Friday, November 18, 2005

Me as an Immortal!


Have I ever told you that...I am Immortal?!...

You must know the legend presented also in the HIGHLANDER Movie…

I guess you are familiar with our stories: The Immortals … passing through time from the day we are born, until the day somebody takes our head… or until the day ‘when there could be only one’!
As far as I know an Immortal cannot die unless decapitated and it seems that all Immortals are engaged in an ancient dispute, at the end of which only one Immortal will be left, thus: "There can be only one”

I guess you are also familiar with the Watchers a secret society who is watching us and I guess that they are also trying to prevent there ever being only one Immortal left…

Anyways, I am sure you know that not all us Immortals kill ourselves or fight each other for our heads…

We can be very-very closed and good friends!

Like Noni Rabb and me…

Here you have some pictures with us… (with me, with Noni Rabb, with Bogdy and with Mihai)

Please see below 9 immemorial Pictures from different centuries, on different continents, in different lifestyles…
Me & Noni, Cote D'Ivoire - 1945, Avant que la Petite Adeline a ete nee


Me & Noni – two forever young students in Philosophy, Mamaia, 1986 - Steaua Bucuresti won the UEFA Champions Cup...and, I guess Jasmine was conceived that night…


Noni & Mois – 1888 À la licitation pur aider les peuples de Kenya
Bogddy, Noni et Mois - CANNES 1914 - LES FINALES SOURIRS AVANT LA GUERRE

1902 - Paris - Noni after her first flight over the Channel

1712 Istanbul - Me...enjoying a fine cigar while selecting my new harem
Sicily 1938, The Beginnings…Il Capo di Tuti Capi (seems that somebody lost his head there…)
1967 - Moi et Ma Brave Grandmere tout en chassant d'elephants en Afrique
1933 Me and my good friend Mihai Seceleanu, on our first trip on the Athos Mountain
1950 – Nisa – Noni Rabb - UNE STAR A L'AVENIR


And the Legend continues...
Maybe, you'll have the chance to spot us on the streets, maybe you'll get to know us better...


They say...there can be only one... but we are sure that TOGETHER WE ARE STRONGER!

And nothing can break or destroy our friendship!



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Monday, November 14, 2005

Best Rejected or Banned Advertising

A very intersting site.

Here you can find some print ads, TV and radio commercials that prompted consumer complaints.

These examples are samples from the forthcoming book, Best Rejected Advertising Volume Three.

Best Rejected Advertising was the first book to publish ads that had been turned down.

The previous two volumes selected only campaigns that were rejected by clients on aesthetic, commercial or strategic grounds. Volume Three is expanded by a section of campaigns cancelled by advertising standards authorities on grounds of decency rules and ethics. This website provides information about the Best Rejected Advertising competition, features examples from the earlier volumes and gives a look at material from the forthcoming Volume Three.

I especially enjoyed the banned ads section!
Some of the ads and clips presented here were banned in a country and won advertising awards in others.

Some were banned and some were only rejected by the client or the national Advertising Standard Authorities in each country.

You must see the AMY BIEHL FOUNDATION TV AD
It won a Clio in New York and was banned in South Africa.

The advertisement features a young (12 - 14 year old) black boy in surroundings of an impoverished informal settlement uttering words to the effect that in a few years time he will be involved in a hi-jacking situation and will shoot the owner of the vehicle if he puts up any resistance, and a young (12 - 14 year old) white boy, also in surroundings evidencing a poor working class area, uttering words to the effect that in a few years time he will be begging at a shopping centre, and that if the person from whom he would be begging walks away from him, he would attack this person by stabbing him three times.

And you must see the follow up shown on TV after the banning of the initial clip.

“Remember me” the first black boy in the initial clip is saying
“Some people didn’t like what I had to say about my future so they stop the adver, but that won’t change anything” Only education can change the future!

On the website you cand also find very interesting presentations of the arguments against and pro every banned ad or clip.


From the rejected ads section, a must see is The TAMPAX (Nike) ad… Procter&Gamble loved the ad but NIKE Belgium banned it from going public…;-)


This is really a very Interesting and ‘advertising educational’ web site.
A must see for every advertising and branding professional.



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