That Sultana Bran ad, and its relationship to the Brady's

Published on July 9, 2004 By pissedofftoo In Misc

Here's the thing, I don't mind advertisements, as long as they're advertising products that are worth buying (immediately discounting informercials), or they advertise sales.

So the Sultana Bran advert with the stupid family that just start singing a catchy little jingle ripped off from a mowtown song makes me shiver in anti-consumeristic pain.

What is this ad saying? That if you buy Kelogg's Sultana Bran that you will become some mutation of the Von Trapp's and start singing tuneful melodies. Oh how the hils are alive with the sound of people rushing to the supermarkets to buy Sultana Bran. Yeah Right, the people that dreamed up that ad should be sacked immediately and thrown in jail for crimes against humanity.

Another singing family (and here's the link) was the Brady's. Oh how I miss the Brady Bunch, despite seeing the whole series 5 times because commercial television just can't produce new sitcoms anymore. According to Jim, anyone?

Apparently the Brady's had a singing tour thing happening, how about a reunion guys. Then they could hook up with the family from the Sultana Bran ad and make a megatour of it. Dreams are free.

Till next week
Pissed Off

Comments

trina_p

on Jul 09, 2004

Are you Australian? - I hope so or this isn't going to make ANY sense

Are we talking about the "Sultana's on the grapevine" with the two kids and the mum or the 3 boys and the mum.

I think it's more effective then the old Sultana bran ads "Don't tell em its healthy and they'll eat it bowl full."

Jingles are good because they get stuck in peoples heads and they remember the product - think the sorbent toilet tissue ad with Magda & Arthur (from Hey Dad) or Louie the Fly or the "thankyou Spray & Wipe" "I'm Mr Sheen" -- aeroplane jelly and Happy little vegemites

As for the Brady reunion - Dad Brady (Robert Reed) passed away in 1992 of intestinal cancer and AIDS complications

Tiffany

on Jul 23, 2004

I think you are completely wrong about the sultana bran advertisment. In all my years of watching dreaded adverts never have i stumbled across a more catchier and energetic jingle that gets stuck in my head every single time i hear it. And afterall isnt that the whole point of advertisments, they are supposed to get glued inside your head so you just cant stop thinking about it and eventually go out and but it. This advert is especially great for younger children who crave the sound of something that rhymes and is easy to remember. This encourages little kids to tell their parents and pester them into buying the product.

And i mean hey u can't seriously tell me that you havent caught yourself singing it just once.

cactoblasta

on Jul 23, 2004

Personally I'd like to see everyone involved with the ad taken outside and tried for witchcraft. I feel dumber every time I see it. It may be catchy, but so's diptheria.

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