16 Comments

1. 

   genius on March 19, 2011 at 7:10 pm

   Gotta love Oz! I’m half surprised there was no cursing.

2. 

   Anonymous on March 19, 2011 at 10:19 pm

   Jim, I’ve got my Quantas ticket and passport in-hand…. Forget subtle psycho-sexual innuendo; this commercial leverages the obvious: house purchases are, in part, grounded in fulfilling the Freudian voids in our psyche. Bigger, as they say, is better.

3. 

   GW on March 19, 2011 at 10:40 pm

   I thought the bloke on the left was Mick Pattison, master mind of the Baratt-American implosion.

4. 

   no_techie on March 20, 2011 at 8:19 am

   I’m outraged by that commercial…not for the sexual innuendo (although I am very troubled by the increasing sexualization of EVERYTHING in the media)…but for the flippancy in which the staged victimization is portrayed. What is next, a feigned sadistic murder scene in which the “lingerie model” is saved by the real estate guys?

5. 

   CV Owner on March 20, 2011 at 9:13 am

   LOL.

   They probably could just put cats and dogs in an ad and the house would probably sell anyway. Property market in Australia has been booming for like ever.

6. 

   MarkB on March 20, 2011 at 9:18 am

   Hmmmm. I try to imagine being the seller that endorses this. I need to sell my really expensive place. Maybe it’s been on the market awhile. I saw these guys in the last stunt so I give them a call. They give me the full court press and lather some Hollywood hype on top of it all. They let me meet the “crack” production team and the 3 “actresses” that sold that other place. And they let me attend the shooting.

   So much excitement! And maybe it will sell my house!

   It’s all fun and games until one of those properties fails to move so I suspect we’ll see more of this nonsense.

7. 

   Dwip on March 20, 2011 at 11:24 am

   I was going to post just this:

   “Yuck”.

   But it said my comment was too short. Hence:

   “Yuck, gross.”

8. 

   chrisanthemama on March 20, 2011 at 11:53 am

   Classy.

   (additional word to make the comment long enough)

   Not.

9. 

   rodeman on March 20, 2011 at 12:07 pm

   Can I assume production costs come out of the agents commish?

10. 

    3rd Generation on March 20, 2011 at 12:11 pm

    I like the American version better:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN7GI0lkWPo

    Did you see the size of that garage?

    Let me get to work…..

11. 

    Charlene on March 20, 2011 at 1:01 pm

    I have to agree with #4. The video was horrifying. Then again, I’m a woman.

12. 

    golfproz on March 20, 2011 at 5:59 pm

    bloody brilliant! but then again I’m a man 😉

13. 

    Ronald McMansion on March 20, 2011 at 9:45 pm

    If only they had included and ice cream truck.

14. 

    Jim the Realtor on March 20, 2011 at 11:16 pm

    #3 – GW, he’s a dead ringer for Mick.

    At the 0.52-mark, did he say,

    “Speaking of broads, here’s one I prepared earlier”.

15. 

    chrisanthemama on March 21, 2011 at 7:59 pm

    @13: +1 = plus-one (to make the comment long enough to post).

16. 

    Jeeman on March 22, 2011 at 7:50 am

    Ok, I should have not clicked it at work…yikes…hope IT doesn’t send an email to my manager.