Telus commercial of those stupid birds

[TheyCallMeBruce]

Now the fido commercials are pretty interesting. Santa as a young man...the scrooge as the leader of anarchy 99.

[FireFly]

Originally Posted by Superflyer

Yes I remember that last year, my doughters would both sing that bloody song everytime it came on last year and they both wanted one under the tree. It was impossable to find any kind of hippo toy last year.
I think they were trying to do that again this year with the flamingos and the monkeys that move around the boxes.
I am glad that neither one cought on this time.

I hate all telus commercials as they are the same all the time. White background - check, Abused animal walking around amlessly - check, annoying music - check. Good job boys another commercial in the can.

Abused animal? Are you serious? Telus ensures that all the animals are VERY well taken care of to the point that all proceeds from the sale of hippos as well as the fee for having the hippo in the commercial went to building a larger, more adequate habitat for the hippo in the commercial. (He's at the Vancouver Zoo, IIRC.)

[TurnedTheCorner]

No blame on Sportsnet for not being able to sell to more varied advertisers, thus forcing us to watch the same ads every game?

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally Posted by TurnedTheCorner

No blame on Sportsnet for not being able to sell to more varied advertisers, thus forcing us to watch the same ads every game?

Huh? What do they care? What are they gonna do, turn Telus away because the viewers might be sick of that song?

And besides, Mission: Accomplished. We are talking about it after all.

[Table 5]

Originally Posted by FireFly

Telus advertising clearly works as it is one of the most recognizable brands in Canada. You see a white background and an animal, you automatically think of Telus.

yes, and soon as you see a white background with animals, you know its telus and tune out to the actual message. I have no idea what they are even trying to tell me anymore, I just groan and change the channel.

telus ads make me want to hurt animals. see what it's come to!

[Table 5]

Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos

And besides, Mission: Accomplished. We are talking about it after all.

Not really a good thing though, since most of us are talking about how much we hate it and how it is affecting our view of the company itself.

I go out of my way to not support companies that annoy me with bad advertising. If i have a choice, I do not use Telus.

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally Posted by Table 5

Not really a good thing though, since most of us are talking about how much we hate it and how it is affecting our view of the company itself.

I guess it depends. If brand recognition is the ultimate goal, which it probably is, and we all recognize Telus commercials and know what Telus does then I guess it worked.

I know I wouldn't be so annoyed with Hard-Hat Pizza-Man and the damn flamingoes if I didn't watch every hockey game that Sportsnet puts on. I would imagine others in the nerd-herd here are in the same situation -- we see the commercials more than most people.

[habernac]

Originally Posted by TheyCallMeBruce

And the Panago commercial has made me a non customer for life.

their food should have done that to you years ago.



I don't think the flamingo ad is that awful. The amount that they've played it has made it awful.

[TheyCallMeBruce]

Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos

I guess it depends. If brand recognition is the ultimate goal, which it probably is, and we all recognize Telus commercials and know what Telus does then I guess it worked.

I know I wouldn't be so annoyed with Hard-Hat Pizza-Man and the damn flamingoes if I didn't watch every hockey game that Sportsnet puts on. I would imagine others in the nerd-herd here are in the same situation -- we see the commercials more than most people.

I actually started hating the panago commercial the first time I saw it. It's just some guy jabbering on and on about topings of a pizza to an animal. I don't get what the bison has to do with the pizza, unless they are implying the pizza is made out of bison. If that's the case, I'm pretty sure firefly has something to say about that.

[kermitology]

Originally Posted by I-Hate-Hulse

On the walk in to work downtown, I saw that Telus has jabbed a whole bunch of pink flamingoes for the taking in various green spaces.

They put some over by the university as well.. Of course they're all tipped over and half are destroyed on the road.. Great job Telus. Now you're marketing ****ty stuff/service AND you're littering.

[TheyCallMeBruce]

Originally Posted by habernac

their food should have done that to you years ago.



I don't think the flamingo ad is that awful. The amount that they've played it has made it awful.

That is true. I didn't hate it when i first saw it. Just thought it was odd and kinda lame.

The frequency now not only annoys me, but causes me to foam at the mouth everytime I see it.

[Sidney Crosby's Hat]

Originally Posted by rubecube

Wendy's still has the worst commercials by far. At least they got rid of Mr. Wendy's.

"Ranch!!!"

"If they can make hamburgers that good this late, I'll not only drive I'll buy!"

Wendy's is sure a long way from their "Where's the Beef?" days.

[CaramonLS]

You should see my apartment complex.

Telus decided to pay my Landlord/whatever company runs this complex money to put up their ads all over the walls, outside my door there are frequent ads for Telus.

Too bad someone keeps ripping them down (and its not me).

[TurnedTheCorner]

Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos

Huh? What do they care? What are they gonna do, turn Telus away because the viewers might be sick of that song?

And besides, Mission: Accomplished. We are talking about it after all.

I was merely suggesting that if more than a handful of companies thought it was worthwhile to advertise on Sportsnet, we might not see the same ad 25 times a game. Of course Rogers won't turn down the money. but maybe Rogers could do a better job of selling the airtime.

Basically I hate Sportsent, so I thought I would take a jab at them.

[Sidney Crosby's Hat]

Does Sportsnet even sell the ads or do the Flames not have a similar arrangement to the Oilers now?

[Sylvanfan]

Telus is the major sponsor for Flames hockey on SportsNET much like Bell is for the Oilers. I'm not in T.V. but I suspect part of the arrangement is to get one add per commercial break.

[Sidney Crosby's Hat]

Originally Posted by Sylvanfan

Telus is the major sponsor for Flames hockey on SportsNET much like Bell is for the Oilers. I'm not in T.V. but I suspect part of the arrangement is to get one add per commercial break.

That's true, with Oilers hockey you certainly get your fill of Norm Macdonald and jellybeans.

[FireFly]

It'd be much better if they even just alternated between the flamingos and the monkeys...

[BlAcKNoVa]

Speaking of ads, the ads on NHL.com are really ticking me off. The NHL '07 and NHL 2K7 ads particularily. I watch the hi-lights at NHL.com every morning, and you're force fed those two ads over and over again. Every 2 hi-light reels you're forced to watch one of those two damned ads. It's gotten pretty bad there.

[ricosuave]

- whats the song used in the flamingo commercial? "ive got my love to keep me warm..."

- panago guy and the advertising agency that created him must die a horrible death

- the m&m commercials are by far the worst - why is red such a dick when yellow asks him if santa will like the m&m's - and the one where they float in the air because of the air conditioning is ultra lame and makes me want to punch the wall every time i see it. sure doesnt make me wanna buy m&m's thats for sure

rico