><p></p><p>But the front page of Sydney's leading paper next morning - the Sydney Morning Herald - showed a lovely Photoshopped image, full width, of the famous Sydney Harbour Bridge pylons on either end - and nothing in between but a pall of smoking stumps of the arch.</p><p>The headline - "Bugger!"</p><p></p><p>Nothing else.</p><p></p><p>I could probably track down a copy but only through libraries, I can't find a copy online as a link. Pity.</p><p></p><p>It IS archived, in our National Library (Canberra), Mitchell Library (Sydney) and Fisher Library (Sydney University). Other university libraries will have their own microfiche copies also - probably still have hard copy. But unless you can drop in for a visit...</p><p></p><p>The Toyota ad bugger campaign is still ongoing - the latest ad in this series (which began in 1998) is a bloke pulling a stump out with his ute (pickup) and on the other side of the world in Japan, we see a cherry tree vanish down a hole and start to pull other things in after it.</p><p></p><p>They just don't stop!</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 73264, member: 1991"] You guys just used THAT word - I've been chided for using it on this site and because some words are perfectly acceptable for us, I have to remember they're not always, for others. But it's a word commonly used even in Aussie parliament. I guess it's from our Pommie background, they use it and the Kiwis do too - and that marvellous ad was made in New Zealand, for a joint NZ/Aust market. It's a classic. Absolutely! And now for the icing on the cake - you may recall the fireworks around the world, on New Year 2000. This was about the same time that fabulous ad we've been talking about hit the scene (and won gold at Cannes). Because Sydney was to be hosting the 2000 Olympics it was decreed that our New Year fireworks, already impressive, were to be several orders of magnitude better than before. Our Sydney Harbour Bridge (the 'coathanger') is always an important feature of the midnight fireworks display. The place is loaded with more explosive power than - I don't know what. Various mysterious structures go up, loaded with mortars, cables, compressors and gunpowder, all set and timed to perfection. At midnight it all lights up for a half hour display which at times rains gold from the deck of the bridge, onto the Harbour below. Even the entire rim of the arch shoots out giant mortar shells which burst into amazing colour. Midnight on December 31 1999 saw the start of an amazing display which was later voted among the best in the world that year. The pall of smoke which was all that was left half an hour later, was similarly impressive but expected. But the front page of Sydney's leading paper next morning - the Sydney Morning Herald - showed a lovely Photoshopped image, full width, of the famous Sydney Harbour Bridge pylons on either end - and nothing in between but a pall of smoking stumps of the arch. The headline - "Bugger!" Nothing else. I could probably track down a copy but only through libraries, I can't find a copy online as a link. Pity. It IS archived, in our National Library (Canberra), Mitchell Library (Sydney) and Fisher Library (Sydney University). Other university libraries will have their own microfiche copies also - probably still have hard copy. But unless you can drop in for a visit... The Toyota ad bugger campaign is still ongoing - the latest ad in this series (which began in 1998) is a bloke pulling a stump out with his ute (pickup) and on the other side of the world in Japan, we see a cherry tree vanish down a hole and start to pull other things in after it. They just don't stop! Marg [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
General Discussions
The Watercooler
I want to talk about commercials.
Top