Saturday, 7 March 2009

Des Walker in the closet? Carlton Palmer in the bath? Who's next from Paddy Power?

I've just seen the second new Paddy Power ad. Following on from the mildly disturbing Carlton Palmer in the bath, Des Walker is in your wardrobe! What's next? Paul Parker in your boot? Dion Dublin in the fridge? Dalian Atkinson under your desk?



Brilliantly, there's also an alternate ending to the ad that's been posted on You Tube by Paddy Power, who have a You Tube channel with tipping videos and interviews from events like the Cheltenham festival.



There's also an equally sweary alternate ending to the Carlton Palmer ad:



This is a good start in terms of creating some legs, and @paddypower started following me on Twitter yesterday after I blogged on the Carlton Palmer Paddy Power ad. The 'Self-Styled King of Ireland' posted a link to the sneak preview of the ad yesterday, but as far as I can see he hasn't promoted the extras. Hopefully they will seed them somehow because they've only had a handful of views thus far.

It led me to thinking whether brands have considered using a 'follow us on Twitter @....' type call to action in ads? Surely this would be a better (and cheaper) thing to do than promoting the 'search for xxx' which Ryan wrote about the other day? I think this merits a bit more thought and its own post. Watch this space.

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