Celebrity Advertising

There is an allure about a reputable product being promoted and advertised by a well groomed and liked celebrity. I just can't seem to get enough of it.  I just watched some ads on tv and I realised something.  I love celebrity advertising but I hate seeing Australian celebrities advertising.

The same people keep doing the ads and I feel that they are selling themselves out.  Rebecca Gibney does Advil and Wii Fit.  Snore.  Mark Taylor, a cricketer promotes airconditioners in a boring way.  I think there are about 3 Delta Goodrem ads right now.  Sunsilk, Proactive, So Good Milk. I hate all of them.

Some of our Aussie ads are great, but none really come to mind that involve a celebrity except for the time Mark Philippoussis did the Longines and Pepsi ads.

Its always the foreign made ones that tickle my fancy. They just look like a million dollars, look good in the ad and really make me want to buy or aspire to have the product.  Is it just me or do you also feel the same?

 

Pictures taken from -

•   http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff112/johnsonleung/oksunsilkad.jpg - Delta Goodrem for Sunsilk
  

• http://www.mparchives.com/gallery/ads/ad-longines1.jpg  - Mark Philippoussis for Longines
  
• http://stylefrizz.com/img/sean-connery-louis-vuitton-core-values-ad-campaign-by-annie-leibovitz.jpg - Sean Connery for Louis Vuitton
  
• http://farm1.static.flickr.com/73/230406854_9ef2a751cd.jpg - David Beckam for Got Milk movement.