![]() Parents will tell you that children are absolute miracles, but they will also admit that, at times, their children can be downright demonic. Which is too bad, because that song is quite catchy. ![]() Since the language in the video is about on par with an HBO show, it clearly would never air in any country where English is the first language. Are they openly making fun of you? Are they laughing at you because of your ignorance of their language? If you’ve never thought that before, you might after seeing this 1999 advertisement from the Netherlands for Soesman Language Training. Have you ever been in a group of people who are speaking a language you can’t? At times, it can make you paranoid. In 2001, it was voted the “Gayest Commercial of All-Time” by the users of Gay.com and. So while it only aired in Europe, it was quite popular in the gay community. The ad features a woman trying to hide an affair from her husband, only to find out he has a shocking secret of his own. It didn’t air much outside of the continent, simply because it would have been too taboo in more conservative markets, even though it is rather tame by today’s standards. This 1999 commercial from Sweden ran mostly in Europe. A re-cut version was later aired where with English fans discussing who they hoped would lose, but it lacked the punch of the original. The clip was pulled by the BBC because they thought it might come across as anti-English. Without a doubt in their mind, they all said England. ![]() ![]() Rugby fans from Ireland, Wales, and Scotland were asked who they wanted to lose in the tournament. That sentiment was expressed thoroughly in the promotional video for the 2012 Six Nations Championship rugby tournament. When it comes to sports rivalries, it’s nice when your team wins, but it’s almost better when your rival loses. For Goodness Shakes didn’t…ahem… yank it themselves. An advertising watchdog group received just one complaint about the commercial and after watching it, they said that it is possible that it could be offensive to a large group of people, so the ads were pulled. But not everyone was a fan of the commercial. Along with just trying to sell a healthy drink that you don’t have to shake, it also works as a public service announcement about being mindful of your facial expressions when performing actions that could easily be misconstrued. UK-based protein drink maker For Goodness Shakes made this ad in 2013 to show the awkward situation of shaking your own drink in public. Even though Cattrall doesn’t say anything particularly dirty and only used double-entendres, the national advertising board in New Zealand received a number of complaints and the ad was pulled. So when she did a Nissan ad to be aired in New Zealand, her use of vague innuendos was very much in line with the persona she had carved out for herself in the show. NissanĪctress Kim Cattrall has almost 90 acting credits to her name, but she is most famous for playing the sexually assertive Samantha Jones in Sex in the City. These are 10 banned and controversial commercials that are also pretty freaking funny. Or, if they did air, they only played in certain areas of the world, because what would be considered cheeky on one continent may be too risqué in another. In some cases, the advertisers choose to be outrageous just to get people’s attention, and now and then some advertisers go too far, and their commercial is banned outright. At times, how they do that comes down to how creative they want to be. Ultimately, the goal of advertising agencies is to sell product.
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