Just sayin’.

I now concede to your Absolute Moral Authority. I just made that up.

I’m not sure where you detected “outrage” in the tone of my second point. Seemed very matter of fact in its phrasing to me. I’ve marketed booze, and I’ve marketed to kids, and that campaign does both. Maybe you haven’t had a brother die of alcoholism. I have. Piss off. I’m done with this thread.

So, are you saying that your “original idea” is having someone in an ape suit dance? If so, I don’t think Kimi Okada is going to be happy with you:

OKADA: Bill and I were performers in the Pickle Family Circus from its inception in 1974. Bill was hired as the clown, one of the clowns, and he cajoled me into being the tap-dancing gorilla in one of the clown acts…We had a clown act where he was my trainer; he was Hauptman von Clown and I was Ramona Lamona, the tap-dancing gorilla.

Looks like those bastards at Coke are plagiarists, too.

DON’T LOOK NOW, BUT YOU’VE STARTED A CRAZE!

Nice save on the OUTRAGE over marketing booze to kids, BTW.

sonnyspats1 on December 2, 2006 at 3:56 PM

1. Plagiarism is plagiarism. I don’t have to show “damage” to be annoyed. I’ve actually had people send me their reels to get jobs, and then discovered that one or more of MY SPOTS is on THEIR REELS, and/or MY PRINT ADS in their PORTFOLIOS. Theft is theft, and it happens all the time in advertising. Thus, the group name: adscum. As in “a flock of seagulls and an adscum of copywriters just $#@! on my head.”

2. This is clearly marketing booze to kids. They can pretend it’s not, but it is.

thedecider on December 3, 2006 at 12:56 AM

It was based on SNL’S Schmidt’s Gay Beer and Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer, and on Kids’ WB’s campaign “Ooh Ooh Aah Aah Island” that ran all last year, you know, the one with the crazy party animal gorilla showing up unexpectedly at places.

/late call

Oh, now I remember – it’s remarkably similar to a little TCP/IP wide area network I invented back in the 80’s. Does the name INTERNET sound familiar?

I thought so.

Sincerely,

Al Gore

P.S. Bastards!

wordwarp on December 2, 2006 at 12:46 PM

So whats your beef. Has the commercial by Rolling Rock Brewery caused you economic or career related hardships? I mean did you invent the gorrilla or are you just wanting to brag on yourself?

Jerks. If you’re reading this, did you really think no one would call you on your APING of our entire campaign?

wordwarp on December 2, 2006 at 5:16 AM

So are you living in a van down by the river now ?

Jerks. If you’re reading this, did you really think no one would call you on your APING of our entire campaign?

Oh, I remember, we ran an entire campaign with the crazy dancing party gorilla all last year on Kids’ WB! my old place of employ. In fact, there’s a trophy in a box somewhere in the bowels of PS Public Storage with my name on it for the overall campaign: Daypart Packaging Promotion Campaign: Kids’ WB! Ooh Ooh Ahh Ahh “Just For Kids” Island

Bottom right QT file, 80% towards end of file.

The word, “plagiarism,” comes to mind.

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Whatever anyone does, do NOT link to the Chip ‘N Dales clip.

Now that you said it, how can you NOT link to it? :)

Exit question, and it’s the easiest one ever: which two Simpsons characters is beer ape an amalgam of?

Bart and the bus driver guy (can’t think of his name…wears the earphones…D’oh!)