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    Bad Cannes Ad Scam

    Fake Sprite Ad Director Speaks: It Was Fake. Duh.

    Sex Ads Are Spec Ads, Okay?
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    Image of Mike Byhoff Mike Byhoff
    07/21/09

    In reply to Fake Sprite Ad Director Speaks: It Was Fake. Duh.
    Swish for Gawker, or Sad Trombone for everyone else?
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    The Real JR promoted this comment Mike Byhoff was starred Mike Byhoff was unstarred
    Image of funyonjr funyonjr
    07/21/09

    In reply to Fake Sprite Ad Director Speaks: It Was Fake. Duh.
    What fact checking? Saying it was a spec, ad (which it wasn't - it was just fake) isn't checking facts, that's making an educated guess. Updates come after a story has been posted, so, yeah.
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    Hamilton Nolan promoted this comment funyonjr was starred funyonjr was unstarred
    Image of Hamilton Nolan Hamilton Nolan
    07/21/09

    @funyonjr: It said in the description on YouTube that it was a spec ad, so, yeah.
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    Hamilton Nolan was starred Hamilton Nolan was unstarred
    Image of funyonjr funyonjr
    07/21/09

    @Hamilton Nolan: That's fact checking? I thought that was called, "reading the description"? Fact checking is calling Sprite or their whoever, no? Whatevs.
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    funyonjr was starred funyonjr was unstarred
    Image of Hamilton Nolan Hamilton Nolan
    07/21/09

    @funyonjr: It's called "stating correctly that it was a spec ad rather than an official ad produced by Sprite." The only notable thing about it is that all anyone had to do was look at the description. I'll be the first one to admit it's not Pulitzer-level work.
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    Hamilton Nolan was starred Hamilton Nolan was unstarred
    Image of funyonjr funyonjr
    07/21/09

    @Hamilton Nolan: Tru. Please consult this highly official definition of spec. http://advertising.about.com/b/2004/07/30/tip-of-the-week-whats-a-spec-ad.htm
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    funyonjr was starred funyonjr was unstarred
    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    07/21/09

    In reply to Fake Sprite Ad Director Speaks: It Was Fake. Duh.
    PPS My next spec ad will feature claymated lemons and limes making little Sprite babies. I hope you will assist in its going viral. Thank you Gawker!
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    Aaron Altman was starred Aaron Altman was unstarred
    Image of DennyCrane DennyCrane
    07/21/09

    @Aaron Altman: I think your idea has a lot of appeel.
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    DennyCrane was starred DennyCrane was unstarred
    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    07/21/09

    @DennyCrane: If you have any juice, make it happen!
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    Aaron Altman was starred Aaron Altman was unstarred
    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    07/21/09

    @Aaron Altman: Like they say, if life gives you lemons, make a spec ad of them having sex with limes.
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    MissNormaDesmond was starred MissNormaDesmond was unstarred
    Image of Gawkchalk Gawkchalk
    07/21/09

    In reply to Fake Sprite Ad Director Speaks: It Was Fake. Duh.
    The other source was The Onion
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    Gawkchalk promoted this comment Gawkchalk was starred Gawkchalk was unstarred
    Image of sybann sybann
    07/20/09

    In reply to Sex Ads Are Spec Ads, Okay?
    Anyone it advertising will tell you that (THESE) spec ads are a pain in the ass. They're rarely sold and they waste the time of the talent and the sales rep (and the company they're pitched to). A good spec ad is one that has a chance of making it on air.
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    sybann was starred sybann was unstarred
    Image of yourfriendandneighbor yourfriendandneighbor
    07/21/09

    @sybann: well, actually, the chance to create a prof. quality tv ad for your reel, assuming all your other spots suck, is not a waste of time at all. it can get you a job.
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    yourfriendandneighbor was starred yourfriendandneighbor was unstarred
    Image of Zucker Zucker
    07/20/09

    In reply to Sex Ads Are Spec Ads, Okay?
    I actually think this isn't even a spec ad. Or if it is, it wasn't made by a German advertising agency.
    The slogan at the end is completely wrong. The German slogan was "Gehorche deinem Durst" for "Obey your thirst" not "Befolgen Sie Ihren Durst".
    Also, Sprite hasn't been using that slogan for a while in Germany, it's currently "Was wirklich zählt ist klar".
    Also, the can at the end is a US can (it says 12 oz at the bottom.
    And, the kitchen has US style appliances in it.

