Post by miraclemiku on Mar 18, 2020 16:36:34 GMT
Hello everyone, this is my first post here and the reason why i made this account. I'm not too used to this community, so please excuse any oddness in this post.
For future reference, Mortein is a bug spray from Australia and Louie the fly is the mascot who despises the product.
Lately i've been fixated on Louie, and this fixation made me want to find the commercials he's been in. I've built up a decent collection of commercials and i feel happy about it.
However, i feel like there might be some lost media relating to these commercials. It is possible since they've used Louie since the 1950's.
I'm going to mention two cases of partially lost commercials, one i'm sure of and one i'm not so sure about.
Partially Lost: The 1970's commercial
In the 1960's they released a commercial with Louie singing a little song about how awful he is before he gets killed by Mortein. People loved it to the point where the character is used to this day.
From the 1960's to the early 90's they made commercials with the formula of Louie singing a little song then getting killed off.
The 1970's version here follows this formula with it being a remake of the 1960's original. We have the majority of this commercial, but the beginning and end are clipped off. For some reason there is also narration at the start of the video. Maybe this came from a presentation or something, but i'm just speculating.
I have a little less hope in finding the full version of this one compared to other commercials that came later, i heard that television recording technology was more expensive at that time compared to the 1990's. Then again i'm not really informed about what it was like at the time.
Unconfirmed Partially Lost?: A possible full version of a 15 second 1980's commercial
In the 1980's they did another commercial with this formula. Fortunately the full version of that one can be easily found online along with a shortened 30 second version. However, there seems to be a second one out there.
To be honest, a lot of what i'm about to say is just me speculating based on the little info i have. I'm not sure if you guys would be okay with this, but i'll try my best to support my point.
There's this short 15 second commercial that takes place at a dining room. It appears to be a shortened version of an ad that hasn't resurfaced. The only reason i feel this way is because the other 1980's ad had a shortened version as well. (That one's 30 seconds, but still)
Looking at it, at around 0:02 there's some lipsync animation on Louie suggesting dialogue. But i might be stretching.
Commercials will be clipped to 30 and 15 second versions sometimes, so i feel that this might be a clipped version that i can't find a full version of.
I tried my best to support the point i had, i hope it went well.
Other thoughts?
There are official Youtube and Facebook pages where the company has acknowledged the older commercials. The Youtube account even uploaded some of the older ones along with their newer commercials.
Maybe there's an official archive, but i'm not sure about that. Someone would be able to ask them about it on their Facebook account but there's probably a very low chance of getting a response since that account hasn't been updated since 2015.
I've been scrubbing through compilations of commercials from people uploading the contents of their old VHS tapes and i still plan to do that, though i have more hope in finding commercials from the 1990's to 2004.
I hope this post was okay and enjoyable. I just want to talk about Mortein commercials and Louie with others. Even if something doesn't get found i hope we can have an enjoyable conversation. I hope you people have a good time out there, whoever you are.
For future reference, Mortein is a bug spray from Australia and Louie the fly is the mascot who despises the product.
Lately i've been fixated on Louie, and this fixation made me want to find the commercials he's been in. I've built up a decent collection of commercials and i feel happy about it.
However, i feel like there might be some lost media relating to these commercials. It is possible since they've used Louie since the 1950's.
I'm going to mention two cases of partially lost commercials, one i'm sure of and one i'm not so sure about.
Partially Lost: The 1970's commercial
In the 1960's they released a commercial with Louie singing a little song about how awful he is before he gets killed by Mortein. People loved it to the point where the character is used to this day.
From the 1960's to the early 90's they made commercials with the formula of Louie singing a little song then getting killed off.
The 1970's version here follows this formula with it being a remake of the 1960's original. We have the majority of this commercial, but the beginning and end are clipped off. For some reason there is also narration at the start of the video. Maybe this came from a presentation or something, but i'm just speculating.
I have a little less hope in finding the full version of this one compared to other commercials that came later, i heard that television recording technology was more expensive at that time compared to the 1990's. Then again i'm not really informed about what it was like at the time.
Unconfirmed Partially Lost?: A possible full version of a 15 second 1980's commercial
In the 1980's they did another commercial with this formula. Fortunately the full version of that one can be easily found online along with a shortened 30 second version. However, there seems to be a second one out there.
To be honest, a lot of what i'm about to say is just me speculating based on the little info i have. I'm not sure if you guys would be okay with this, but i'll try my best to support my point.
There's this short 15 second commercial that takes place at a dining room. It appears to be a shortened version of an ad that hasn't resurfaced. The only reason i feel this way is because the other 1980's ad had a shortened version as well. (That one's 30 seconds, but still)
Looking at it, at around 0:02 there's some lipsync animation on Louie suggesting dialogue. But i might be stretching.
Commercials will be clipped to 30 and 15 second versions sometimes, so i feel that this might be a clipped version that i can't find a full version of.
I tried my best to support the point i had, i hope it went well.
Other thoughts?
There are official Youtube and Facebook pages where the company has acknowledged the older commercials. The Youtube account even uploaded some of the older ones along with their newer commercials.
Maybe there's an official archive, but i'm not sure about that. Someone would be able to ask them about it on their Facebook account but there's probably a very low chance of getting a response since that account hasn't been updated since 2015.
I've been scrubbing through compilations of commercials from people uploading the contents of their old VHS tapes and i still plan to do that, though i have more hope in finding commercials from the 1990's to 2004.
I hope this post was okay and enjoyable. I just want to talk about Mortein commercials and Louie with others. Even if something doesn't get found i hope we can have an enjoyable conversation. I hope you people have a good time out there, whoever you are.
