Archive for May, 2006

World Cup countdown - T minus 36: Who shrank Ronaldinho?

Thursday, May 4th, 2006

So, Ronaldinho looked just the same as a little child. His tricks aren't anything new either, since he was already pulling them off at the age of five. Nike & Google (= Joga TV) wanted to share all this with us since they think it is relevant. I ...

World Cup countdown - T minus 37: Little chat at the bench

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006

This one is in German. Manger Uli Hoeness from Bayern Munich is having a little chat with coach Andy Brehme (Kaiserslautern). It goes something like this: "Hello Andy, nice to see you" "Happy Easter!" "What are you up to?" "Looking for Easter eggs" "Have fun" "Thanks, that I ...

Car commercials still missing their audience

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006

Rohit at Influential Interactive Marketing had some igreat thoughts on double marketing and mentioned the Golf GTI and the Jetta commercials that ran back to back. (Double marketing means running multiple campaigns on different messages concurrently. ) Yes they are not exactly the same cars (more ...

World Cup countdown - T minus 38: Broken leg

Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006

Lots of Dutch gibberish in this one. My Dutch isn't all that great but that scene certainly wasn't resolved with a simple "I am sorry". Broken leg. This poor guy was solidly put out of work for a long time - NFL style. Let's hope we won't see any ...

World Cup countdown - T minus 39: Lukas Podolski

Monday, May 1st, 2006

One of the German hopefuls is Lukas Podolski from Cologne. He is only 20 years old but is already legend on and off the court. His one-liners in strong Cologne dialect are his trademark. His is also a sharp shooter on the pitch as the video clip ...