Archive for the year 2004
Funny ads
Posted on 03. Dec, 2004 by Cassandra.
Cherryflava attended the 2004 Cannes Golden Lions screening on Wedesday. We were just a tad disappointed with the offerings. All were a bit bland really….just seems like internationally agency’s make a a really funny short film and then slap a logo at the end of it.
Be that as it may…if you missed the show…here are the 2004 Funniest commercials of the year. A number of these were also Cannes award winners.
It’s strange that one or two are surprisingly similar to locally created ads presently running (Check the Aussie ad for Tooheys).
Word of the year
Posted on 02. Dec, 2004 by Cassandra.
Blog noun [short for Weblog] (1999) : a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer.
At least in the Western world that is….here at home however; the 2004 South African Word of the year????????
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Dog machine
Posted on 02. Dec, 2004 by Cassandra.
Part of the joy of owning a dog, are those many Saturday mornings spent on the beach throwing a saliva-soaked tennis ball (until your arm is about to fall off) for your loving pet.
It’s probably the main reason that owners put up with feeding and walking the animal for 20 years….the joy of the ‘fetch boy’ moment.
But now…you don’t have to worry about all of that stuff…introducing GO dog GO….the only automatic fetch machine for dogs. (batteries and balls not included0
The unit basically works via remote contol and can adjust to your dog’s ball catching ability. Rocket tennis balls 30 feet for super athletic wannabe hounds…or just 15 feet for one paw in the grave older canines.
The machine will keep them entertained for hours…which will allow you to catch up on more important things in life…like watching TV and travelling.
Now all they need to invent is the same thing for girlfriends. Call it GO girl GO……it’ll go shopping with her, buy her flowers, listen…all that good stuff. [Via]
Chelsy Davy
Posted on 01. Dec, 2004 by Cassandra.
The guys at Jo’blog spotted this brilliance via IOL this week. Apparently the world’s media has camped outside young Chelsy’s plush Newlands home trying to get a photo of the girl said to be Prince William’s Harry’s ‘first love’. It was such arp news that Cherryflava just breezed over it on the day…but now it’s so arb it’s actually interesting.
Why is this such big news…the young prince spends so much time at Po Na Na and the Fez that it just seems obvious that he’s going to hook up with a Capetonian. Besides…pickings are slim in the UK.
More about this huge story and another picture here…..and here…
Anything to sell newpapers…
UPDATE: Keep up to date with news about Chelsy Davy over at our sister celebrity blog Jetstreaker.com
Rag trade
Posted on 30. Nov, 2004 by Cassandra.
A friend of Cherryflava’s recently graduated from a top Cape Town fashion school. Not wanting to be rude, we whipped out the Nikon and padded down to the final show to catch the action.
Watch out for the name Kristine Leigh at YDE in a couple of year’s time. Her lingerie (captured in these shots) is sure to be on sale there soon.
Misleading advertising
Posted on 30. Nov, 2004 by Cassandra.
Advertising can be misleading….but non more than this. In further MacDonald’s news (there seems to be alot of it right now…just before the festive season), the junk food chain has signed up supermodel Heidi Klum to endorse their brand.
This just goes to prove that Americans are totally ignorant if they sincerly believe that hottie Heidi does in fact chow down on a Big Mac and fries, washed down with a half a litre of cola.
Klum, who gave birth to a girl in May, admitted a taste for junk food long before landing her McDonald’s gig. "I like to be healthy and eat well, but I also like to have a good time and have an occasional glass of wine or French fries," Klum said in an interview earlier this year with the London newspaper the Mirror. "I also travel like crazy, which can mess up anyone’s training and eating schedule," added Klum, girlfriend of the British pop singer Seal, who once worked at a McDonald’s in London.
Brilliant….[Via Adrants]
Burger branded babes
Posted on 29. Nov, 2004 by Cassandra.
It may be slightly old news, but in case you missed one of the biggest branding stories of the year….it’s the Playboy spread of the ‘Woman of McDonald’s’.
The spread is the culmination of a nationwide search that Playboy.com launched in September for the "sexiest burger babes" willing to shed a lot more than just their aprons.
Unfortunately, the McDonald’s marketing team were not as enthusiastic about the whole idea, and kind of felt that the concept didn’t really align with the brand’s values….
"We neither condone, nor encourage participating in this type of activity. It is inconsistent with our brand," McDonald’s spokeswoman Anna Rozenich said in statement e-mailed to CNN/Money.
McDonald’s is not the first big American brand who’s employees have been given the Playboy treatment….Walmart and HomeDepot (among others) have been done.
Here are some of the pics from the burger shoot [NSFW]
Cherryflava suggests that FHM do a local shoot featuring the woman of SAA, or ABSA. Ad budgets just can’t buy that kind of exposure.
Fear….
Posted on 29. Nov, 2004 by Cassandra.
Cherryflava just happened to be on Fish Hoek beach yesterday during a shark scare. The lifeguards quickly hoisted a flag indicating a danger….an air-raid siren blasted away for about a minute and bathers ran screaming from the water.
A small rubberduck was then deployed to apparently hunt down the killer. Children trembled with fear, fathers looked out to sea with a knowing glare and everybody mumbled to eachother in hushed tones.
Overheard was some old fart…."I’ve been snorking in these waters for 34 years, but I won’t go near the water now…I’m too scared"…he continues giving advice to a small naive family nearby…."The bloody government has gone an protected these sharks, so now there are so many of the buggers…..in Australia, if a shark attacks a human, the authorties hunt down that animal and take it out"
Wow…Cherryflava was truly impressed….such wisdom from our senior citizens. Somebody should put him down. Listen up people….if you decide to go into the sea, you have automatically become part of the foodchain. Don’t go cry to mommy that a fish bit your foot. Now quit this air-raid siren shit and suck it up.
To do: Get iPod
Posted on 26. Nov, 2004 by Cassandra.
Believe again and write a letter to Father Christmas now. Think hard about how good you’ve been and hopefully you’ll be saying hello to a new iPod.
With only a month to go before Christmas you can dream about downloading your diverse musical fancy off the internet. Just imagine how your next sexy pool party is going to go down….the latest funky Buddaha Bar complilation streaming from your super fly 60gig iPod.
Damb….there are so many MP3 players on the market, but why is it that only an iPod will really do. How is it that Apple have created such a successful marketing monster?
iPod is not based on a new concept. Companies before Apple released hard drive based music players, but none had the charm and elegance in the Apple implementation. Unlike the competitors, the iPod used a high speed FireWire interface to transfer files on and off of it, and it used a tiny hard drive, that made the device a quarter of the size of comparable products. Besides the specifications, the iPod offered an intuitive interface and a beautiful enclosure. Even the ear buds were different and unique. Almost all audio equipment was black, but Apple created a set of ear buds that were glistening white. Everything in the design was there to make the user experience a better one.
The iPod was almost not released by Apple. The products creator, Tony Fadell, had shopped the idea to Phillips and RealNetworks before proposing the idea to Apple. Fadell found a welcoming enviroment at Apple, who agreed almost immediately to produce and market the device.
Here’s the full story behind the ‘I want one’….. [Via]
