Old Marmite Advert

mikey4444 | 14:48 Wed 21st Jan 2015 | ChatterBank

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Cam anyone remember this old Marmite advert from 2013 ? I have just found it by accident and it made me laugh all over again !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79-sFaeLVJg

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janbee

I didn't know it had been banned. I know there were complaints about it though. It's been shown again this week, quite a few times.

mikey4444

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I rarely watch ITV Janbee, so I wasn't aware that it was being played again. My favourite bit is where the young chap is being comforted by the other man and he says " I've never seen one that small before"

Buenchico

The Telegraph website claims that the Advertising Standards Authority received 250 complaints about the ad but, oddly, the ASA website's search facility finds no reference to it. I wonder if it was really banned or if the manufacturer just withdrew it?

Buenchico

It's usually Marmite itself that gets banned (rather than their ads). It's illegal to sell it in Denmark, Canada and several other countries.

mikey4444

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Buenchico...do you know why these countries have banned the sale of Marmite ?

Hopkirk

I love the way they pixillate the dog's face

Buenchico

It seems that (unbeknown to me until now) the Danes have relented, Mikey:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2731746/The-Vikings-defeated-Denmark-ready-love-Marmite-overturning-three-year-ban.html
but it's still banned in Canada:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25867613

Hopkirk

... and it is also illegal to take a Kinder egg into the USA.

They don't allow such dangerous things in their country.

Retrochic

Marmite is not banned in Canada - its a slightly different formulation. A shipment of Marmite from the UK was stopped at Canadaian customs because it contained meat products -meat products for the UK are not allowed into Canada. Beats me because I always thought marmite was vegetarian.

Retrochic