My Favorite Funny Thai Ads. # 1 - 5
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Thailand: A Land Of Mysteries - And Kooky Advertising
I find that trait both admirable and confusing but still utterly charming and it is certainly evident in their TV advertising, which is funny, cheeky and often surprisingly irreverent.
Thai viewers complain (on Youtube) that their commercials are the best part of Thai television - apparently, it mostly consists of low-budget soap operas - but if that's the case, my advice is turn the sound down for the programs and up for the ads. - they're certainly worth it.
N.B.:The Red Buddah c/o GollyDolly1
Table of Contents
- # 1: Shera Ceiling Boards: Shakespearean Gecko
- # 2: Penzoil Long Life Motor Oil
- # 3: Green Tea Drink
- More Interesting Thai Oddities
- # 4: Sealect Tuna
- # 5: Thai Mobile Phones
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# 1: Shera Ceiling Boards: Shakespearean Gecko
have the wrong ceiling boards might precipitate a romantic disaster
N.B.: The theme is from the tear-jerker movie, LOVE STORY.
"I actually cried - that's so sad." Youtube member KLM8812
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! " Youtube member gitseng
"Poor lizards, they love each other so much." Youtube member niku55
Love Story
the soundtrack to the good old romance tearjerker from 1970
I remember seeing the film when it came out in the theaters and then getting the soundtrack on vinyl and playing it to death. Now with the CD release it still brings back the images of the film and the times it was released, as vividly as if they were today. The score is haunting and beautiful and magnificently echoed the feel of the story, enhancing the youth, promise and sadness in the lives of Oliver and Jenny.
If you loved the film, you have to have the album.." Amazon customer Orpheus
Love Story
Amazon Price: $4.06 (as of 02/23/2012)
# 2: Penzoil Long Life Motor Oil
featuring some of Thailand's infamous trans-gender lady-boys
Nevertheless, to me, poking fun at these Thai transvestites - as in this Penzoil ad - is fair game.
N.B.: This Thai language translation c/o:Youtube member Random Mizer (edited - with guesswork - by yours truly)
Ladyboys: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Bearded Ladyboy: Miss Dow, what the heck's in that car? Oh! What a handsome guy. My God!
Ladyboys: ^_^
Pennzoil Long Life voice over: The Power of Pennzoil Long Life can protect the machine and make it [run] perfectly (i.e. run away from Lady Boys)
Bearded Ladyboy: Wait for me please!!! Come back!
Pennzoil Long Life voice over: Pennzoil Long Life Super Jumbo 7 liters for all commonrial (sic) and new diesel cars
"I just lost my childhood." Youtube member LolUfufufu
"Yeah, but what happens if the ladyboys buy the [Penzoil]? :O! -gasp-" Youtube member Bioloser
REUTERS reported in June 2008 that Ladyboys at a school in Thailand have won the right to have their own toilet.
The Third Sex: Kathoey, Thailand's Ladyboys
a spotlight on Thailand's trans-gender phenomenon
The Third Sex (Kathoey - Thailand's Ladyboys)
Amazon Price: $9.00 (as of 02/23/2012)
"Totman's access to the trans-gender community in Thailand is very unusual, and he has been able to gain access to very intimate facets of khatoey life that is denied most people. The book itself presents a mix of biographical sections, (about two khatoeys called Daeng and Lek) and sections on the wider issue of khatoey. The latter parts cover such issues Buddhism and khathoeys, the sex industry in Thailand, historical and modern khathoey."
Amazon reviewer Bu-Chan
"Totman provides the reader three excellent kathoey life histories, the final one transcending the diva pretensions of the first two. A...commendable and intelligent work"
Amazon reviewer Calliope Van Halen
# 3: Green Tea Drink
unfortunately, I can't work out the name of the brand
(See: Science Daily.com for many scientific research studies)
In this fantastic, mythology-like ad., the father and son caterpillars are after the tips of the green tea - and they almost get it with the son's use of hypnosis - except that the human tea-picker knows that his tea tip is needed for the green tea drink and somehow manages to overcome the young caterpillar's mystical mind powers.
A-w-w-w!
But thank goodness!
"These guys need a friggin' TV SHOW. " Youtube member ZnaylPyro
"If that [caterpillar] had a hand and just did the Jedi wave, it may have worked. LOL" Youtube member Gine012
"I swear I was going to cry [when] the caterpillar started crying - Oh, I'm such a sap!" Youtube member xxxxLarxenexxxx
The Wonderful World Of Of Green Tea
ECEG is very powerful green tea extract
More Interesting Thai Oddities
- Bizarre Thai Health Video
- Ex: My Blog - I can't ever see Western countries encourage their young boys to promote cleanliness like this!
- Senior Thai Monk Demands That Gay & Transgender monks to stop being so girlie!
- Ex: BBC News, April 2009
- The Thai Screaming Contest
- Ex: My blog
# 4: Sealect Tuna
try not to breathe, it ruins the image
"I just spat out my coffee all over my keyboard - Awesome commercial, hilarious." Youtube member HelloHiGoodday
"LOL - Sometimes we do that." Youtube member artdamage
"i used to do that but now i can't hide it anymore." Youtube member aimkoj
Fat Actress - The Complete First Season
starring Kirstie Alley
The Washington Post
Fat Actress...is shocking and very funny...In the guise of self-deprecation, Ms. Alley sends up the rest of Hollywood in all its folly."
The New York Times
"Hilariously catty and supremely mean."
FlickPhilosopher.com
Kirstie Alley Fat Actress (DVD 1)
Amazon Price: $2.16 (as of 02/23/2012)
"This show is frankly, the funniest thing on TV. It's not everyone's taste, granted but it made me laugh so hard I almost passed out." Amazon customer W. Dorsett
"As the title of the show suggests, it revolves around Kirstie being a fat actress in Hollywood. From the first episode, which starts with her getting on a scale and throwing herself on the floor screaming and sobbing, till the last one which ends with her saying "As God is my witness, I'll never be fat again" this show is funny, funny, funny.
She has taken her real life experiences and has created most honest, in-your-face comedy I've seen in a long time. Put in a mix all of her Hollywood friends as guests on a show and you've got one entertaining show." Amazon customer David Khaindrava
"I can't remember that last time we laughed so hard." Amazon customer C. LeClaire
# 5: Thai Mobile Phones
the pigeon expresses his opinion
"Ha ha ha, love the vibrating mode " Youtube member jesuis88
"The in-flight music is a genius touch." Youtube member EyepopTheSailorMan
The Wonderful World Of Cell Phones
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grannysage
Jan 9, 2011 @ 8:14 pm | delete
- My husband was stationed in Thailand during the Vietnam war. I had to show him some of these, especially the ones with the geckos. He thought it was really funny because geckos were always falling off the ceilings. Very cute lens.
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arncyn
Nov 7, 2010 @ 8:49 pm | delete
- When I was in the ad industry, I remember admiring Thai ads for their production values and for keeping their culture intact in their commercials. Excellent collection of Thai commercials! I'll make sure to come back so I can watch all of them. ~Blessed~
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the777group
Jul 9, 2010 @ 6:11 pm | delete
- Why thank you. My favorite commercial here is the Shakespearean gecko but the Green Tea ad. is pretty good, too.
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- fabulous and what a great topic for a lens. *-*Blessed*-* and featured on Sprinkled with Stardust
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