Adverts on TV over here take on a complete new meaning! I mean, I just watched the recent remake of H.G. Well's Time Machine and half way through as is typical with Korean movies on sattelite TV, there is a 15 minute break which shows the same 3-4 adverts over and over again, just in case you didnt get it the first time round.
The particular advert in question would have been pulled in about 30 seconds back home, as it did nothing but promote the virtues of both orange juice drinkers,black arts and pedophiles in one fell-swoop! Imagine the scene, little kid in bath of clear water, and bum facing camera...he let's out a fart and it bubbles to the surface, the Dad get's in said bath and soaps up kids hair to look like demon horns! Cut to bottle of Del Monte orange juice...WTF!
Another advert is the animated radish in the MOO card series! One is a skit on "The Ring", but said radish is at an ATM in what looks like a dungeon, then weirdo girl from "The Ring" swipes the card down the crack of his bum hoping to get payout! I hope she had plenty of credit! Another in this series shows same radish in a taxi (Radishes take taxis now?) trying to pay with 5o,000 won note, but driver cant help him. Radish then ges out and asks Salvation Army guy with charity bucket for change! The sense of humour here is strange to say the least, but what worries me is the level of accpetability in the so-called modern society. Ah well, I'm in Korea!
Look out for the bird in yellow doing the "Eel Pal Pal Ee Ship Oh" advert!
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ATM card in the ass crack. Again the Korean obsession with dung and asses shines forth. :)
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