Monkeyology » Advertising http://www.monkeyology.com The study of monkeys and the cool stuff they do Sun, 03 Jan 2010 05:59:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Ozzy Osborne Samsung Commercial http://www.monkeyology.com/2009/08/04/ozzy-osborne-samsung-chim-commercial/ http://www.monkeyology.com/2009/08/04/ozzy-osborne-samsung-chim-commercial/#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:51:29 +0000 Chief Monkeyologist http://www.monkeyology.com/?p=934 (Please open the article to see the flash file or player.)

What to make a successful TV commercial? Get Ozzy Osborne and a Chimp. Monkeys = good advertising. People love them.

This video is also available in HD.

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Here’s an interesting commercial… do you have a monkey on your back?

FWIW, monkeys are expensive pets.

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According to Wikipedia this advertisement has been shown on British TV more than any other advertisement. For good reason, it features two chimps dressed as people.

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PG Tips, a British tea brand has an ad campaign featuring chimp characters “Tipps Family”. Here’s one featuring English actor/comedian Johnny Vegas.

Another one tomorrow.

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Castrol’s Edge Monkeys Super Bowl 2009 ad.

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Drink and wake up next to an orangutan. Not sure if this is the message we should be sending to kids. Funny ad by IBC root beer.

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I won’t claim to know much about this, but looks like some monkey toy from Mexico. Awesome!

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