They banned the Polo advert!!

Dan 6N · Post by **Dan 6N** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:06 pm

Was reading the paper yesterday and I was outraged to find that they have banned the brilliant Polo advert with the dog singing "I'm a man".

I'm gutted, that advert was great! Apparently people complained that the dogs were abused...

Polo96CL · Post by **Polo96CL** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:14 pm

That advert was fantastic

Gra-GT · Post by **Gra-GT** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:55 pm

How fricking stupid!!

That advert was quality, I'm sure I've seen it the last couple of days though.

I can never understand why people complain about stuff they see on the telly - like Top Gear, they get complaints for something or other every week! - If I don't like something on the telly, guess what I do, switch off

olop_chris · Post by **olop_chris** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 1:09 pm

Theres a lot of people out there with nothing better to do!

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 2:25 pm

WTF?! how are they abused? Most of it is CGI anyway. Idiots

olop_chris · Post by **olop_chris** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 2:59 pm

So people think they actually make dogs s**t themselves to film it! Idddiioootttssss

shantybeater · Post by **shantybeater** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 5:01 pm

my bro works at framestore & he showed me the other night how it was made, he said apparently the dog was amazingly well trained & on command would begin shaking & looking sheepish...stupid f**king activists in the country with their hippie crack smoking tree hugging ways..

dino · Post by **dino** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 5:03 pm

Some people have nothing better to do than moan about adverts. Do they really think a mahoooosive company such as VW would commission an advert in which animals were harmed?

Love that little guy!

Ollie_R · Post by **Ollie_R** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 5:33 pm

That dog isn't wearing a seatbelt when it's clearly in a car! I'M GOING TO COMPLAIN TO THE ASA!

Although I'm not a fan of the ad (it is quite annoying), it pisses me off that there are actually people who repeatedly complain about these sort of things. If you don't like it, turn it off, as Gra said. Fools.

Maybe they took it off air as it was misleading. I mean, how does a Polo inspire confidence?

Dan 6N · Post by **Dan 6N** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 5:52 pm

shantybeater wrote:my bro works at framestore & he showed me the other night how it was made, he said apparently the dog was amazingly well trained & on command would begin shaking & looking sheepish...stupid f**king activistists in the country with their hippie crack smoking tree hugging ways..

Yeah, thats exactly right!

I really want a singing Jack Russell now so I can drive along in my Polo like the advert

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 5:59 pm

I thought it was a quality advert.

I really think people that complain about adverts like that should do us a favour and take a running jump!

M@Turner · Post by **M@Turner** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 7:33 pm

3 words for people who complain about this sort of stuff!

"Get a life"

charlievwp · Post by **charlievwp** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 10:13 pm

Nooo way!! Idiots!!

mysteryboy · Post by **mysteryboy** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 10:29 pm

they complained at the dog shaking? yet they failed to realise that dogs cant really sing, surely if you're gonna complain you'll complain about something thats missleading such as a singing dog....

Seriously tho... wtf?

pip_polo · Post by **pip_polo** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:56 am

has it actually been banned, can't find any news on it other than web sites saying 'VW wont take it off air'