(9796) Sun 13 Sep 92 12:52p
By: Keith Rowell
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Re: Ufo/alien Themes In Ads
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From: krowell@agora.rain.com (Keith Rowell)
Date: 8 Sep 92 03:39:55 GMT
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I'm trying to catalog the use of UFO/alien themes in
advertisements, especially in nationally distributed ads
in the print or electronic media. Here's what I have so far.
If you have any information on others, please email me or reply
to the net. Thanks a lot.

I'll periodically send out what I have so we can see how this
current infatuation with UFO/alien themes develops through the 1990s.

Keith Rowell


Advertisements Featuring UFOs/aliens as a Theme

1. 1991. LEVI's cotton dockers TV ads of a year ago with
murmured conversation about EBE's while we watch
gentlemen at a backyard barbecue party.(KR)

2. 1988? Ad in Av Week showing torso of typical gray
alien. Copy was minimal. Company?(KR)

3. 1991. TCBY TV ad showing a night scene of a TCBY store,
a UFO arriving, an alien disembarking, going into the
store, coming out with a yogurt, embarking, and
disappearing into the night.(KR)

4. 1991. Taco Bell's place mat with tabloid theme with a
UFO part. (KR)

5. 1991. A well known battery maker is putting out the
older couple in front of a vast pasture, where they are
there ostensibly to capture UFO's on film (message -
make sure you got the BEST battery to do it)... "Where's
Wilbur?"(Don Allen)

6. 1991? A well known Cereal maker...puts out a real fast
intro blurb "The UFO's have landed"..goes right into the
rest of the commercial without any further
explanation..(Don Allen)

7. 1991? A HARDEES commercial for their burgers...the car
driving off in the last few frames of the
commercial...has "UFO" on NEVADA license plates...(Don
Allen)

8. Summer 1984. LEVI's sponsored finale to the 1984
Olympics wherein a UFO is lowered into a darkened LA
Colisseum.(KR)

9. June 1992. Miller Lite commercial features a dog in a
rural ranch setting hearing something. He goes out back
where a party of 20 or more aliens is having a good
time. This segues into a segment on crop circles ending
with the work "Lite" as a crop symbol.(KR)

10. June 1991. AT&T magazine ad appearing in Newsweek,
Achitectural Digest, and elsewhere?, showing to men
golfers in a golf cart on a golf course at sunset being
lifted in a beam emanating from a hovering flying
saucer. (KR)

11. 1991. Universal Studio ad for their ET exhibit. (KR)

12. June 1992. Logitech ad in various consumer computer
magazines showing a bust of a typical alien holding a
Logitech Trackman mouse. Copy says "Trackman. The
Intelligent Way to Conquer Space." (KR)

13. July 1992 Esquire and other magazines. American
Express Card ad showing a bust of a goofy looking
typical alien (but with ears!) holding an American
Express card. Copy says "You're right of the plane. They
don't know you from Adam. And you expect to be
recognized as a respected, responsible person of the
world? Absolutely." (KR)

14. August 1992 Newsweek and other magazines. Ad for
diamond jewelry from Mayer's Jewelry Company. It
shows two ging fortysomethings lounging on their
porch. Copy says "Nehru Jackets. Hip Huggers. Bean Bag
Chairs. Strollers. Tricycles. Bicycles. Skateboards.
UFOs. Disco. Needlepoint Pillows. New Age Music. Shin
Splints. Your love flourished through it all." (KR)

15. May 18, 1992 Aviation Week and Space Technology. One
page ad has a classic Daniel Fry saucer photo. Copy says
"One of the few aircraft systems we haven't worked
with. Yet." (KR)

16. 1991 & 1992 Portland Oregonian and Trimet bus
company. Ads for KUFO, a local soft rock radio station.
Logo features a stylized UFO streaking across "101
KUFO". (KR)

17. August 26, 1991, Business Journal of Portland, OR. Full
page ad for a local ad agency Rosen/Brown Direct.
Shows employees with shaved heads and alien make up.
Copy says "Secret to Rosen/Brown Success
Discovered!" (KR)

