By E. Mahony – spotlightideas.co.uk

Included some of the places where these ads have been talked about, online (blog posts, blog comments, forums, articles, and more).

• Heineken – Walking Fridge (Netherlands)
  - builder confuses ‘walk-in’ [fridge] with ‘walking’ [fridge]
  Agency: TBWA\Neboko
  Released: April 2009
  Talked about: Viral Blog
  Watch on: YouTube
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• Heineken – Walk-in-Fridge (Netherlands)
  - group of women get excited by walk-in clothes room as do a group of men by a walk-in fridge
  Agency: TBWA\Neboko
  Released: January 2009
  Talked about: AdRants Ads of The World
  Watch on: YouTube
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• Robinson’s – Bird House (UK)
  - whistling bird in a bird house with TV,  fridge and cuckoo clock
  Agency: BBH
  Released: May 2009
  Talked about: Motiongrapher
  Watch on: YouTube
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• Evian – Roller Babies (France)
  - breakdancing babies on roller blades
  Agency: BETC Euro RSCG, France
  Released: 2009
  Talked about: The Guardian The Inspiration Room Ads of the World
  Watch on: YouTube
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• Audi Q5: Bicycle (Japan)
  - great views from a bike (on top of a car)
  Agency: Ogilvy & Mather Japan
  Released: May 2009
  Talked about: AdRants Ads of The World
  Watch on: YouTube
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• House of Cards – Shelter (UK)
  - urban views with collapsing-cards motif; music by Radiohead
  Agency: Leo Burnett London
  Released: February 2009
  Talked about: Independent AdRants
  Watch on: YouTube
  .
• Starburst – Llama (USA)
  - llama and man share a packet of Starburst
  Agency: Latinworks
  Released: June 2009
  Talked about: Search Engine Land
  Watch at: YouTube
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• James Boag’s Draught – Pure Waters (Australia)
  - various waterside scenes narrated by laid-back, guitar-playing, man
  Agency: Publicis Mojo
  Released: February 2009
  Talked about: Campaign Brief
  Talked about: YouTube
  
  
• Qwest – Birthing Room (USA)
  - Guy joins birthing training session to use their Wi-Fi
  Agency: Draftfcb, Chicago, USA
  Released: May 2009
  Talked about: Adweek
  Watch on: Ads of the World
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• Coca Cola – Heist (USA)
  - Insects steal a bottle of coke and hawl it down a river and through undergrowth
  Agency: Wieden + Kennedy
  Released: January 2009
  Talked about: Ads Of The World Culture Buzz
  Watch on: YouTube
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• Pepsi Max: I’m good (USA)
  - Scenes of men being brave and now they no longer have to be brave about the taste of diet cola
  Agency: TBWA
  Released: January 2009
  Talked about: Business Week Ads of the World
  Watch on: YouTube
  .
• Skittles – Tailor (USA)
  - Skittles cause an unsual reflection in the mirror as a man tries on a suit
  Agency: TBWAChiatDay New York
  Released: 2009
  Talked about: AdRants AdFreak
  Watch on: YouTube
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• Pizza Pops – Monkeys (Canada)
  - Monkeyes go crazy in the kitchen with Pizza Pops
  Agency: Cossette Communications
  Released: January 2009
  Talked about: Ads of The World
  Watch on: YouTube
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• Pizza Pops – Robot Friend (Canada)
  - Everything goes wrong for a robot with Pizza Pops
  Agency: Cossette Communications
  Released: January 2009
  Talked about: Ads of The World
  Watch on: YouTube
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• Britvic – Brains (UK)
  - Thunderbird character dances around to ‘Rythm is a Dancer’
  Agency: CHI & Partners
  Released: December 2008
  Talked about: Guardian
  Watch on: YouTube
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• PG Tips – Breakfast (UK)
  - Johnny Vegas and monkey make, and have, breakfast together.
  Agency: Mother
  Released: 2008
  Talked about: Marketing Magazine
  Watch on: YouTube
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• PG Tips – The Queen (UK)
  - Monkey gives Christmas message, gets drunk, and it all goes wrong
  Agency: Akqa
  Released: 2008
  Talked about: The Independent
  Watch on: YouTube
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• Honda – Honda Live (UK)
  - Skydivers coming together to form each of the letters in ‘Honda’ in a live stunt
  Agency: Weiden + Kennedy
  Released: May 2008
  Talked about: Guardian New York Times Sun Liberate Media Three Minds
  Watch on: YouTube
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• Audi Q5: Unbox The Box Tv Ad (UK)
  - Part stop-motion animation of a cardboard figure creating a car out of itself.
  Agency: BBH London
  Released: December 2008
  Talked about: Media Week Digital Box Common Sense
  Watch on: YouTube
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• Barclay Card – Waterslide (UK)
  - Man goes down giant water slide in the middle of a city
  Agency: BBH London
  Released: October 2008
  Talked about: UTalk Marketing
  Watch on: YouTube
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• Audi – Hands (UK)
  - various images of hands gripping objects
  Agency: BBH London
  Released: September 2008
  Talked about: AdWeek
  Watch on: YouTube
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• Volkswagen – Enjoy Everyday (UK)
  - Lots of different short scenes reflecting different types of weather, car onversations, and more.
  Agency: DDB London
  Released: April 2008
  Talked about: AdGoodness
  Watch on: YouTube
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• Transport for London – Awareness Test (UK)
  - See if you pass the awareness test or not
  Agency: The Engine Group
  Released: November 2008
  Talked about: The Guardian
  Watch on: YouTube
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• Orange TV: Rewind City (France)
  - Woman in India is crying on road; ends, happily after the scene is rewound
  Agency: Publicis Conseil
  Released: May 2008
  Talked about: Ads of The World
  Watch on: YouTube
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• John West – Row (UK)
  - Short stills played together of fisherman rowing, surreally, through town to bring fresh fish to a shop.
  Agency: CheethamBell JWT
  Released: June 2008
  Talked about: Ads of The World
  Watch on: Ads Of The World
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• Carlton Mid Strength Beer – Woman Whisperer (Australia)
  - Woman whisperer persuades a woman to let her husband stay in the bar for a beer
  Agency: Clemenger BBDO
  Released: September 2008
  Talked about: Campaign Brief Adverblog
  Watch on: YouTube
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• Sony – Foam City (UK)
  - city streets + lots of foam
  Agency: Fallon
  Released: April 2008
  Talked about: Creative Review Sun
  Watch on: YouTube
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• Toshiba – Time Sculpture (UK)
  - visual mashup (with 200 camcorders used in the  making of the ad)
  Agency: Grey London
  Released: 2008
  Talked about: The Inspiration Room
  Watch on: YouTube
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• Channel 4 – Stanley Kubrick Season (UK)
  - recreation of the crew and cast of Kubrick’s The Shining
  Released: June 2008
  Talked about: Guardian
  Watch on: YouTube
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• DARE iced coffee: Boss (Australia)
  - Mother-in-law is coming to stay, partner announces she is pregnant, and a video of her without any clothes on has gone viral: why not go for a ‘Dare iced coffee’
  Agency: BMF
  Released: December 2008
  Talked about: Creative Brief Ads Of The World
  Watch on: YouTube

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