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Monday, May 11, 2009

Ad wars - Australia vs UK


A few weeks ago, the Gruen Transfer asked some Australian advertising agencies to come up with a television advertisement to convince the IOC to bring the Olympic Games back to Sydney. This was the result.

Now Theo has dug up what appears to be an attempt to hit back.

(BTW: At the risk of being a wet blanket, Theo's ad is just a little loose with the facts - although Kevin's People Smuggling Assistance Scheme looks likely to be far more deadly to people attempting to visit Australia this year.)

UPDATE: Graeme in comments sets me straight.

4 comments:

Graeme said...

I'm pretty sure that Theo's add is from an earlier episode of the Gruen Transfer.

Margo's Maid said...

Aah - my bad - thanks for the tip Graeme.

thefrollickingmole said...

Try this one on for moral perversion then MM, Bob "who ate all the pies" Ellis in full flight. Ive left a comment as "mole", not up yet though.

http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2564716.htm

Minicapt said...

But Theo ... http://www.theospark.net/2009/04/video-of-daythe-gruen-transfer-taking.html

Cheers