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Old Irish tat that claimed to be American but wasn't

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  • #62
    George White
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,883 ✭✭✭George White


    Very clearly trying to ride those Levi's ads, which recreated 50s America in Britain.



  • #63
    Bogey Lowenstein
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,344 ✭✭✭Bogey Lowenstein
    That must be Nigel with the brie...


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123744259#Comment_123744259

    You reminded me of the one with the Horslips. I think they were aiming for a Summer of Love, Woodstock vibe.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ-PHpoRmU4


  • #64
    George White
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,883 ✭✭✭George White


    All shot at Ardmore.



  • #65
    George White
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,883 ✭✭✭George White


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123745333#Comment_123745333

    I've become slightly obsessed. Clearly shot on Parnell St in Limerick too.



  • #66
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 38,941 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Wonder where they got the American bus from. Shouldn't have been too hard to round up a few American cars though and you could get away with sticking a few generic big Mercs or BMWs in the background.

    I'm partial to your abracadabra,

    I'm raptured by the joy of it all.



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  • #67
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 38,941 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Imagine if glass bottles were allowed at concerts today! 😮

    I'm partial to your abracadabra,

    I'm raptured by the joy of it all.



  • #68
    George White
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,883 ✭✭✭George White


    I'm now wondering why that ad was even shot in Limerick. Was the ad company based there? Was Limerick considered most passable as 'America'? Surely, a location closer to Dublin would have been easier.

    Around that time, the 1990 NBC TVM A Green Journey/The Love She Sought turned Quinsborough Road, Bray into smalltown Minnesota.



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