Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/12

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Leica, longevity, and advertising
From: "Steve LeHuray" <icommag@toad.net>
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 10:33:43 -0400

> Wasn't that the one launched on Superbowl Sunday and pulled very soon after?

Yes. It only ran once and is regarded by many as the best TV commercial ever
made.

sl
>
> At 04:45 PM 7/11/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>>The most creative advertising is not always the most effective. The most
>>memorable advertisement I can remember was the Apple Macintosh TV spot
>>with the 1984 Orwellian theme. It didn't go over well (except as a cult
>>thing) because it depicted IBM/clone users as mindless, unthinking
>>computer users. Such a notion was found offensive by many IBM users. It
>>didn't add much to Apple's market share, but it was one of the very few
>>times advertising became art.
>>
>>Allan
>>
>>
>>Steve LeHuray wrote:
>>>I just want to say that I am in the advertising business and do not think
>>>the Hands campaign is great or memborable, but, it is not that bad either.
>>>There must be other Leica topics to be talking about and if you do not like
>>>the ads do not look at them.
>>
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