February 10 2009
John Key Benny Hillified and Other Choice Links
posted by Ana Samways at 12:39 pm
Ads: Last year Auckland ad agency Ogilvy came up with a shit-hot viral for Auckland Zoo. Now Saatchis has tried the viral approach for Wellington Zoo to attract the Valentine’s Day crowd for an adults only picnic. Unfortunately it doesn’t work. Using sex instead of shit, the audio is just too porno — it’s your basic female climaxing soundtrack with (hopefully) inadvertent connotations of bestiality. It’s uncomfortable viewing for me, as it probably is for family-friendly zoo bosses.
Local video: The PM’s dance routine at the Big Gay Out with entertainers Buffy and Bimbo deserves to be Benny Hillified (i.e. footage speeded up with the Benny Hill slapstick soundtrack)
A whole lotta f-ing: Every swear word, from every episode of the Sopranos in chronological order. Do I need the NSFW language tag?
Wired magazine compares the BMI of Playboy Playmates versus average women over the decades and concludes what we all know: ‘Today’s Playmates Are More Like Anime Figures Than Real Humans’.
Cute clip: Baby scared of Dad’s snoring. Bless.
Picture this: If you can bear to look at any more pictures of the devastation in Australia, go here. Boston.com’s excellent photo blog, The Big Picture, provides full screen size online pictures which do justice to the magnitude of the tragedy.
Video: Target Women’s Sarah Haskins riffs on how chocolate is marketed to women. (Embedding isn’t working; go here to view)
February 11th, 2009 at 9:32 am
That zoo ad is HORRENDOUS!
February 11th, 2009 at 11:21 am
“New Zealand’s first zoo to get up close and personal to native treasures and endangered exotic animals.” – Wellington Zoo website.
Hmmm…..
February 12th, 2009 at 8:10 am
Boston.com’s “Big Picture” comes out about 2x/week. The photos are always great, and to be honest, offer something a bit more than our typical US-centric news. We in Massachusetts are a bit more open to the world
It’s worth following no matter where you are.