As a proud non-US citizen with no interest in American Football, I have never seen a Superbowl before. However, as someone with an interest in Advertising I do feel that I miss out greatly by not getting the chance to see the contents of what I have been led to believe is the most expensive advertisng space in the world.
Thanks very much to the Onion in that case, for letting me see this sneak preview of Ford’s new ad for their new economy car.
This artist’s impression of an ad appeared in an Evening Times article on the 27th May this year.
But this ad will not run as it has been banned by Glasgow City Council as it has been deemed just a bit too racy for the general public. If you can’t see why, let’s take another look at it, but this time in close-up.
I think when you look at the ad a little but closer, then you do finally realise what the problem is – it does in fact contain the word ‘bum’. What Reebok were thinking when they considered posting this ad is beyond me. Maybe they were trying to court controversy, just using shock tactics to sell trainers, or maybe Reebok’s advertising agency is nothing but a cesspool of depraved filth and obscenity.
How proud I am to live in a city where we, the citizens and the children of our communities can be protected from the menace of these vile people. I’m glad I’ll never have to see that word anywhere.
Although, having said that, when I got home I did in fact see this when I was sitting down to watch some teatime TV:
