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What do you think of Cadbury's latest Goo ad based on the Britain's Got Talent format?

How often do you see someone spend money to run a personal ad on Television?  That's what businessman Todd Fuller did this morning on TV One.  He spent $2000 to book an ad at 8:55am in which he asked his girlfriend to marry him.

The clip featured family and friends as well as Todd's parents who said they'd love to be her in-laws.

The answer?  Yes.

First it was for the "Nothing to Hide" campaign, this time it's for the Air New Zealand Kapa Haka Group

Does anyone know the song used on the Sky HDI ads that feature scenes from The Duchess (Keira Knightley) and Australia (Hugh Jackman).  It's a male voice and the lyrics are along the lines of "now I see........you are with me"

Ta mucho

Most Watched Ads on YouTube NZ in 2009

1. Cadbury Eyebrows
2. Air New Zealand Staff Have Nothing to Hide
3. T Mobile Dance
4. Evian Roller Babies
5. Nike Skateboarding – Today was a Good Day

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What do you think of Pacific Blue's Happy Flying ad?

Has it got stuck in your head yet?  Do you think it's a contender for best/worst ad on TV?

I had to laugh today, I read a letter in Mr Telly - TV Guide, the letter asked why Medium, Law & Order and CSI Miami had been taken off air.

TV3 replied " These shows had been under-performing and low audience numbers precipitated the decision to take them off air"

BOLLOCKS!!!

We just don't want to watch adverts every five minutes!!! - So we all switched off!

Its as simple as that, the sooner TV stations realise that we (the Kiwi TV viewing public) don't want to watch ad after ad which totaly ruins the flow of a program, the better.

We have a choice, yes, we can switch off, we can buy a DVD, we can even record the program and watch it later and fast forward through the adverts. Wouldn't it be in the TV stations best interests to keep their viewers, rather than pander to the advertisers? Without viewers they are nothing! The internet is so good now we can watch programs easily and without adverts,