20Responses:

• jafabrit

  

  Said on the 12 May 2007

  yep, it could get really annoying.

• Beatrice

  

  Said on the 30 May 2007

  Why would anyone want to drink a pint that required more lung capacity than anyone remotely normal could possibly possess to consume it safely, and which disables the drinker for most of the evening. Why would you pay for a whole pint, even if you were looking for that effect? All you need is a small sip and the whole night would pass by in a gasping blur. These ads are horrible.

• Silky

  

  Said on the 30 May 2007

  But Beatrice, don’t you some times wish the night would pass by in a gasping blur?

• Daniel Hoffmann-Gill

  

  Said on the 13 June 2007

  Funnily enough, I’m one of the actors going ‘ahhhhhhhh’ in the new advert, where two blokes are in the trance and the other one does a little routine while he wakes for us to wake up.

  It seems to have caught on in the best way, with people able to mimic the action down the pub and in turn, virally spread the brand/concept.

  I’d say that’s a good ad but then again, I’m in it.

• Silky

  

  Said on the 13 June 2007

  Hey Daniel,

  Thanks for the comment. How many takes did it take before saying “ahhhhh” got slightly annoying?

  Or did you do it in one

• Daniel Hoffmann-Gill

  

  Said on the 14 June 2007

  It was actually quite a short shoot day and we were all done by 6ish after starting at 8am so not too bad.

  It’s not the ‘ahhhhs’ that are the problem, its mastering the correct sip (I jest you not) and also gripping the glass near the bottom!

• Silky

  

  Said on the 14 June 2007

  Thanks for the insight into the art of acting, Daniel.

  Did you find yourself holding the glass and sipping your pint in the same way for a few days afterwards too?

  Have you avoided drunken idiots ‘ahhhhing’ at you so far?

• Daniel Hoffmann-Gill

  

  Said on the 15 June 2007

  To be honest, I don’t really drink.

  However, people do feel free to ahhhh in my face, drunk or not…

• j

  

  Said on the 1 July 2007

  Does anyone know who the black guy in the first strongbow “ahh” advert is?

• Mei

  

  Said on the 27 July 2007

  I was wondering the same thing coz he really looks like my neighbour!

• Jake

  

  Said on the 28 August 2007

  What I noticed browsing through you tube is that there are loads of clearly underage kids mimicking the advert – thereby promoting underage drinking.

  I’m not hugely bothered about this but I doubt Strongbow are really that happy – or maybe they are?

• stavros

  

  Said on the 11 September 2007

  whos the main actor guy in the advert shown above? hes in another one for some building society too, he looks like my mate

• Silky

  

  Said on the 13 September 2007

  Is it your mate? Worth an ask, I’d say.

  I’ll have a dig around and see if I can find out for you, Stavros.

• Daniel Hoffmann-Gill

  

  Said on the 13 September 2007

  Tim Key is his name.

• Silky

  

  Said on the 17 September 2007

  Thanks for the info, Daniel.

• Mr A Reaper Esq

  

  Said on the 8 July 2008

  Well bugger me with a large grass cutter….i love all these adverts, if they make you humans drink and smoke more iam happy with that and it means more work for yours truly and when you get payed by the head then its a fine life to be sure….oh yes by the way everyone when the next person takes a swig of his cider make sure you pinch his/her money from their pockets then stick a large knife in there face so that i can pop round and give them the old heave ho….until we meet in the dark…..This has been brought to you by drink Irresponsibly.com…post script have a large one for me….

• Neil Henderson

  

  Said on the 8 August 2009

  We did the campaign. Good to see it being talked about. We only ran it for a couple of years and Strongbow sales increased massively as a result. And as Daniel says lots of people were copying it in pubs across the nation. So maybe not everyone found it annoying. We have moved on to the ‘Bowtime Hard Earned’ campaign now – it would be good to hear what people think of that. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWPfzsV_SXA&feature=related And if you haven’t seen it check out the Strongbow Bankers version of the ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDFETK0JQUI&feature=related.

• CovertJellyfish

  

  Said on the 8 August 2009

  I do hope you intend to pay for that advertising space…..

• Archer

  

  Said on the 18 September 2009

  This advert really reminds me of something, but I can’t quite put my finger on it.

• CovertJellyfish

  

  Said on the 18 September 2009

  I think it’s the noise they make…….

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