Sex Sells...Until the Doors Close
If anyone this hot strutted the hallways of the Adrants conglomerate, we'd have to shut down for a few hours just to get our breath back. One of the most unlikely marketers to use the sex sells strategy, tuna maker Chicken of the sea, is doing just that in this commercial which has a mini-skirted, midriff-baring hottie making her way to the office elevator while men do what they do when faced with females like this: they drool. While all hopped up on testosterone, the ad's ending puts a nice twist on the whole woman-as-sex-object marketing strategy and let's us in on what she really looks like. All to sell healthy tuna. Great ad. See it over at AdJab.
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memo to adrants: great ads have ideas.
Duly noted. However it did get me thinking about tuna.
oh my gawd. deja vu or scene by scene steal off an old japanese ad i seem to remember. i'll have to search but whoa that is one smelly piece o plagerism.
Edgar - it's actually another ad for Chicken of the Sea, but from an Asian arm of the overall company. They chose to use the same creative, just Westernized.
I'm intrigued to see that the Asian version has the woman's skirt splitting (or maybe just the zipper opening?) when she lets her breath out. She also pants a lot more and looks close to tears. Interesting cultural differences there.
The original was for the Sealect Tuna brand in Thailand. Won a Gold at Adfest in 2002.
http://www.lookatentertainment.com/v/v-250.htm
That is maybe the most hilarious ad I have seen in a long time. I'm a woman and I, personally, think it is so true of women. Good advertising all around.
And now for the tuna bummer report...
Let's hope that belly wasn't a bun in the oven.
A January 2003 report from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concluded that one in six women of childbearing age have mercury in their blood above the level that would pose a risk to a developing fetus. One of the greatest sources of mercury is canned tuna. It is recommended that everyone have no more than 3 6oz servings of canned tuna a month and women should cut it out of their diet all together if they are pregnant.
The original ad is Thai, not Korean/Japanese and both spots are available on the US Chicken of the sea website:
http://www.chickenofthesea.com/presskit/campaign/
I guess plagerism is the best form of flattery - though it appears to be the same company, just different market.
Recycle what works - beer commercials do.
Cheers.
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http://www.lookatentertainment.com/v/v-250.htm
I like a hot chick as much as the next guy, but I think this ad misses the mark. Seems the tuna is associated with her big gut. Not so good...
Ok they are both good executions of the idea .. I happen to like Asian women so the Thai version does it for me.
The worst bit ... the horrible, corny pack shot and jingle on the US version .... do they have to treat their market like 5 years olds?
What ruins the american spot for me is the voice over and the lack of the line featured at the end of the thai that tied it all together.