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unusual facts about advertisements



Alejandro Goic

In November 2009, Goic expressed concern at the emergence of same-sex couples in party political broadcasts for the presidential election of that year, particularly in advertisements for the candidates Eduardo Frei and Sebastián Piñera; the latter was criticized for this issue even within his own coalition, the conservative Independent Democrat Union.

Andrea Menard

In the fall of 2005, she could also be seen in television advertisements for SaskTel's Internet service.

Antenna TV

As is common with digital multicast networks, advertisements featured during commercial breaks on Antenna TV primarily consist of direct response advertisements for products featured in infomercials and particularly during its Saturday morning children's programming, public service announcements; satellite provider Dish Network and insurance company Progressive are currently the network's primary national sponsors.

Ars Technica

On March 5, 2010, Ars Technica experimentally blocked readers who used Adblock Plus—one of several computer programs that stop advertisements from being displayed in their browser—from viewing the website.

Avion Films

Located in Toronto, Avion produced notable advertisements like the original Truth in Advertising film, and its work has won numerous awards at the Cannes Film Festival.

Barry Crump

Crump was also well known for appearing in a series of acclaimed New Zealand television advertisements for Toyota’s four-wheel drive cars, which relied on his image as a stalwart "bushman".

Belvita

Lisa Snowdon, an English fashion model, television personality and presenter, was the face of Belvita in the United Kingdom in 2010, having appeared in advertisements for the biscuits with fellow Capital FM DJ Johnny Vaughan.

Berendo Middle School

Mamie Van Doren - Movie Star and Sex Symbol, Famous for her "Aqua Velva Girl" advertisements

Best of Vanessa Paradis

The album also contains Vanessa's rendition of I Love Paris that was used in advertisements for Aéroports de Paris.

Bette Franke

Franke has been featured in print advertisements for Dolce & Gabbana, Oscar de la Renta, Celine, Yves Saint Laurent and Stella McCartney.

Billy Birmingham

Birmingham has also used his impersonation skills on advertisements for KFC, which appeared on Channel Nine's cricket coverage in the summer of 2002/03.

Bring It on Back

"Bring It on Back" had been used between April and August in advertisements for the 2007 AFL Season on Channel 10 in Australia, to promote the return of Saturday Night Football to 10.

Brodie Holland

In 2006, Holland appeared in several advertisements on television for a lottery advertisement along with the NRL's Matthew Johns.

Chandra North

Since then, she has been featured in advertisements for Alberta Ferretti, Versace, Saks Fifth Avenue, Givenchy, J.Crew, Valentino, Chanel, and Banana Republic.

Charmin

In the advertisements for Cushelle, they are voiced-over by Robert Webb.

Connex Melbourne

Television advertisements featuring Sheena Easton and a trainload of passengers singing her 1980 hit Morning Train (9 to 5) screened during April and May 2004.

Dar Bernardo

Bernardo also appeared on political advertisements by former San Juan City mayor, JV Ejercito who is running for Senator in the Philippines 2013 midterm elections.

Derek Vanlint

He worked on advertisements for such companies as British Airways, Chevrolet, Coca-Cola, General Motors, Guinness, Kellogg's, Levi's, Maxwell House, Pepsi, and Visa.

Dewy's Adventure

The U.S. version of the game contains advertisements of Nestlé's Aquapod brand of bottled water.

Digitek

Anyone interested in computers during the 60's might recall frequent Digitek advertisements in Scientific American and Datamation magazines.

E-Motion

The "E" in the title of E-Motion stands for Einstein, and he appears in cover art and advertisements.

Egg Marketing Board

Slogans used by the board included "Go to work on an egg", introduced in 1957 in a £12 million advertising campaign and turned into a series of television advertisements starring Tony Hancock and also featuring Patricia Hayes and Pat Coombs that ran for six years from 1965 to 1971.

Eijaz Khan

He did Suncrest, Asli Atta, Visa Electron, Pride, Pure Ghee, Breeze, Chloromint, TVS Victor, Big Bazaar, Wrigley's, Tata Indicom, BSNL advertisements also.

Foxwhelp

This is one of the oldest surviving varieties of cider apple; it is first mentioned in John Evelyn's Advertisements Concerning Cider in his work Pomona of 1664, in which it is commented that "cider for strength ... is best made of the Fox-whelp of the Forest of Dean, but which comes not to be drunk until two or three years old".

Grand star registrar

GSR was one of the few registrar companies to utilize extensive alternative media for advertisements in addition to its common references to the 2002 Warner Bros. production, A Walk to Remember.

