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10 Ads The US Won't See

Posted by Hemos on from the it-rots-your-brain-it-does dept.

prostoalex writes "Some ads made by world's leading advertising agencies for well-known brands will never be seen in the United States. The Gucci G-Spot turned out to be too risque, video for Drug-Free America was deemed too disgusting, Internet's favorite Honda "Cog" commercial won't air due to the high prices for a 2-minute spot, and Japanese commercials with American actors have contracts preventing the companies to run the same ads in the US. AdAge provides a link to the pictures and video (Windows Media .ASF format, alas) of the 10 best unaired commercials." I can get the ASFs working under VLC.

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  1. Another ad America won't see by Gyan · · Score: 5, Funny

    NOT safe for work...

    Hand-rolled cigars (MPG)

  2. Call it a hunch... by Faust7 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Something tells me the second ad, "Gucci's G Spot," will be the one primarily responsible for the site's eventual Slashdotting.

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    1. Re:Call it a hunch... by IthnkImParanoid · · Score: 4, Funny

      If only because people will be curious as to what a G Spot is.

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    2. Re:Call it a hunch... by bakes · · Score: 5, Funny

      Well, I looked, but I couldn't find it.

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  3. Yeah, that's what I was thinking by iamdrscience · · Score: 4, Funny

    After watching the Simpsons and the 10 minutes of commercial I get from that and coming to slashdot to waste some time geeking out and seeing an ad for "OSDN personals" (WTF, by the way...) I just got the feeling that I wasn't watching nearly enough commercials.

  4. Yet Another ad America won't see by Dukeofshadows · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft Windows...stability guarenteed or your money back!

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  5. funny == good && good > bad by bersl2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Dear advertising execs:

    If you're going to put ads on the air, make them good and funny. And I don't mean ha-ha-shut-up funny, I mean really funny, maybe even piss-my-pants funny (but only the first ten times). I still won't buy your product, but you could at least entertain me.

    With much contempt,
    bersl2

  6. one of the funniest... by quacking+duck · · Score: 4, Funny

    Won't see this in the U.S., been trying to find a download of it since coming back from Australia but no luck. Goes something like this...

    Beautiful woman is sitting at a restaurant table. The waiter delivers her drink and says "take your top off for a chance to win $10000!"

    Woman: "You're joking!"

    Waiter: "No, really!"

    Woman: "Take my top off, that's all I need for a shot at $10000?"

    Waiter: "That's right."

    Woman has her already-skimpy top off in a flash. Cut back to the Waiter with a stunned expression.

    "I meant the top off your Diet Coke..."

  7. Don't Forget The Puma Ads by ticklemeozmo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Although they are fake, we cannot discount the highly suggestive Puma ads. Hubba Hubba!

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  8. Also not safe for work by G27+Radio · · Score: 4, Funny

    I saw this Dutch ad on the Internet a couple years ago. Apparently it's an ad for English classes. That's not the only reason it would never been shown in the US though.

    Quicktime Video