Today I'm sharing with you one of my favourite ads ever. It's a beer's commercial called 'The Rant' but better known as 'I am Canadian' which was shot in 2000. This Molson beer's ad won an advertising industry Gold Quill award in 2001.
Here's the ad:
and here's the transcript:
Hey, I'm not a lumberjack, or a fur trader.... I don't live in an igloo or eat blubber, or own a dogsled.... and I don't know Jimmy, Sally or Suzy from Canada, although I'm certain they're really really nice.
I have a Prime Minister, not a president. I speak English and French, not American. And I pronounce it 'about', not 'a boot'.
I can proudly sew my country's flag on my backpack. I believe in peace keeping, not policing, diversity, not assimilation, and that the beaver is a truly proud and noble animal. A toque is a hat, a chesterfield is a couch, and it is pronounced 'zed' not 'zee', 'zed' !!!!
Canada is the second largest landmass! The first nation of hockey! and the best part of North America
The Butterfly Circus is a short film created by Joshua and Rebekah Weigel in 2009.Nick Vujicic, an international motivational and evangelistic speaker from Australia who was born without arms or legs, debuted in film and received the Best Actor award for his starring performance as Will at the 2010 Method Fest Independent Film Festival.
Seen now by over 15 million people worldwide, and having garnered numerous awards, Joshua and Rebekah are currently working to expand the short into a feature length film.
for more info : http://thebutterflycircus.com/
Hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Have a wonderful day!
"The fantastically talented Hugh Laurie paid a house call to Ellen, and
they played an exciting game of American slang versus English slang --
and the game was bloody brilliant!" Dronoman
A very clever wind energy commercial made by German wind energy developers, Epuron and the German Federal Ministry of Environment.This ad, created by the German ad-agency, Nordpol Hamburg won a gold at Cannes in 2007, three gold at the 2007 London International Advertising Awards, a gold at Epica 2007, Grand Prix and Gold at Eurobest, two golds at the International ANDY Awards, gold and silver at the 2008 Clio Awards, and gold at the 2008 Golden Award of Montreux among others.
First time you watch it, you'll find it weird but in the end it makes sense. Did you get who the guy is and why he behaved like that?
Today I would like to share a Coke-Cola commercial called "Reasons to believe" (both the English and the Spanish version) and the lyrics of the song the children are singing. Hope you like it. Have a great day!
Lyrics
WHATEVER by Oasis
I'm free to be whatever I
whatever I choose
and I'll sing the blues if I want I'm free to say whatever I
whatever I like if it's wrong or right it's alright.
Always seems to me
you only see what people want you to see
how long's it gonna be
before we get on the bus
and cause no fuss
get a grip on yourself it don't cost much.
Free to be whatever you
whatever you say
if it comes my way it's alright
You're free to be wherever you
wherever you please you can shoot the breeze if you want.
It always seems to me
you only see what people want you to see
how long's it gonna be
before we get on the bus
and cause no fuss
get a grip on yourself it don't cost much.
I'm free to be whatever I
whatever I choose
and i'll sing the blues if I want
Here in my mind
you know you might find
something that you
you thought you once knew
but now it's all gone
and you know it's no fun
yeah I know it's no fun
oh I know it's no fun.
I'm free to be whatever I
whatever I choose
and i'll sing the blues if I want I'm free to be whatever I
whatever i choose and I'll sing the blues if I want.
Whatever you do
whatever you say
yeah I know it's alright
Whatever you do
whatever you say
yeah I know it's alright.
A musical video directed by Baz Luhrmann in 1998. The name of the song is "Everybody is free" and the essay was written by Mary Schmich and published in the Chicago Tribune in 1997. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
Everybody's Free
Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of '99, Wear sunscreen!
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen
have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering
experience. I will dispense this advice now...
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; Oh never mind, you will never understand the power and the beauty of
your youth until they've faded. But trust me, in twenty years, you will look back at photos of yourself and recall
in a way you can't grasp now, how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked.
You are not as fat as you imagine.
Don't worry about the future or worry that know that worrying is as affective as trying to solve an algebra
equation by chewing bubble gum.
The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind. The kind that
blindsides you at 4 PM on some idle Tuesday.
Do one thing every day that scares you.
Sing.
Don't be reckless with other peoples' hearts; don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.
Floss.
Don't waste your time on jealousy, sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and in the
end, it's only with yourself.
Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.
Keep your old love letters; Throw away your old bank statements.
Stretch.
Don't feel guilty if you don't know what to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at
22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't.
Get plenty of calcium.
Be kind to knees, you'll miss them when they're gone.
Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't.
Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't.
Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the "Funky Chicken" on your 75th wedding anniversary.
Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either.
Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else's.
Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can, don't be afraid of it or what other people think of it. It's the
greatest instrument you'll ever own.
Dance. Even if you have nowhere to do it but your own living room.
Read the directions even if you don't follow them.
Do not read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.
Brother and sister together will make it through,
Some day a spirit will take you and guide you there,
I know you've been hurting, but I've been waiting to be there for you
And I'll be there just helping you out, whenever I ca-a-an
Chorus
Get to know your parents. You never know when they'll be gone for good.
Be nice to your siblings. They are your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in
the future.
Understand that friends come and go. But a precious few, who should hold on.
Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, for as the older you get, the more you need the people
you knew when you were young.
Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard.
Live in northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.
Travel.
Accept certain alible truths: prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old and when you
do, you'll fanaticise that when you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children
respected their elders.
Respect your elders.
Don't expect anyone else to support you.
Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse but you'll never know when either one will run
out.
Don't mess too much with your hair or by the time you're forty, it will look eighty-five.
Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it.
Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of wishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off,
painting over the ugly parts and recycling for more than it's worth. But trust me on the sunscreen.
Everybody's Free, oh yeah, to feel good, ohhhhh, to feel good.
