
BBH London creates another controversial Barnado's campaign. Remember the feeding baby cochroaches, methylated spirits and dirty syringes campaign in 2003?
From The Mirror:
More than 300 viewers have complained about a Barnardo's advert showing a father repeatedly slapping his daughter around the head.
The Advertising Standards Authority expects further complaints and says it is one of the 10 most reported ads this year - despite only being on air for two weeks. The ASA said: "People find the graphic violence very distressing. We have launched a formal investigation, looking into taste and decency guidelines."
Color me disappointed. Queen is an ace soundtrack though.
I kept waiting for the funny. It failed.
The commercial certainly attracted our attention when it ran on Channel 5. We watched it to the end and tried (and failed) to guess what it was for -- having missed the opening few seconds. So presumably it did what it set out to do.
But no, not nearly as much wow as the gorilla.
It might explain all the delays in Heathrow Airport's new Terminal 5. ;P
Hahaha! Never thought of that.
Not really a good time to be showing airport personnel goofing off. Especially dumping bags everywhere.
I couldn't tell if there were any people in the trucks, or whether they were just driving themselves (something we've seen dozens of times before).