tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562293029348435704.post6841797982382670309..comments2023-09-11T14:34:44.896+01:00Comments on Nicola Doherty: You could put a bit of butter on the spuds there, AndreNicola Dohertyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09194219276950567555noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562293029348435704.post-84807074836238336662010-11-09T17:50:19.354+00:002010-11-09T17:50:19.354+00:00thanks so much, very nice of youthanks so much, very nice of youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562293029348435704.post-20363326159674290962010-11-09T15:06:26.287+00:002010-11-09T15:06:26.287+00:00R, yes, the ads are a testament to pre-Lisbon Iris...R, yes, the ads are a testament to pre-Lisbon Irish Europhilia and ingenious in the way they used the allure of Europe and sex to sell Irish butter to Irish people (surely akin to selling sand to Arabs). Hard question: would you rather live in the Kerrygold ad or Cabot Cove?Nicola Dohertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09194219276950567555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562293029348435704.post-4563952441240351182010-11-08T17:33:20.023+00:002010-11-08T17:33:20.023+00:00Wow. The Kerrygold ad, they have this in Germany t...Wow. The Kerrygold ad, they have this in Germany too! I love your blog, great analysis of this ad and of general Irish phenomena.Nicola Dohertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09194219276950567555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562293029348435704.post-56284496377375292012010-11-08T16:43:00.446+00:002010-11-08T16:43:00.446+00:00thanks for the link, here are some more links on t...thanks for the link, here are some more links on that topic <br /><br />http://atoast2toast.com/2009/03/05/german-suspicions-that-modernity-and-ireland-don%E2%80%99t-mix/<br /><br />current day german kerrygold ad <br /><br />http://www.kerrygold.de/ueberkerrygold/tvspot_090511_gross.swfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562293029348435704.post-88712165314324533452010-11-07T19:28:32.574+00:002010-11-07T19:28:32.574+00:00Those ads are so evocative of late 80s and early 9...Those ads are so evocative of late 80s and early 90s. The ads get so much right, they show that Ireland does have a degree of food culture but get what it is missing, a suave ease with flirtation and sexuality. I think it is also significant that at the time the ad portrayed glamour and excitement as coming from continental Europe. I suspect that in the 50s 60s and possibly now, that glamour Ronannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562293029348435704.post-37952122504623367172010-11-07T18:20:38.781+00:002010-11-07T18:20:38.781+00:00I know, I kind of secretly love it and wish I live...I know, I kind of secretly love it and wish I lived in the Kerrygold ad.Nicola Dohertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09194219276950567555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562293029348435704.post-30648869743654744562010-11-07T12:03:37.126+00:002010-11-07T12:03:37.126+00:00Such sad nostalgia to see that ad again!Such sad nostalgia to see that ad again!Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09097623943180517095noreply@blogger.com