Steve Irwin (aka The Crocodile Hunter) tragically passed away on September 4 of this year. That was well over two months ago. With that in mind, the question remains: why are there over 20 plasma TV screens in the Central Chitlom department store still running his ads for Australian Made Clothing?
Maybe there's a market for deceased spokespeople here in Thailand. If so, then I am offering my services to any ad agency in town that wants to create a campaign featuring Jack Palance, Richard Pryor, Pat Morita or some other famous person who has bit the dust in the past 12 months. If a desired spokesperson has been in the great beyond for longer than that, then additonal research fees may apply.
Or perhaps the folks Australian Made Clothing either don't know that Irwin is dead or are too distraught to think about finding a suitable replacement. If that's the case, then I volunteer to travel to Sydney, Melbourne or anywhere in the Outback to track down Russell Crowe, Mel Gibson, Hugh Jackman, Paul Hogan, Elle McPherson (!) or anyone from INXS or AC/DC to start selling some shirts, pants and vests. I guarantee that a fun, creative solution can be found to this dilemma.
Whatever the case may be, the bottom line is this: there is an outdated advertising campaign running in a major Bangkok department store while at the same time a frustrated creative is waiting for his phone to ring (or an email to arrive in his inbox) with an offer to start making some ads. If anyone can help rectify this unfortunate set of circumstances, please contact me ASAP.
2 comments:
While you're at it, Matt, would you please try to find out whether anyone can really see 3-D pictures on those TV screens at Emporium? All I see is a bunch of blurry images that give me a headache if I look at them too long.
Dear Matt,
great news that someone is giving our Siam Society that much space and PRAISE!I joined the society as a life member some 15 years ago and sometimes find the time to join the regular thursday evening presentations which are indeed quite interesting.You also should get hold of the recently published annual event calendar of the society (for 2006/2007)and put it in with a link.
Keep up with your good work for all of us,farang as well as Thai.
Just wonder why not more people are visiting your site and leave a note of encouragement.
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