Creepiest ad in the history of creepiness
Creepiest ad in the history of creepiness
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#1Creepiest ad in the history of creepiness
Posted: 12/28/08 at 11:46am
I understand the intentions are good... but, yeesh..
From beyond the grave...
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miss pennywise
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/04
#2re: Creepiest ad in the history of creepiness
Posted: 12/28/08 at 11:57amUnquestionably creepy. Bordering on tacky. And weird, too. I mean, couldn't they just use someone who's living? Why John? For instance, I do believe Ringo is available.
http://www.roches.com/television/ss83kod.html
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Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#2re: Creepiest ad in the history of creepiness
Posted: 12/28/08 at 12:05pmObviously, Yoko gave them permission, and even if she isn't charging them any money, she is still a grave robbing whore.
#3re: Creepiest ad in the history of creepiness
Posted: 12/28/08 at 12:08pmYeah, I heard she has approved the spot. I thought parts of the copy were weird.
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FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#4re: Creepiest ad in the history of creepiness
Posted: 12/28/08 at 12:08pm
Cuz they couldn't use the word "Imagine."
Of course Ringo's could be good: "An Octopus's Garden isn't coomplete without a laptop. Be the friends poor children get a little help froom to get by with."
ETA: "she is still a grave robbing whore." Oh come on. Why stop at misogyny? Where's the "chink" for good measure?
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Updated On: 12/28/08 at 12:08 PM
#5re: Creepiest ad in the history of creepiness
Posted: 12/28/08 at 12:23pm
"I tried to do it through me music--but now I'm dead. You can do it. Do it with something that hadn't been invented when I died."
Nothing creepy about that, Yoko. Oh, NO!
miss pennywise
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/04
#6re: Creepiest ad in the history of creepiness
Posted: 12/28/08 at 12:34pm
And ALL of the Monkees are still living.
Not sure al the members of Herman's Hermits are, but Peter Noonan is. And what about the Dave Clark Five? The possibilities are endless if they'd just imagine.
http://www.roches.com/television/ss83kod.html
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SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#7re: Creepiest ad in the history of creepiness
Posted: 12/28/08 at 12:37pmSince it is for charity I will give them a pass. But yea, pretty creepy. I wonder who did the voice, Mike Meyers?
PEACE.
#8re: Creepiest ad in the history of creepiness
Posted: 12/28/08 at 12:38pm
"I tried to do it through me music"-exactly, PJ.
Who's the marketing genius who came up with this?
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#9re: Creepiest ad in the history of creepiness
Posted: 12/28/08 at 1:38pmThat is supposed to be John Lennon?
#10re: Creepiest ad in the history of creepiness
Posted: 12/28/08 at 1:40pm
I suppose all charities are good, but I would rather give my money to an organization that will provide food and medical attention.
Although I do have an extra X-box if they're interested.
....but the world goes 'round
#11re: Creepiest ad in the history of creepiness
Posted: 12/28/08 at 1:50pmDidn't they do that with Lennon in Forrest Gump?
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#12re: Creepiest ad in the history of creepiness
Posted: 12/28/08 at 2:45pm
Tacky.
And why would they want to give lap tops to starving kids?
So they can order food online?
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FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#13re: Creepiest ad in the history of creepiness
Posted: 12/28/08 at 2:46pmThey should have gone with Paul Rudd. His John Lennon in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story could have been in Beatlemania.
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#14re: Creepiest ad in the history of creepiness
Posted: 12/28/08 at 2:47pm
"And why would they want to give lap tops to starving kids?"
Good point-why not give them the $1500 instead?
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#14re: Creepiest ad in the history of creepiness
Posted: 12/28/08 at 2:47pmI'll take the xbox tazber.
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iflitifloat
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/03
#16re: Creepiest ad in the history of creepiness
Posted: 12/29/08 at 5:39pmWow. Just...wow.
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iflitifloat
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/03
#17re: Creepiest ad in the history of creepiness
Posted: 12/29/08 at 5:39pmWow. Just...wow.
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iflitifloat
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/03
#18re: Creepiest ad in the history of creepiness
Posted: 12/29/08 at 5:39pmWow. Just...wow.
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Mythus
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/04
#19re: Creepiest ad in the history of creepiness
Posted: 12/29/08 at 6:04pm
"And why would they want to give lap tops to starving kids?"
Good point-why not give them the $1500 instead?
These little laptops are $200.
Auggie27
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/03
#20re: Creepiest ad in the history of creepiness
Posted: 12/29/08 at 7:16pm
The exploitation of all things Beatles has pissed me off for years -- this is a new low in a sea of lows.
But I think hearing "All You Need Is Love" associated with banking was about the ultimate contradiction of the Beatles' gift.
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kelzama
Broadway Star Joined: 9/14/04
#21re: Creepiest ad in the history of creepiness
Posted: 12/29/08 at 8:02pm
This is the original creepy ad, in my book.
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TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#22re: Creepiest ad in the history of creepiness
Posted: 12/29/08 at 8:53pm
"These little laptops are $200."
Do you know that their whole family can live off of $200.00 a year?
Besides, do they have DSL? A phone line to hook it up to?
I think these kids need more than just a laptop.
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miss pennywise
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/04
#23re: Creepiest ad in the history of creepiness
Posted: 12/29/08 at 10:21pm
I just came across this, quite by accident, when I was looking for something for my kids:
http://www.roches.com/television/ss83kod.html
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wexy
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/19/05
#24re: Creepiest ad in the history of creepiness
Posted: 12/29/08 at 10:37pmHe wouldn't know what a laptop is. Thus it has no credibility.
'Take me out tonight where's there's music and there's people and they're young and alive.'
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