great commercial, but no Audi

[Michael S. Williams]

At 11:03 PM -0500 11/1/00, Elliott Potter wrote:
>I did see an *actual good Audi ad* the other day, which was perhaps a
>bit implausible (but not necessarily impossible).  It opens with someone
>water skiing on one of those wide boogie boards; he's really chopping
>through stuff, going fast, making nice 360's and such.  Then for a short
>second you see him in the rearview mirror of a car; then it's back to
>him.  Then the camera pulls out and you see that he's being pulled by an
>Audi.  He makes a dramatic end, then wades to the trunk of the car
>(maybe shin-deep water), and puts the board in the trunk.  As the car
>drives away a "slippery when wet" sign pops up, and the word "Not" over
>it.
>Pretty fun; it's not often that you see an Audi and and think "hey, that
>was pretty good!"


Well, that one was originally created by the advertising agency that 
does the rest of the world's commercials.  Here in the US, they use 
McKenna and Silver. Ive talked with someone who works there, so i 
know alot about what they are doing.

They had been getting a little bit of negative feedback about the 
ads, so they decided to bring that one over here...


I think for that goodyear commercial, there is a disclaimer saying 
that it was real, is there not?

The new nissan xterra (i think its that one) commercial is good, in 
the same vein.  You see him slaloming up a snowy hill, then drive up 
through the gates for the skiiers.  pretty cool.
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