Re: What's your favourite Telstra ad of all time?

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"annily" <annily@ihopethisdoesntexist.com> wrote in message
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> "Fred" <bluser@gaymail.com> wrote in message
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>> "Alan Parkington" <patriot@iheartaustralia.com.au> wrote in message
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>>> From
>>> http://www.nowwearetalking.com.au/features/whats-your-favourite-telstra-ad-of-all-time
>>>
>>> Do you remember crying when we first said you could call your relatives
>>> overseas? Did you fill with pride when we used "We Are Australian" in
>>> our advertising campaign? Have you been guilty of telling someone that
>>> you are "not happy Jan", or that the Great Wall of China was built to
>>> keep out the rabbits?
>>>
>>> Whether it is Telstra, BigPond, Telecom, Yellow Pages or even the old
>>> OTC, over the years there have been many of our television
>>> advertisements that have left their mark.
>>>
>>> The team at nowwearetalking have thought hard and compiled what we
>>> believe to be our 10 great TV commercials across the years.
>>>
>>> Now it's your chance to tell us which is your all time favourite, watch
>>> the commercials and vote now!
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>> I vote for this one
>> Sol Trujillo "I'm an Ass-Sol" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDa2wv69uEY
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> Not bad, I hadn't seen it before. I don't recognise the tune. Is it a
> well-known one, or just something they made up?

It used to be on the radio a year or two ago.
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=3958430

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"Fred" <bluser@gaymail.com> wrote in message
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> "annily" <annily@ihopethisdoesntexist.com> wrote in message
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>> "Fred" <bluser@gaymail.com> wrote in message
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>>> "Alan Parkington" <patriot@iheartaustralia.com.au> wrote in message
>>> news:Mxd_j.4472$IK1.95@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>>>> From
>>>> http://www.nowwearetalking.com.au/features/whats-your-favourite-telstra-ad-of-all-time
>>>>
>>>> Do you remember crying when we first said you could call your relatives
>>>> overseas? Did you fill with pride when we used "We Are Australian" in
>>>> our advertising campaign? Have you been guilty of telling someone that
>>>> you are "not happy Jan", or that the Great Wall of China was built to
>>>> keep out the rabbits?
>>>>
>>>> Whether it is Telstra, BigPond, Telecom, Yellow Pages or even the old
>>>> OTC, over the years there have been many of our television
>>>> advertisements that have left their mark.
>>>>
>>>> The team at nowwearetalking have thought hard and compiled what we
>>>> believe to be our 10 great TV commercials across the years.
>>>>
>>>> Now it's your chance to tell us which is your all time favourite, watch
>>>> the commercials and vote now!
>>>
>>> I vote for this one
>>> Sol Trujillo "I'm an Ass-Sol" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDa2wv69uEY
>>>
>>
>> Not bad, I hadn't seen it before. I don't recognise the tune. Is it a
>> well-known one, or just something they made up?
>
> It used to be on the radio a year or two ago.
> http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=3958430
>

Ah, thanks. I didn't know Dennis Leary (from "Rescue Me") also sang.