A bit of a copycat? Shhh

June 25, 2013 8:13

So here’s a marvellous new ad from McDonald’s in which a man shushes a woman and tells her to stay in the moment:

It is, of course, entirely unlike this ad from last year for Carlton Mid in whcih a man shushes a woman and tells her to stay a little longer:

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4 COMMENTS

WTF? 26 Jun 13

Or maybe Carlton Mid copied from Droga 5’s VB Gold ad??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRHCh-biOmE

Shhhh….

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just sayin 26 Jun 13

Or maybe Droga 5’s VB Gold ad was copied off Man Stroke Woman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hxJ6YaJZmg

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Mark Schroeder 26 Jun 13

Jeez, they BOTH reference Dianne Wiest playing diva actress Helen Sinclair in Bullets Over Broadway. She won an Oscar for her role in the Woody Allen movie.

“Ssssh don’t speak” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJmxPkwssa0

Showing your cultural references blindness, guys.

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Ayesha 27 Jun 13

The Carlton one is much better.
The McDonalds one is awful. No one should ever be shushed liked that … bit too similar (but not as bad) as the Nigella incident.

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