    My guess is this is someone's fun video project made in the US with German thrown in to make it believable (Brüno! naked people on beaches and tv all the time in crazy Europe!)
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    CaptainFantastic promoted this comment Zucker was starred Zucker was unstarred
    Image of The Real JR The Real JR
    07/20/09

    In reply to Sex Ads Are Spec Ads, Okay?
    I would really like to see how they would advertise for Cinnabons.
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    The Real JR promoted this comment The Real JR was starred The Real JR was unstarred
    Image of shorty63136 shorty63136
    07/20/09

    In reply to Sex Ads Are Spec Ads, Okay?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD40PU9650s
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    Gabriel Snyder promoted this comment shorty63136 was starred shorty63136 was unstarred
    Image of BookishLatkeish BookishLatkeish
    07/20/09

    In reply to Sex Ads Are Spec Ads, Okay?
    Yes, writers do this with scripts. They put in something overtly filthy so that the lines that they really want, semi-hot double entendres that still might raise eyebrows in middle America, can make it in. See Laverne & Shirley, Squiggy's immortal line: "I'm losing my lust"; all of Mae West's scripts, etc.
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    BookishLatkeish was starred BookishLatkeish was unstarred
    Image of skahammer skahammer
    07/20/09

    @BookishLookish: Then will you show us how it's done -- by leaving the excessively filthy lines in your next few comments? I want to get good notes on this.
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    skahammer was starred skahammer was unstarred
    Image of BookishLatkeish BookishLatkeish
    07/20/09

    @skahammer: Sorry, skahoney, you know I don't do that kind of work for free. See if you can get Gabriel to cough up some shekels and it's all systems go.
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    BookishLatkeish was starred BookishLatkeish was unstarred
    Image of Forgetitjake Forgetitjake
    07/21/09

    @BookishLookish:
    It's what Dashiell Hammett claimed he did to get "gunsel" into the Black Mask version of The Maltese Falcon, I think. He put in a harmless word that the editor censored because it sounded dirty, and then also put in gunsel, which got past the lazy editor because he assumed it was gun-related.
     Reply
    Forgetitjake was starred Forgetitjake was unstarred
    Image of scottros scottros
    07/20/09

    In reply to Sex Ads Are Spec Ads, Okay?
    Is this like "on spec" for freelance journalism? Something tells me no.
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    scottros was starred scottros was unstarred
    Image of CaptainFantastic CaptainFantastic
    07/20/09

    In reply to Sex Ads Are Spec Ads, Okay?
    Here's a cheesier/funnier one:
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    CaptainFantastic was starred CaptainFantastic was unstarred
    Image of (DEAD) Goldwings - Remembered for his bravery and heroism... xD (DEAD) Goldwings - Remembered for his bravery and heroism... xD
    07/20/09

    In reply to Sex Ads Are Spec Ads, Okay?
    I was shocked at first, but then...
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    (DEAD) Goldwings - Remembered for his bravery and heroism... xD was starred (DEAD) Goldwings - Remembered for his bravery and heroism... xD was unstarred
    Image of goetz goetz
    07/20/09

    In reply to Sex Ads Are Spec Ads, Okay?
    This is an ad for blowjobs, right?
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    skahammer promoted this comment goetz was starred goetz was unstarred
    Image of skahammer skahammer
    07/20/09

    @goetz: "This Has Been a Pubic Service Announcement."
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    skahammer was starred skahammer was unstarred
    Image of Moff Moff
    07/20/09

    In reply to Sex Ads Are Spec Ads, Okay?
    [Inappropriate joke redacted on account of not being funny, upon further consideration]
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    Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith promoted this comment Edited by Moff at 07/20/09 3:19 PM Moff was starred Moff was unstarred
    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    07/20/09

    In reply to Sex Ads Are Spec Ads, Okay?
    Tagline: "Lemon And Lime? It's Sexy Time!"
     Reply
    Aaron Altman was starred Aaron Altman was unstarred
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