Re: [Vic] Connex TV ads

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James C <noemail@emailsux.com> wrote in message
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> > > I just saw Connex ads on TV(channel 9), it was short and a bit
> > > funny, should be able to get the message to the public.......
> > > since Harry yeild out <KAAANIIIXXX> at the end.

> > The second has a line which goes along the line "Melbourne has
> > no hills..."

> There is a 2nd version?

And a 3rd.

> > Am I allowed to point out Hillside is the operator who *does*
> > operates on the side of hills?

> Well, Hillside barely touch the Dandenong range, Hurstbridge line
> go through little hills,  even when compare with Sydney/Adelaide
> or Brisbane (Ferny Grove line/North Coast line near Landsborough)
> Melbourne really have no hills, the so call hills we got are very
> low altitude.

A hill is a hill.

I don't know about these people who live down on floodplains...

> I think that line was there to grab attension of the audience.

> > Pathetic really.

> So are most of the Qantas/Ansett ads anyway, especially Ansett,
> Firefly's ads on radio is ridiculous. Compare with them Connex's
> ads is not so bad.

Except that these ad's were on, I just ignore advertising, so I can't
really comment.

> Incidently when was the last time rail operators in Victoria put
> ads on TV?

The (in)famous Puffing Billy ad's that were screened in the wee small
hours amongst Phone Sex ad's earlier this year.

Something else my infrequent appointments with the idiot box meant I
never saw.

> IIRC WCR made an ad last year and showed on channel ten.

Late at night too?

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