A Rival Advert

Watching The News this evening I commented that I thought the advert I Bet You Smile which came on was one of the best I'd seen for a long time.  However Pauline thinks that this Mitre 10 (B & Q in UK or Home Depot UK/Canada) advert is funnier (but then Pauline is an Ozzie who's lived for many years here in NZ).

I Bet You Smile!

Is this the best advert ever?  Probably not.  But it comes pretty near the top of my list!

A Vital Message

On the road through Clive in Hawkes Bay is a serious message that many would be wise to heed:

Food In A Minute

One of the reassuring things about New Zealand television is its predictability.  For a long time - years - Food in a Minute has been an iconic advert just before One News at 6pm.

Jimmy Johnson

One of the television adverts here is brilliant and has been going since I came here and perhaps even before that. One thing about New Zealand adverts is that they can have incredibly long runs. Bad ones can make you cringe for ever. Good ones are so welcome. How effective this one is I'm not sure because I can't remember what it is that is being advertised.

A chap picks up his young son from school. (I'm telling it as a joke and jokes always sound better in the active simple present tense).

The son asks where he came from.

Dad responds with a story about the birds and the bees (hidden by appropriate music, of course).

His son's response is a classic: "That's so cool Dad. Jimmy Johnson just came from Scotland.".