Virgin Mobile Idle Thumbs

This advert, which I believe was banned, is a Virgin mobile advert that works on the idea that the devil makes work for idle thumbs.

The advert is based in a hospital and the people in the hospital are all bored so use their thumbs to get up to no good!

I believe the advert was banned because it depicts what some would class as a mental hospital and it also depicts a mangina!!! But I find this a very interesting and clever advert from Mr Bransons Virgin Mobile.

T-Mobile - Life Is Made For Sharing

Yesterday I saw what is probably the best advert that has been on the television for a very long time, the advert is T-Mobile - life is made for sharing.

This advert was shot in Liverpool train station on 15th January and starts with people all waiting around in the train station before music comes over the tannoy. When the music starts a large group of people start a huge selection of choreographed dances as different songs play.

What is amazing about this is that it was done as public were walking around also waiting for the trains, guess what....alot of the public ended up joining in the dancing.

The advert finishes with two girls laughing as they look at their mobiles after recording the dancing and then the slogan T-Mobile Life is made for sharing comes up.

T-Mobile, this should end up with some kind of advertising award this is a master piece in advertising.

One Laptop Per Child Advert

Many of you have probably heard of the one laptop per child charity who wish to distribute computers to all the children in the world. The vision behind the one laptop per child is to empower the children in poor countries to be able to get engaged in their own learning by being given the tools to do so.

The one laptop per child charity has built a spectacular advert using the late John Lennon (with consent from his widow Yoko Ono) this advert is short but really gets the point across by promoting the "XO Computer".

What I like about this advert is its clever use of the late John Lennon and the fact that it is such a good cause.

Microsoft Advert

Microsoft are not reknowned for their adverts, but this Microsoft advert for the German market really is a good one.

There are many rumours that this advert was banned but fortunately for Microsoft this advert was not banned and aired on German TV for a while.

I do believe there were English versions of this advert so it could be played in other countries.

Well done Microsoft on a great advert worthy enough to be added to our collection.

Fotoprix advert - Spain

Fotoprix made an amazing advert for the Spanish market to show that they make "The best pictures at the best price". The only problem with this Fotoprix advert was that it was banned, why Ill never know!

This clever peice of advertising centres on a woman standing looking at herself just wearing a bra, the advert has little comments saying no huge ones , no plastic surgery, no silicon, you'll look 30% better, after this you see her move the photo covering her chest to reveal that her chest is smaller.

This is definately and advert to watch and is a genius idea, pity this Fotoprix advert was banned but at least we here at Greatadverts have a copy for you to watch.

BT Gremlins Advert

This advert is a brand new one and a BIG surprise to me!

BT, thats British Telecom for those who do not know have pulled off a major coup with thier new advert advertising IT support.

This advert shows a man working late at night as other leave the office so he is alone...guess what happens...those pesky computer gremlins strike and cause him to lose the work he is doing. What makes this BT Gremlins advert special is the fact that the computer Gremlins in question are those Gremlins that ran amok in the Hollywood films of the 1980's, the advert even has the supporting Gremlin music!

This is an amazing advert that made me want to come and post it straight away, all I can say is WELL DONE BT and to you folks, enjoy :D

Macbook Air Advert

The Macbook Air is a new laptop from Apple. Not only does the Macbook Air come with a bundle of great software, it also has a sleek design that makes this laptop the thinnest on the market....so thin in fact that it fits in to an envelope as the advert below shows.

I think what makes this advert special is the accompanying music from Yael Naim, a french singer. The song is entitled "New soul".

Out of Ten...how do you rate this great advert, it is simple yet very effective....its one you certainly remember!