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American company cures Thailand of fear of ghosts

By Adam Stanhope in Advertising, Travel & Places, Video Clips on Jul 17, 2008 at 4:38 pm



Ghosts are everywhere in Thailand, but thanks to the Sylvania corporation making its light bulbs available to the Thai people, the ghosts are simply no longer scary. The village they used to film the commercial in looks exactly like my own village in Thailand. YouTubeThanks, Tim!


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  1. Ali S.
    Jul 17th, 2008 at 4:58 pm

    Ha! Brilliant! I love how there is every type of ghost being pointed out and then...the transvestite. ;)

    I love ads from Asia they always have a clever joke in them.

  2. Xinavera
    Jul 17th, 2008 at 5:04 pm

    "No, that's a transvestite" ;-)

  3. bean
    Jul 17th, 2008 at 5:19 pm

    I didn't know "Adam Stanhope" was a Thai name.

  4. Carl
    Jul 17th, 2008 at 5:25 pm

    Heh. Creepy makeup jobs. Nice.

  5. Adam Stanhope
    Jul 17th, 2008 at 5:33 pm

    The world is an amazing place, bean!

  6. Justin
    Jul 17th, 2008 at 5:47 pm

    "I love ads from Asia they always have a clever joke in them."

    I think it's more of nobody bothers subbing the majority of them which probably suck. :)

  7. Wisekwai
    Jul 17th, 2008 at 10:01 pm

    The commercial won a Gold prize at this year's Cannes Lions Awards.

  8. Larfin Jackarse
    Jul 18th, 2008 at 7:39 am

    @ bean

    Huh?

  9. Neatoramawontsendmeapassword
    Jul 18th, 2008 at 12:56 pm

    Great commercial.

  10. "A.J."
    Jul 19th, 2008 at 8:45 am

    Tsk tsk.

  11. RM
    Jul 19th, 2008 at 9:29 pm

    I can“t stop laughing XD

  12. ted
    Jul 19th, 2008 at 10:17 pm

    Deja vu.
    This one's a rerun, Adam.

  13. Adam Stanhope
    Jul 19th, 2008 at 10:29 pm

    Whoops!

    Thanks for the tip, Ted.

    Sorry, gang!

  14. Adam Stanhope
    Jul 19th, 2008 at 10:55 pm

    http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/06/thai-ghosts-arent-so-scary-or-are- they/

  15. ted
    Jul 20th, 2008 at 2:51 pm

    No problem, Adam.
    It's worth seeing again. Those wacky Thailand commercials...

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