Disembodied Mouth Gets Good Beer After Having to Do ‘Bad Things’ in Weird Australian Ad

And the award for best disembodied mouth in a commercial goes to … Australian beer Tooheys Extra Dry for this memorably unnerving 45-second spot from BMF Sydney and director Hamish Rothwell.

Popping loose from a dude's jaws and plopping down on a countertop during a party, the garrulous gob promptly mouths off at its understandably speechless owner. "You made me do things, bad things, I can't forget," says the mouth, referring to things like sucking on women's toes, eating mystery meat and kissing dogs' mouths. "I need something back." That something, of course, is the taste of Tooheys Extra Dry.

"The new ad is sure to grab attention and drive talkability," says marketing director Matt Tapper. "It's provocative, but that is what's great about Tooheys Extra Dry as a brand. We can be a little more adventurous with our creative."

The White Agency assisted with digital elements, and the campaign stretches across TV, online and outdoor, with the animated mouth as its focus. That pugnacious piehole was created by Alt.VFX, which sent a horde of deer to a rave in a memorable Tooheys spot a while back. The mouth is like something out of a David Cronenberg film—amusing and disturbing at the same time. This is very dark humor, and whether praised or panned, I expect it will set tongues wagging.


    

Australian Ad Suggests Eating Bread That Walks Around Outdoors on Its Own

If you eat Abbott's Village Bakery bread, don't be surprised if it bleats a little, or feels a little woolly, on the way down. That's because Abbott's Village Bakery loaves are essentially free-range animals who roam the Australian countryside—judging by this amusing spot from ad agency BMF. "It may seem a little strange to some, but for us free range is the only way to raise bread," the company says on its Facebook page. "We like to shower our loaves with love, let them roam free and grow up in their own unique little way. It's what makes every loaf special." No idea what that really means, but hey, it makes for a kooky commercial. Credits below.

CREDITS
Client: Abbott's Village Bakery
Agency: BMF, Australia
Director: Christopher Riggert
Creative Director: Justin Ruben
Art Director: Alex Booker
Copywriter: Philip Sicklinger
Producer: Michael Hilliard
Digital Creative: Tim Hill
Executive Producer: Rob Galluzzo
Visual Effects: Colin Renshaw
Graphic Designer: Phil Banks
Visual Effects: marnie Ellis
Director of Photography: Sebastian Pfaffenbichler
Graphic Designer: Indah Shillingford
Planner: Thomasine Burnap
Account Director: Jason Carnew
Agency Producer: Whitney Hawthorn
Editing Company: The Butchery
Editor: Jack Hutchings
Photographer: Ross Brown
Retoucher: Andy Salisbury
Production Manager: Karen Liddle
Music: Michael Yezersky, Nylon
Account Manager: Nora Zenasni

Aaron Michie to join ZO

We are excited by the fact that Aaron Michie has decided to join Zenith Optimedia as ‘Chief Innovation Officer’.
According to ZO: “The role is designed to generate broader and more innovative strategic solutions for ZenithOptimedia clients, specifically focused in the technology space.”

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Wonder Performance Bread: Ducks

Wonder Performance Bread: Ducks

Brief:
The brief was to launch a new performance enhancing bread across Australia. The product: new Wonder Performance is a unique combination of complex carbs and iron for energy, as well as protein and amino acids for strength that gives teenagers the fuel to perform. Our objective was to appeal to the diverse audience of mums and teenage boys within a short period of time.

Solution:
Our solution stemmed from the fact that Wonder had had a ‘proven’ track record of transformational powers. We seeded the internet with three different unbranded mpegs of ducks that had unique powers: duck surfing, formation flying and escalator ducks. A unique website and phone number was set up to report on these ‘duck phenomena’. A TVC then broke the news that the ducks were performing this way because they shouldn’t be fed new Wonder Performance bread: it was good for teenagers but not for ducks. This news was posted on the website and in eDM to those who had registered.

Results:
The launch of the three mpegs went viral in the true sense of the word. To date there have been over 2.7 million views on YouTube, over half a million listings for ‘surfing duck’ on Google. The phenomenon was featured on the New York Times, Sky News and Daily Telegraph websites to name a few. Over 10,000 people have registered for a duck repellent ring tone or filed a duck report. In the first week of launch New Wonder Performance sold over A$1,000,000 worth of bread.

Advertising Agency: BMF, Sydney, Australia
Agency Producer: Whitney Hawthorn
Strategic Planner: Gerry Cyron
GAD: Vicky Norton
Account Director: Patrick Cahill
Account Manager: Esther Knox
Production Company: Flying Fish
Post Production: Perceptual Engineering/The House Of Curves
Director: Joe Leonie
Digital Planning Director: Aaron Michie
Creative Director, Interactive: Chris James
Executive Creative Director: Warren Brown
Creative Director: Simon Langley
Art Director: Paul Bruce
Copywriters: Cleve Cameron, Richard Morgan
Digital Art Director: Craig Bailey