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Archive for January, 2007
We Love Canada: 1-800-GOT-JUNK Commercial
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Tags: funny ad, commercial, video, 1-800-GOT-JUNK, rats
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Posted by: Bitter Staff, January 31st, 2007 under Bad Ads, Video, Comments: none
Daily Dose: Radio Conversation of a U.S. Naval Ship With Canadian Authorities
This is the transcript of the actual radio conversation of a U.S. Naval ship with Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland.
Canadian: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the south to avoid a collision.
Americans: Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees to the north to avoid a collision.
Canadians: Negative. You will have to divert […]
Posted by: Bitter Staff, January 30th, 2007 under Daily Dose, Comments: none
We Love Canada: Science World - Boardroom Commercial
Because we aren’t afraid of science. This commercial was made by Rethink Vancouver, 2004.
Tags: funny video, commercial, advertising, Science World, Boardroom, handshakes, kissing
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Posted by: Bitter Staff, January 30th, 2007 under Bad Ads, Video, Comments: none
We Love Canada: Aurora Borealis Video
This time-lapse video of an Aurora Borealis display, or Northern Lights is not funny, but it should still cure the blahs. Shot Sept 24. 2006 in British Columbia, Canada.
The next video - is funny.
Tags: Aurora Borealis, Northern Lights, video, British Columbia
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Posted by: Bitter Staff, January 30th, 2007 under Video, Comments: none
We Love Canada: Spiders on Drugs Video
In the 1960s, Dr. Peter Witt gave drugs to wood spiders and observed their effects on web building. This is a Hinterland Who’s Who documentary by the “National Film Board and the Government of Canada.”
Read about the voice behind the video.
Tags: funny video, humor, spiders on drugs, wood spider, […]
Posted by: Bitter Staff, January 29th, 2007 under Video, Comments: 1
Daily Dose: An American’s View of Canada
(This editorial ran in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in August 2003)
It’s not just the weather that’s cooler in Canada: You live next door to a clean-cut, quiet guy. He never plays loud music or throws raucous parties. He doesn’t gossip over the fence, just smiles politely and offers you some tomatoes. His lawn is cared-for, his […]
Posted by: Bitter Staff, January 29th, 2007 under Daily Dose, Comments: none
Best of the World: Marmite - You Love It or You Hate It (video)
We’re with the baby.
Tags: funny video, ad, marmite, breastfeed
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Posted by: Bitter Staff, January 26th, 2007 under Video, Comments: none
Best of the World: Revenge of the Puppy - from Norway
In this commercial for the Norwegian Association of the Blind, the underdog wins in the end.
Tags: funny video, Norwegian Association of the Blind, Revenge of the Puppy
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Posted by: Bitter Staff, January 25th, 2007 under Bad Ads, Video, Comments: none
Daily Dose: A Man Walks into a Bar With His Dog
Two guys were out walking their dogs when they pass by a bar. One turns to the other and says “Let’s go inside.”
The other man says, “We can’t go in there. They won’t let us in with our dogs.”
“No? Watch this,” says the first guy. He puts on a pair of sunglasses, walks up […]
Posted by: Bitter Staff, January 25th, 2007 under Daily Dose, Viral Comedy Redux, Comments: none
Best of the World: A Domestic Thriller - commercial from Thailand
Banks in Thailand have senses of humours. Can you believe that?
Tags: funny ad, video, Thailand, Krung Thai Bank, domestic thriller
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Posted by: Bitter Staff, January 24th, 2007 under Video, Comments: none