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Hoax 'Suicide Bomber' Car Ad Takes Internet by Storm
The ORIGINAL ad may be seen / downloaded here.... http://www.boreme.com/bm/JAN05/a/vw-...-bomber/fr.htm ---- cut ---- boom ---- etc ---- "Harry Lime" harrylime (at) harrylime (dot) teevee wrote in message ... http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_ne...396579,00.html Courtesy of www.harrylime.biz The spoof ad opens with the suicide bomber leaving his home and jumping into his VW Polo. The bomber parks at a busy London restaurant where carefree diners crowd the pavement. Cut to the terrorist sitting in his car as he pushes the button to detonate his bomb. The blast is contained within the car, saving the diners. The ad ends: 'Polo. Small but tough'. It has to be a candidate for the sickest advert of all time, but also one of the most deceptive. Despite the high quality production values, real Volkswagen logo and the free publicity it is attracting around the world, the commercial was not made by the car giant. Indeed, the firm has expressed disgust at the spoof depiction of a suicide bomber blowing himself up in a VW Polo, and tomorrow it will consider legal action against its creators. The advert was not made for TV but to be flashed around the world on the internet. It is part of a phenomenon of 'viral emails' - not to be confused with computer viruses - that is so popular that this month saw the first 'viral awards'. Most are official efforts by companies and advertising agencies. The VW hoax, however, marks a worrying new trend for them - bogus ads which can be made by one individual that can wreck a firm's reputation. Ford had to distance itself last year from a viral email showing a cat's head being cut off by a car's sunroof. Paul Buckett, a VW spokesman, said: 'Two creatives known to our advertising agency, DDB London, sent in this work on spec. The agency wouldn't have anything to do it. I can only assume the people who made it put it on the web. 'We were horrified. This is not something we would consider using: it is in incredibly bad taste to depict suicide bombers. 'It gives the impression we've condoned or supported it, and is potentially very damaging to Volkswagen. Our legal department is planning an action and we will decide tomorrow.' The ad is believed to be the work of a duo experienced in spoof ads, known as Lee and Dan, who also make real commercials. Dan told the digital newsletter of media experts Brand Republic: 'The ad got out accidentally and spread like wildfire.' It reflected 'what people see in the news every day. The car is the hero that protects innocent people from someone with very bad intentions. We're sorry if it has caused any offence.' -- I do not find in our particular superstition of Christianity one redeeming feature.....Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burned, tortured, fined and imprisoned. What has been the effect of this coercion? To make half the world fools and half hypocrites; to support roguery and error all over the world. Thomas Jefferson |
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Freddie M wrote:
The ORIGINAL ad may be seen / downloaded here.... http://www.boreme.com/bm/JAN05/a/vw-...-bomber/fr.htm ---- cut ---- boom ---- etc ---- The classic fake car ad is still the one National Lampoon did for VW. http://www.superbeetles.com/vintage_ads/vintage_ad_images/vwad78.jpg For those who can't read the headline on this small image of the ad it reads: "If Ted Kennedy drove a Volkswagon, he'd be President today." It was in the National Lampoon Encyclopedia of Humor, but had to be removed under threat of a lawsuit from VW, so about half the copies don't have it. I've got one somewhere... |
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Mark S. Holden wrote: The classic fake car ad is still the one National Lampoon did for VW. http://www.superbeetles.com/vintage_ads/vintage_ad_images/vwad78.jpg Is there a link to a photo large enough to actually be read? |
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David Stinson wrote:
Mark S. Holden wrote: The classic fake car ad is still the one National Lampoon did for VW. http://www.superbeetles.com/vintage_ads/vintage_ad_images/vwad78.jpg Is there a link to a photo large enough to actually be read? No. Scans of the ad are few and far between - the only one that turned up when I did a Google image search was the one I posted the link for. But here's a political web site that includes the photo of the car and the text of the ad: http://www.terpsboy.com/terpsboyarchives/000141.html |
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Holy ****, that can't really be made by VW! No frigging way! I love it,
although not very PC. "Freddie M" wrote in message groups.com... The ORIGINAL ad may be seen / downloaded here.... http://www.boreme.com/bm/JAN05/a/vw-...-bomber/fr.htm ---- cut ---- boom ---- etc ---- "Harry Lime" harrylime (at) harrylime (dot) teevee wrote in message ... http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_ne...396579,00.html Courtesy of www.harrylime.biz The spoof ad opens with the suicide bomber leaving his home and jumping into his VW Polo. The bomber parks at a busy London restaurant where carefree diners crowd the pavement. Cut to the terrorist sitting in his car as he pushes the button to detonate his bomb. The blast is contained within the car, saving the diners. The ad ends: 'Polo. Small but tough'. It has to be a candidate for the sickest advert of all time, but also one of the most deceptive. Despite the high quality production values, real Volkswagen logo and the free publicity it is attracting around the world, the commercial was not made by the car giant. Indeed, the firm has expressed disgust at the spoof depiction of a suicide bomber blowing himself up in a VW Polo, and tomorrow it will consider legal action against its creators. The advert was not made for TV but to be flashed around the world on the internet. It is part of a phenomenon of 'viral emails' - not to be confused with computer viruses - that is so popular that this month saw the first 'viral awards'. Most are official efforts by companies and advertising agencies. The VW hoax, however, marks a worrying new trend for them - bogus ads which can be made by one individual that can wreck a firm's reputation. Ford had to distance itself last year from a viral email showing a cat's head being cut off by a car's sunroof. Paul Buckett, a VW spokesman, said: 'Two creatives known to our advertising agency, DDB London, sent in this work on spec. The agency wouldn't have anything to do it. I can only assume the people who made it put it on the web. 'We were horrified. This is not something we would consider using: it is in incredibly bad taste to depict suicide bombers. 'It gives the impression we've condoned or supported it, and is potentially very damaging to Volkswagen. Our legal department is planning an action and we will decide tomorrow.' The ad is believed to be the work of a duo experienced in spoof ads, known as Lee and Dan, who also make real commercials. Dan told the digital newsletter of media experts Brand Republic: 'The ad got out accidentally and spread like wildfire.' It reflected 'what people see in the news every day. The car is the hero that protects innocent people from someone with very bad intentions. We're sorry if it has caused any offence.' -- I do not find in our particular superstition of Christianity one redeeming feature.....Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burned, tortured, fined and imprisoned. What has been the effect of this coercion? To make half the world fools and half hypocrites; to support roguery and error all over the world. Thomas Jefferson |
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