Helmut Krone

He was the art director for the popular 1960s campaign for the Volkswagen Beetle, which featured a large unadorned photo of the car with the tiny word "Lemon" underneath it; the series of "When you're only No. 2, you try harder" advertisements for Avis, and the creation of Juan Valdez, who personified Colombian coffee.

J-B Weld

The company is famous for its advertisements showing engine block repair with J-B WELD.

James Summers

The newspaper contained articles on Windsor Castle, Niagara Falls, the death of Napoleon, the Palace of Versailles, and news related to Britain along with advertisements.

Josie Maran

After building a résumé of over 25 commercials and advertisements, including playing Howie D's companion in the music video of Backstreet Boys hit Everybody (Backstreet's Back), in which she was bitten on the neck by Count Dracula (played by Howie D), Maran moved cross-country to join with Elite in New York City.

Kailash Surendranath

Surendranath has directed about 3,500 television commercials in a span of about 35 years, including advertisements for Liril soap, Nirma Washing Detergent, Vimal Sarees Suiting, Sunsilk Shampoo, Fair & Lovely, Taj Tea, and Himani & Charagh Din.

Marguerite Morel

She was appointed premier dancer and was counted as the star of the ballet in the advertisements on the public performances at Bollhuset in Stockholm alongside Louis Gallodier.

Mason Neely

He is a member of sacred music collective Bifrost Arts and has served as a composer, arranger and musical director for the BBC, RTÉ and S4C networks and scored advertisements for Best Buy, Cisco Systems, Domino's Pizza and Crispin, Porter and Bogusky, as well as the award winning 2007 feature Low and Behold.

Mazda RX-7

Mazda introduced a convertible version of the RX-7 in 1988 with a Naturally aspirated engine — introduced to the US market with ads featuring Hollywood actor James Garner, at the time featured in many of Mazda's television advertisements.

Neurosecurity

Neal Stephenson's book The Diamond Age (1995) briefly refers to corporations hacking neural implants in order to superimpose advertisements onto a user's field of vision.

Never Miss a Beat

Channel Ten used the song during advertisements promoting its 2009 Australian Football League coverage on its main channel as well as its High Definition channel One HD

Nicola Paone

Just as he did for his jewelry store many years earlier, he would sing jingles as commercial advertisements for his restaurant on WQXR.

Pepsi Blue

Although heavily promoted by PepsiCo, including advertisements by the pop singer Britney Spears and the bands Sev and Papa Roach, as well as in the movies The Italian Job and Garfield: The Movie, it is widely seen as a commercial flop as sales remained low.

Putto

They also experienced a major revival in the 19th century, where they gamboled through paintings by French academic painters, from Gustave Doré’s illustrations for Orlando Furioso to advertisements.

Sani Pass

The Sani Pass was recently used in TV advertisements for the new Nissan 4x4 and Ford Ranger 4x4 vehicles.

Shot glass

Shot glasses decorated with a wide variety of toasts, advertisements and humorous pictures are popular souvenirs and collectibles.

SS Exochorda

Despite being pictured in promenade's forward lounge in many "4 Aces" print advertisements, sculptress Mitzi Solomon had created only two unique marble carvings that were used on other "4 Aces" vessels.

Tatiana Lyadockrina

During the same year she was featured in both Max Mara and Vivienne Westwood spring advertisements and the from June 2006 and onward have appeared in Japanese language Vogue, Juicy Couture book and Paule Ka ad.

The Spaces Between

This song is featured in Rugby 08 and Fox Sports advertisements for the 07/08 season of domestic cricket.

Tom Platz

His character portrayed the Charles Atlas-like character from those "tired of bullies kicking sand in your face and stealing your girlfriend"-type of advertisements that were in a lot of comic books during the 50's and 60's.

Tommy Dysart

Starting in the 1990s he appeared in a series of well remembered advertisements for the Yellow Pages where he calls a series of mechanics about his problematic Goggomobil.

Urvashi Sharma

She has appeared in numerous print and television advertisements and featured in music videos like Mika's Something Something and Atif's "Doorie".

Visual pollution

In September 2006, São Paulo passed the Cidade Limpa (Clean City Law), outlawing the use of all outdoor advertisements, including on billboards, transit, and in front of stores.

VReel

:Together with the above it also enabled the website to remove most of its advertisements (such as Pop-up and Hover ads).

Wispa

Original Wispa advertisements, all performed to camera in front of a black background, featured well-known actors such as Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne, Victoria Wood, Julie Walters, Simon Cadell, and Ruth Madoc.


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