AgencySpy - Latest Comments in "The Shack" is Not a Geography Buff - mediabistro.com: AgencySpy

Re: "The Shack" is Not a Geography Buff - mediabistro.com: AgencySpy

Dabitch — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:29:24 -0000

Finland and Iceland are added depending on who you ask (and what language you speak because in Swedish "Skandinavien" is always only Sweden/Denmark/Norway - but English speakers tend to want to throw Iceland and Finland into the mix). Since the name is derived from the Scandinavian Peninsula, one could argue that only Norway and Sweden are "scandinavian".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

Re: "The Shack" is Not a Geography Buff - mediabistro.com: AgencySpy

Ex Shacker — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:11:41 -0000

This campaign is terrible. I've sat thru' many, many RadioShack focus groups and note once did they refer to is as the Shack. Internally we did but not consumers. It's a misguided approach by the agency and client. Shame on both. Plus they moved away from the red & black brand colors to a green & black. Another major mistake. I predict both the agency the client CMO Lee Applbaum are out by this time next year.

Re: "The Shack" is Not a Geography Buff - mediabistro.com: AgencySpy

thegregoryfrench — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:42:40 -0000

"...they speak more languages in one country than we do in three."

I thought Scandinavia was four: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finnland. And where does Iceland fit in by the way?

Re: "The Shack" is Not a Geography Buff - mediabistro.com: AgencySpy

required_lame — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:25:57 -0000

Your comment stunk up this thread 3 times.

Re: "The Shack" is Not a Geography Buff - mediabistro.com: AgencySpy

goldoneshow — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:04:53 -0000

Anyone else find it these ads eerily similar to Goodby's Comcast work of recent years? While I admit we all steal from each other, to steal from an agency in your own city is a bit much especially since the Comcast campaign is so good and recent. Guess BSSP gave up on trying to be good.

Re: "The Shack" is Not a Geography Buff - mediabistro.com: AgencySpy

Stinky — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:54:51 -0000

Oh, come on. It's a fun ad. Let's make a stink about it.

Re: "The Shack" is Not a Geography Buff - mediabistro.com: AgencySpy

Dabitch — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:31:49 -0000

...and as you can see, Switzerland is not and never will be part of Scandanavia - they speak more languages in one country than we do in three. ;)

Re: "The Shack" is Not a Geography Buff - mediabistro.com: AgencySpy

required_name — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:27:25 -0000

that ad is not worth making a stink about.

Re: "The Shack" is Not a Geography Buff - mediabistro.com: AgencySpy

Ryan Houts — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:06:07 -0000

What? Scandinavia is not a country, it's a region! http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

Re: "The Shack" is Not a Geography Buff - mediabistro.com: AgencySpy

Blah-Blah-Blah — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:48:08 -0000

I believe you call that a burn.

Re: "The Shack" is Not a Geography Buff - mediabistro.com: AgencySpy

Hellfire — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:38:48 -0000

Here in the midwest, we think Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island are the same place: hell's toilet.

Re: "The Shack" is Not a Geography Buff - mediabistro.com: AgencySpy

Editor — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:17:15 -0000

As a Dutchman, I suppose I'm supposed to know such things. Also, MN has a nasty habit of employing washed up, old QBs. No one thinks for a second Fav-ra is the next coming.

Re: "The Shack" is Not a Geography Buff - mediabistro.com: AgencySpy

Leo — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:10:01 -0000

that's ok...i still don't know the difference between holland and the netherlands. and why are they called dutch??

re: brett...you can keep him.