Estonian soviet-era TV-ads

January 30, 2005 1:40 AM

Estonian TV-Commercials from the 80's by Harry Egipt.
posted by lazy-ville (12 comments total)

Soup, minced chicken, ice cream.
posted by lazy-ville at 1:44 AM on January 30, 2005

Not subtle at all, that Pinguin ice-cream ad. ;)
posted by dabitch at 2:58 AM on January 30, 2005

Laughing hysterically at soup here.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 3:24 AM on January 30, 2005

Quivering in terror at the minced chicken here.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 3:26 AM on January 30, 2005

So in a communist ideology, advertising is meant to dissuade you from using money?
posted by Pretty_Generic at 3:28 AM on January 30, 2005

These are awesome-- stereotypically 80's German/Scandinavian presentation married to Soviet lameness.
posted by Mayor Curley at 3:53 AM on January 30, 2005

The minced chicken frightened me with their hypnotic zombie-liek repetition of the brand name... Related, the hungarian ad thread the other day.
posted by dabitch at 4:06 AM on January 30, 2005

Shoot, I messed that link up a little. There, much better.
posted by dabitch at 4:11 AM on January 30, 2005

I like this one, because it looks like it could be a commercial for pee jars.
posted by MegoSteve at 5:58 AM on January 30, 2005

Lazy-ville, I'll spring for all the booze you want if you keep posting rapping Finnish beetles and Estonian minced chicken ads.
posted by Wolfdog at 6:02 AM on January 30, 2005

Great links. I think even Susan Sontag (RIP) would be left speechless.
posted by bardic at 12:54 PM on January 30, 2005

Still a little intimidated by that minced chicken ad. Especially that meatwad all battered up and deep fried.

::shiver::

Great link.
posted by briank at 2:02 PM on January 30, 2005