Comments on: And now--a quick word from our sponsors!

And now--a quick word from our sponsors!

hadjiboy — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 22:42:32 -0800

Advertising in India (thanks to this post by NickySkye) More ads here and here

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:22:35 -0800

Cricket & Bollywood fans will be amused to hear that there is an ad here in which Brett Lee is in some kind of office, and the receptionist looks up with an "OMG it's Brett Lee!" look on her face, only to have him start singing hindi filmi music! I think it has something to do with a Brett Lee - Asha Bhosle collaboration album (!!!), but I have yet to follow up on this.

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:29:34 -0800

Google is my friend. Video and story.

By: the cydonian

the cydonian — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 07:36:15 -0800

My god, it's been so long since I've seen this ad! Memories. :-)

By: infini

infini — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 08:44:58 -0800

this first link is absolutely the most insane ad i've ever seen

By: Milkman Dan

Milkman Dan — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:36:55 -0800

These are gorgeous. Thanks for posting, hadjiboy.

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 20:57:06 -0800

(hm, now i've had a chance to watch the whole thing, it turns out that Brett was actually singing in English. Just)

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:07:51 -0800

Delightful post on Indian advertising. I love the bizarrely creative and silly Happydent chewing gum teeth sparkle one, totally hilarious.

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:31:51 -0800

YouTube was being difficult with me tonight and so I could only see the ads on GoogleVideo. A little bit later I can now see the ones on YouTube, they are amazingly funny and wonderful! The permanent marker one is side-splitting! Only in India could they have fun depicting death, mourning, old traditions, the husband-wife connection and sell a permanent marker, while somehow being uplifting and playful, all at the same time. Some vintage Indian print ads. And I've always loved the advertising on matchboxes in India. But I still don't understand how my talking dog post prompted you to this cool one on Indian TV ads. :)

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 20:46:38 -0800

*gee how did that happen? It was supposed to read, always loved the advertising on the matchboxes of India.

By: hadjiboy

hadjiboy — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 21:32:03 -0800

But I still don't understand how my talking dog post prompted you to this cool one on Indian TV ads. I was trying to make a link to an Indian ad for a telecom company which has a pug in its marketing programme, in your thread, but the video wasn't playing, so thought why not make a post. Glad you guys liked it:)

By: hadjiboy

hadjiboy — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 21:37:52 -0800

Here's the link, if anyone's interested. Not sure if the video will play for you though.

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:42:33 -0800

aww, That is a seriously adorable pug ad! (Can't believe it includes film of the boy peeing though). Here's the YouTube link for it.