Harvey Norman wannabe

Saruman

On today FM and probably other stations, Opel have this ad that takes the piss out of Harvey norman.. every now and again the guy slips into Harveys voice saying "SENSATIONAL!"

smoke.me.a.kipper

heard it. fair funny. but the ad is nowhere near as classy as harvey.

eoin_f

is it possible to complain to anybody about his bloody irritating voice in that add, have to change the radio station every time the ad comes on, is a hazard to driving, think i have a case ??

woosaysdan

heard it earlier whats the song you want it you got it at harvey norman

smoke.me.a.kipper

woosaysdan wrote:

heard it earlier whats the song you want it you got it at harvey norman

GO HARVEY, GO HARVEY, GO HARVEY NORMAN!!

aidan_dunne

Prefer the original song myself (when I say prefer, I mean prefer in the fact it was so unapologetically cheesey). The one that sounded like a bunch of cheerleaders going, "GO HARVEY, GO HARVEY, GO HARVEY NORMAN!"

Heard that Opel ad as well. Funny to hear one ad spoofing another. I wonder will Harvey Norman take any legal action against Opel over this.

sharkman

The Guy that does the adds actually works there ! Honest !!

aidan_dunne

sharkman, please tell me you're joking! :eek:

If that's the case, I'm making a note to never, ever go to Harvey Norman's. Can you just imagine looking at a telly or something in there and have that guy approach you. He'd start talking at a hundred miles an hour telling you all the features of the telly, whilst dropping in the word "SENSATIONAL!" every few seconds.

"This SENSATIONAL 28" widescreen TV comes with SENSATIONAL Nicam digital stereo and SENSATIONAL Fastext. It also has two SENSATIONAL SCART inputs in addition to these SENSATIONAL composite video/audio input jacks. I think you gotta agree with me, sir, that this is one SENSATIONAL television."

Cue one very scared customer running for the nearest exit!

sharkman

No REALLY he does . Not gonna tell you his name , BUT he DOES ..

smoke.me.a.kipper

didnt ray darcy have him on his show a while back??

The Muppet

sharkman wrote:

No REALLY he does . Not gonna tell you his name , BUT he DOES ..

Let me guess. Is it Bruce?

monkey tennis

eoin_f wrote:

is it possible to complain to anybody about his bloody irritating voice in that add, have to change the radio station every time the ad comes on, is a hazard to driving, think i have a case ??

I heard somewhere it got voted most annoying ad on the radio by listeners? Not surprising...

I always find it funny to hear people singing a theme in the background on radio ads - it means a load of real people had to actually go into a studio and be recorded singing something ridiculous. I always picture that any time I hear one of those ads

smoke.me.a.kipper

The Muppet wrote:

Let me guess. Is it Bruce?

or Lance?

sharkman

Would you believe me if I said his name was ............Gary .

The Muppet

sharkman wrote:

Would you believe me if I said his name was ............Gary .

Nope

woosaysdan

not a chance!!! i bet its norman, norman harvey

Piste

Bikes and Babies rip off the add as well. It begins like the Harvey Norman ads but a voice says 'Beat it Harvey, everyone know you get the best value at bikes and babies'

woosaysdan

i havnt heard that one what station is it on?

Piste

Spin is the only one Iv'e heard it played on

smoke.me.a.kipper

Gummybearz!!! wrote:

Bikes and Babies rip off the add as well. It begins like the Harvey Norman ads but a voice says 'Beat it Harvey, everyone know you get the best value at bikes and babies'

just goes to show how well known the harvey ad is if people are ripping it off.

woosaysdan

harveys class imo

jetsonx

The name in marketing of this phenomenon is "marketing dedifferentiation".

Usually done by companies with a weak identitity and a total lack of imagination.

Look at the way Dunnes copy M&S packaging on their foodstuffs.

Hundreds of examples. Well, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.