"Have you got the Pot Noodle Horn?"
I found this on the BBC site - ASA the Advertising Standards agency received 620 complaints for this Pot Noodle Advert... I loved the ad and I wonder if I should contact the ASA to tell them how much I enjoyed it? Do you think one "compliment" cancels out one complaint?
'Irresponsible' ad withdrawn'
The latest in a controversial series of ads from the Unilever-owned convenience food brand sees a man join friends in a bar while trying to conceal a large brass horn he has in his trousers.
A struggle ensues and the protruding horn knocks a female companion in the face.
The advert ends with the slogan "Have you got the Pot Noodle horn?".
Unilever had been dragged in front of the watchdogs before, seeing a poster with the slogan "hurt me, you slag" withdrawn, and a TV commercial with the tagline "the slag of all snacks" banned before the watershed.
The ASA considered its latest effort suitable for showing after the 9pm watershed, despite the complaints that it was tasteless and offensive.
posted by Freddy @ Wednesday, April 26, 2006
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