Comments on: The 100 Most Influential Taglines Since 1948

By: Polx

Polx — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:12:42 +0000

Sid Morrison

yeah it's pretty weird.

But then We all grew up with endless film references to shit that we'd never seen, coz US films rarely if ever think that there is anyone else in the world.

For example I know an awful lot about Gilligan's Island for someone who's never seen even a picture of the cast.

Oddly films from my neck of the woods, if they are shown at all, are subtitled in the US despite being made in English.

By: Tempscire

Tempscire — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:36:37 +0000

Just looking at the top 10: they're familiar, but at least I half I'd be hard-pressed to remember the products/services they're associated with.

By: LH

LH — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:48:22 +0000

They may be a classic, but I can´t recognize some of them.

By: fireflicker

fireflicker — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:58:03 +0000

Amazing to see how brain washed by tv we are

By: Sid Morrison

Sid Morrison — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:31:29 +0000

Polx---
Hmmm. Odd that they released the Brady Bunch movies in the UK if the show never aired there. The films were done very tongue-in-cheek, essentially parodies of all the clichés present in the original show. It was a hoot for 30 and 40somethings raised on the TV series, but a lot of the gags and subtle allusions would be lost on those not familiar with it. Dopes.

Oh! My nose!

By: stormie24

stormie24 — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:15:42 +0000

I was born in '86 and I remember a lot of the tag lines from before that...
Kit-Kat needed to be on that list..."Gimme a break"

By: Polx

Polx — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:32:41 +0000

One was expressly not US american.

Says a lot about world view and how well the US has colonised the rest of the world that I was even recognising slogans from products that have never been on sale in the UK.

But hell, they releases the Brady BUnch movies here despite the show never hsving been shown here.