Weekend You Tubing
First up … If you've never seen the Honda Cog commercial then click right here and check it out. In an age where we Tivo our programs and skip the ads as fast a possible to avoid being sold to every eight minutes, it takes something really unique to make us pause and actually watch, rewatch and discuss an advertisement. The Honda Cog ad really did a good job as it was unique and there was though and care put into its creation. Explore the ad from its Wikipedia page and you'll see what I mean.
Honda has followed up the Cog piece with a new one involving skydivers called Difficult is Worth Doing. They attempted a "live" commercial as they used the skydivers to spell out the word Honda. It doesn't seem as impressive as the 600+ take Cog commercial but there is a real urgency as the skydivers fall. Apparently it'll be edited into the final spot in June. Here it is:
Second, how about trying your hand at identifying 20 movie soundtracks! I missed most of them but it was fun to try. This is citizen advertising…. how often are you going to hear an excerpt from The Last Starfighter these days?
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