Oh we were cackling at this not long ago, love it!
“Britney! Britney, it’s Marvin. Your cousin, Marvin Spears! You know that new sound you’re looking for..? Well, listen to this!”
[holds the receiver out]
I would love to see NHS Scotland’s effectiveness review on this. My money would be on it having a massive reduction in teenage girl smokers whilst at the same time making literally every teenage boy start smoking, constantly, in the hope of meeting one of these girls.
Absolute banger.
I remember this in high school and wondering why they trying to make smoking look cool
Gotta send this to my kids.
They often use this in marketing/publicity college courses as an example of what not to do for an advert because it did the opposite of what was intended.
I went for a policy job in Scottish Government around 2018 that was for anti smoking. We somehow got on to this and I said I probably remembered every word.
To which the lead interviewer replied: Sing it.
So I actually sang the whole thing in an interview. Most fun interview I’ve been a part of. Made the reserve list, but landed a job in project delivery straight after.
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Oh we were cackling at this not long ago, love it!
“Britney! Britney, it’s Marvin. Your cousin, Marvin Spears! You know that new sound you’re looking for..? Well, listen to this!”
[holds the receiver out]
I would love to see NHS Scotland’s effectiveness review on this. My money would be on it having a massive reduction in teenage girl smokers whilst at the same time making literally every teenage boy start smoking, constantly, in the hope of meeting one of these girls.
Absolute banger.
I remember this in high school and wondering why they trying to make smoking look cool
Gotta send this to my kids.
They often use this in marketing/publicity college courses as an example of what not to do for an advert because it did the opposite of what was intended.
They had some great ads back in the day.
[This Tastes Boggin](https://youtu.be/6tQsXJEza6A?si=B5eBxl-GKa1fMbnd)
[Yer Only Smokin it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un9MII-NbyM)
[Should Have Seen The State of Her Saturday Night](https://youtu.be/HIr5cibbMzM?si=cw5ThyFkBqIYF6PB)
I went for a policy job in Scottish Government around 2018 that was for anti smoking. We somehow got on to this and I said I probably remembered every word.
To which the lead interviewer replied: Sing it.
So I actually sang the whole thing in an interview. Most fun interview I’ve been a part of. Made the reserve list, but landed a job in project delivery straight after.
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