octobre 15, 2005
How to get ahead in advertising
Where does inspiration come in boxes?
a) Boots Pharmacy
b) Ceramic Tile Warehouse
c) Leith Mortuary
If you answered b), then you could be a potential champion of the advert game. Suitable for ages 9 to 99. That’s and, not to. Whilst getting brainwashed by “messages”, affect mental skill and agility by screeching like Pavlov’s consumer monkeys. MB Games couldn’t have come up with a more mindless pastime. Lead your chums in a chanted litany of precious things. Be the first to name the product advertised, identifying brand and specific product.
Is that plain old Mister Sheen, or his fragrant “friend”, Mr Sheen Pot Pourri? If you don’t have chums, shout out anyway, and the dog will probably follow suit as your frenzy mounts. You can play fast and hard, or with laid-back “irony”. As a side project, become an expert no ad trivia. For instance, Grange Hill’s now balding “Stew Pot”, celebrated for his sensitive portrayal of “Kev” in the car advert, has also appeared in adverts for diarrhoea pills and fruit corners. Or maybe it was fruit pills and... but I digress.