Polo Ad Axed

noreply@blogspirit.com (Val) — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:55:00 +0200

l was interested to read that the hugely enjoyable Volkswagen Polo commercial featuring a singing Jack Russell has been pulled from our screens following a barrage of complaints from members of the public, and an investigation from the RSPCA.

Much as l loved the joyous warbling of the Spencer Davis Group track 'l'm A Man', by the 'confident' JR, sitting in the front seat next to his owner and living life to the full, his doggie counterpart - shy, trembling, in a head down, tail between his legs stance did, l admit make me have some misgivings about how exactly this was achieved.

Apparently, the 'shy' version was perched on a motorised plate which made him tremble, but it does'nt explain how the tail and head down 'trick' was done. As this is a classic posture of a frightened and submissive animal and would l imagine be quite difficult to emulate unless the dog was actually feeling scared in some way, l will have to reserve judgement.

lt was a pity they couldn't have introduced a 'bored' rather than a 'cowering' doggy act instead. Perhaps yawning or filing his nails. Then it would have been perfect !

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=557500&in_page_id=1773

While l'm on the subject of animals on TV commercials, l just have to mention the hilarous ads for Teletext Holidays featuring a pair of 'home alone' cats. lnspired! See it on You Tube.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=RZtKdsirjTs

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Polo Ad Axed