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Grave concerns over new advertising stunt

Less searchable M0rd4nt

10:45 / 19.03.02

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From the Grauniad:

quote:A computer games firm has been accused of pushing back the frontiers of bad taste after it announced that it was seeking to advertise its latest title on gravestones.

Shortfatdyke

11:03 / 19.03.02

i saw this yesterday! it *must* be a wind up/publicity stunt - not so long ago i seem to remember a big hoo-ha over whether or not tombstones in the shape of teddy bears were acceptable, so i doubt if ads would get the thumbs up.

Mourne Kransky

11:15 / 19.03.02

Not as if the average graveyard would qualify as a busy public thoroughfare.

Come the inevitable, I want to be prepared by Gunther von Hagens and displayed on the empty plinth in Trafalgar Square, holding up a big advert for Budvar.

Less searchable M0rd4nt

11:21 / 19.03.02

Oh, yeah, it's a blatant wind-up. I just thought it was funny, that's all.

Shortfatdyke

11:29 / 19.03.02

on the other hand, i bet mcdonalds are right now dreaming of red and yellow plastic tombstones.....

Less searchable M0rd4nt

11:51 / 19.03.02

Possibly not the kind of association that Maccy D's want to go for, given that they spend a small fortune trying to convince the world that guzzling down saturated animal fat and sugary crud is heathsome.

noone

12:00 / 19.03.02

Mad Ad

A Madison Avenue whizzkid
thought it a disgrace
That no one had exploited
the possibilites of space
Discussed it with a client
who agreed and very soon
A thousand miles of neontubing
were transported to the moon.

Now no one can ignore it
the product's selling fine
The night they turned the moon
into a Coca-Cola sign.

- by Roger Mcgough in "You at the Back"

noone

12:02 / 19.03.02

You should read the Vogon translation of that poem. it'd kill you.

The Monkey

13:08 / 19.03.02

Thanx, but the original is causing enough internal damage as is.

So has advertising gotten to that point of idiocy where the attention-getter is staged controversy. Eesh.

Mikaël

07:12 / 20.03.02

quote:Originally posted by little brained brain surgeon:
Mad Ad
[..]
The night they turned the moon
into a Coca-Cola sign.

- by Roger Mcgough in "You at the Back"

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from Z comme Zorglub (1959) by Greg & Franquin

Gus

02:23 / 22.03.02

EVIV BULGROZ!