Yes, another shortlisted candidate for the coveted Media Tonic Taking Yourself Too Seriously Advertising Award…
Category: awards
Rather good
In case you missed it, Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globe Awards. “Remember: they’re just jokes. We’re all gonna die soon and there is no sequel.”
Iceland
Somewhere in the world there is an award for best sound in a television commercial. So this is the winner.
By the way, fantastic sports article here about the Icelandic goal-keeper, who also directed the ad for crying out loud.
Merry Christmas
And on the subject of over-indulgence, American comedian and actor Milt Moss just passed away. His appearance in an Alka-Seltzer ad greatly helped his career, and the ad was inducted into the Clio Awards Hall of Fame in the seventies.
However, the REAL Hall of Fame in pop-culture is an appearance on The Simpsons. This is what Homer Simpson wrote for his high school Year Book entry:
Cut through
Media Tonic Clever Pants Outdoor Ad of the Week:
Speaking of awards, the Australian Web Awards close on September 16th.