Clearly, some people shouldn’t be in advertising.
Maybe it’s just me.
You’ve probably seen the new Kulula ads? The one with the groupie girl, the other one with the pool boy, singing those highly annoying songs. Yes. Kind of hurts to watch. And thanks to the songs, not only your eyes bleed, but your ears do, too. But hey, this is S.A. – can we really expect anything better? I guess we answer that question ourselves with every piece of substandard garbage we send out into the world. But that isn’t the main thing. The main thing is this:
If you are unlucky enough to see the last few seconds of those ads (no brain haemorrhage – dammit! maybe next time) you will see the little Kulula logo fluttering on your screen, flapping fluffy white feathers. And then, the pinnacle of SA advertising: It drops out of the sky. The logo of an airline DROPS OUT OF THE FUCKING SKY. And it does drop, because one or two feathers stay behind in the air, as the ARLINE’S LOGO VIOLENTLY DROPS OUT OF THE SKY.
But – maybe its just me.
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Hey!
I noticed that too, I was just too lazy to mention it.
you know Dextra...SA use to produce some of the
best ads in the world....IN THE WORLD bru! Now...I dunno...never see ads coz I only watch DSTV :)
But I wouldn't try to watch them now...think it would depress me big time *sigh*
Oh....just to let you know - Oz, UK (with a few exceptions) and Italy had terrible TV ads - when I was there...and I mean TERRIBLE!
Am I repeating myself alot, alot.
Yes, yes, it appears I am.
Clearly.
haha
funny thing.
Yeah i know. Everyone's got shit ads - but really. You need to just think something through for half a second before you air it, you know?
Bullshite Dex
I love those ads.
Perhaps it's cause "I'm a Shetsetaar!" Or perhaps it's cause their seats are cheap. Either way its better than "We Fly your way SAA"
Ja Vaps
you would.
Ja Dex
Flew with them to George and back. Quite interesting that they have now found black hostesses who can swim. Can't do the Kulula rhetoric though, that seems to be a cultural type thing.
oh man
you're funny. And not only in the head.
i really should stop...
reading and musing so darned much. perhaps i would have a clue what was going on around me? is this ad blooper on dstv or the 123e broadcasts?
i've been avoiding tv like the bubonics - with one exception - i still watch bear grylls... so i'm well aware of which common garden buglets need to be conserved for rainy days in the current economy.
that's important. right?
Of course it's important.
Everything is, Morty!
Think it was on dstv - don't watch a lot myself, but when i do i stay away from the 123e crap. Now THAT is shocking TV.
Dex
Well, Lily as usual, hasn't noticed a thing untowards! In my defence, I might add that I have been so singularly unimpressed with those ads that I've paid them very little attention. Ad breaks are time to go to the loo, in my opinion! (To be fair, every now and then I am quite impressed with a clever ad, but not as a rule).
I agree, Lils
but these days the ad breaks are so long, that you can pee, pour another whiskey, extract navel fluff, cry over spilt milk, and still be back in time for the last one.
Dex
Ja, I think we counted over 10 ads between episodes of Prison Break one week when it was on. I can certainly take a smoke break outside during a lot of the prime-time shows.
Definitely not you
I want to drown that pool boy in one of the pools he is giving special service to and stick that tree up that groupies....*ahem*
That is a damn annoying ad and the advertising agency should be shot. What were they thinking?!
That little bit in the end is scary (yeah, if you are still alive)
Semi, you're such a liar.
You *love* that dude. He has everything you want in a man. Plus: He's Indian.
And all.
Dex
You are full of so much OF shit.... and I don't actually think he is Indian... he looks like a mongrel...
and all....
... quite frankly
haha Sems
So anyone who's not a 100% Hindian is a mongrel?
Are you some kind of racialist? :)
yes thats on purpose
Racialist?
Me? Never! Just because I dont go to Fordsburg or Lenasia and all, because there are too many Hindians there is no reason to think I am racialistic. Sies on you... you little boer seun.
Besides, I said he looks like a mongrel (I think I said that) and not that he is.