18. 1991. A page from the American Express Card Video
Service Catalog shows space and science fiction
related videos you can order: a Ray Bradbury movie The
Martian Chronicles, the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey,
the Eduard Meier UFO videos, and NASA space footage
videos. Meier copy says "Filmclips of U.F.O.'s! In the mid
1970s, Swiss farmer Eduard Meier experienced *and
documented* [emphasis in original] a series of contacts
with extraterrestrials. His encounters are the best
documented ever, with crystal clear photos, 8mm film,
sound recordings, and metal specimens that aren't
found on earth!" (KR)

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------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (9908) Mon 14 Sep 92 12:23p
By: Rhys Weatherley
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From: rhys@cs.uq.oz.au (Rhys Weatherley)
Date: 14 Sep 92 01:06:50 GMT
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In <Bu8q6L.9FG@agora.rain.com> krowell@agora.rain.com (Keith Rowell) writes:

I'm trying to catalog the use of UFO/alien themes in
advertisements, especially in nationally distributed ads
in the print or electronic media. Here's what I have so far.
If you have any information on others, please email me or reply
to the net. Thanks a lot.

Great list Keith.

Now for an Australian one: the Gobbledok has been a frequent visitor to Australian TV screens over the past few years in adverts for Smiths Crisps.
I can't remember when he first appeared (any other Aussies know?) but he's quite a cult figure now. :-) Some facts about the Gobbledok (please correct
me if I get anything wrong Aussies):

- Comes from the Potato Planet (and gets very homesick).
- Loves Smiths Crisps.
- Phrases he is known to utter: "Chippie!! Chippie!! Chippie!!", "Chippies!!",
"Smithies!!". These are uttered in a high-pitched voice. (It's not unusual
to hear Aussie kids talk about "Chippies", meaning they want some chips :-) . - Short, about the size of an Ewok, furry, but a different face: big nose and
eyes, and no hair on the face. Usually also a punk-style hairdo.
- Fast! Early adverts would have a young couple sitting in their house (or
on the porch - can't remember which) eating Smiths Crisps, and the Gobbledok
would run past at high speed and steal them.
- The latest adverts have the Gobbledok and an Aussie farmer (and sometimes the
farmer's wife) eating Smiths Crisps with the Gobbledok, and the ad usually
ends with "You're not from around here, are you?" at which point the
Gobbledok looks at them with a strange expression on his face, as if to say,
"Are you stupid or something - of course I'm not from around here!". :-)

All in all, the Gobbledok is cute and friendly. If only the greys took after him ... :-)

Cheers,

Rhys.
--
Rhys Weatherley, University of Queensland, Australia.
rhys@cs.uq.oz.au "I'm a FAQ nut - what's your problem?"

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By: Greg Goss
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From: Greg_Goss@mindlink.bc.ca (Greg Goss)
Date: 14 Sep 92 01:39:41 GMT
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Ads with a UFO theme?


You didn't mention Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.

Crop circles are caused by R's PBCs in various TV and bus ads often featuring a baffled scientist with a PBC landing and taking off again behind him.

I don't know how wide the airplay is on these. I didn't pay attention to which channel I saw them on (US or Canadian).

.../greg

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By: Steven Malikoff
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From: steven@syacus.acus.oz.au (Steven Malikoff)
Date: 14 Sep 92 23:43:44 GMT
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krowell@agora.rain.com (Keith Rowell) writes:
: I'm trying to catalog the use of UFO/alien themes in
: advertisements, especially in nationally distributed ads
: in the print or electronic media.

<lots of things>

Well, how about the crop circles cover of the last Led Zeppelin compilation album :) ?

Also, here in Sydney, Oz, we had the NRMA (National Roads & Motorists Assoc- iation) ad that featured some guy in a ute ('pickup truck') having bright lights shone at him from a hovering ufo, and the dialogue saying something about their record of paying out 99% of insurance claims, and the other 1%
you wouldn't believe. (Or something like that).

Steve Malikoff.
steven@syacus.acus.oz.au

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