Gotta love Oz! I’m half surprised there was no cursing.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.”
chrisanthemama
on March 20, 2011 at 11:53 am
Classy.
(additional word to make the comment long enough)
Not.
rodeman
on March 20, 2011 at 12:07 pm
Can I assume production costs come out of the agents commish?
Gotta love Oz! I’m half surprised there was no cursing.
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.
I thought the bloke on the left was Mick Pattison, master mind of the Baratt-American implosion.
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?
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.
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.
I was going to post just this:
“Yuck”.
But it said my comment was too short. Hence:
“Yuck, gross.”
Classy.
(additional word to make the comment long enough)
Not.
Can I assume production costs come out of the agents commish?
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…..
I have to agree with #4. The video was horrifying. Then again, I’m a woman.
bloody brilliant! but then again I’m a man 😉
If only they had included and ice cream truck.
#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”.
@13: +1 = plus-one (to make the comment long enough to post).
Ok, I should have not clicked it at work…yikes…hope IT doesn’t send an email to my manager.