April 10, 2003

silhouette3.JPG From the desk of Jane Galt:

Great moments in advertising history

You can't make this stuff up.

Posted by Jane Galt at April 10, 2003 03:59 PM | TrackBack | Technorati inbound links
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I seem to remember that Starburst had to change their slogan "The Juice is Loose" soon after O.J. Simpson killed his wife. (To: "Turn up the Juice")
Bad timing.

Posted by: Eric Lindholm on April 11, 2003 10:54 AM

From the Guardian:

She added that when the first cases of Sars made the news in Hong Kong in mid-March, the tourist board tried to pull the ads or get the headline changed from "Hong Kong will take your breath away" to "There's no place like Hong Kong".

But this was too late for some monthly magazine headlines, so the "take your breath away" ad is now running in several UK titles.


Posted by: Katherine on April 11, 2003 12:11 PM

How about "Hong Kong, drop-dead gorgeous!"

You're right, the Onion couldn't do as well as reality.

Posted by: Kenneth on April 11, 2003 03:44 PM

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