Comments on: Ford SportKa Deals With Cat and Pigeon

By: Keith Sketchley

Keith Sketchley — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:59:44 +0000

“Deeya”, you regurgitated what the article said instead of answering my question. Why waste your breath?

Why would anyone human want to be known as “evil”? Adolph Hitler, Ghadafi, et al not being human.

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:47:56 +0000

Yeah, well I for one prefer seeing people get hurt over animals.

By: Eva

Eva — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 07:13:33 +0000

I found this absolutley horrid and disgusting

I know it is fake, but its disturbing to view. And the people that comment saying it is funnier, just makes me so confused. I KNOW ITS FAKE, but it definetly is not something funny to me. Its disgusting, how could they even come up with such a horrible commercial?

And to people who reply with, oh just lighten up or there are way worse ads promoting drugs, alcohol and nudity. Well this in my personal view, is waaay worse; because obviously the animals are the victims as they can’t speak, so its not okay to find something this revolting humourous

ANYONE THAT LAUGHED AT EITHER ONE OF THE ADS, IS SERIOUSLY DISTURBED AND DISGUSTING. I FIND IT HARD PEOPLE FIND IT FUNNY, ITS DISGRACEFUL.

By: c

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:44:58 +0000

@ bob : next time try it with your own head
the ad might be funny for some people ( which I don’t mind at all, I don’t decide what you think is funny or not ) but the two problems are:
1) the cat and the pigeon might be fake and MOST people know that, but the makers of this ad have to think about what the majority will think of their ad, and I think the majority likes animals ( well most people I know anyway )
2) it gives great ideas to idiots like bob . The ad gave him the idea to actually test it with a cat. What if it would of done harm to the cat? Next time he should test it with his own head.

By: Deeya

Deeya — Sun, 02 May 2010 04:19:03 +0000

@ Keith Sketchley
Read the article through first. The car is a face lifted model of the Ford Ka, known for its sweet and humble appearance. In order to target a more ‘maverick’ clientele, they’ve marketed the Sportka as its evil twin, thus explaining the horrific things it’s doing to animals. Funny ad though, I really cracked up during both commercials. These ads are considered shock advertising, they’re meant to catch the viewers attention by any means necessary, which with all the controversy surrounding it, makes it successful. In the pigeon ad, the car was probably just defending itself, but as for the cat, that’s just plain evil and funny.

By: hi

hi — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:46:31 +0000

I HATE THE PIGEON ONE so tight and scary

but the cat one is funny, however its clear that both were computer made, the pigeon isn’t that convincing, and the cat, well, i didn’t see any blood!!! mwhahahaha

By: Keith Sketchley

Keith Sketchley — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:14:19 +0000

Clever, but why would an ad agency -- let alone a car company -- label its product as “evil”.
Marketing people are so dumb so often!

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:43:07 +0000

I thought they were shockingly funny… Surely No one wants to harm an animal. But how many of You Animal Rights Whiners whine about things that “Appear” in likeness?

Do you have any idea how many frogs you squash on the roads after it rains? What About Worms? have you Recorded how many monrach Butterflies YOU kill On your average Commute on a rural route?

What About Catepillars?

Yeah It seems to me you only bitch when it’s “in your face” or if it’s Fuzzy and Cute….

By: deadthevideo

deadthevideo — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:21:32 +0000

I actually like both of these ads. The admakers combined real animals in the ads with fake ones. I would say that they used trickery to get the animals to do what was required of them to get the right effect. The cat ad did get some press coverage with articles about the advert appearing in national newspapers. In a country (UK) where advertising is supposed to be the best but is governed by authoritarian guidelines the average ad break would serve to argue against that particular belief, it is good to see that Ogilvy and Mather were prepared to go against those rules. Of course, ads like these would get their moaners, people who believe our no-particularly-great ad breaks should stay that way, but that would be expected, they even complained about a toilet roll ad featuring naked backsides. Some people may not like it, look at the fuss generated by a Wrigley’s ad showing a man throwing up a dog, but we should have more daring ads on air, even if it is after the UK watershed.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:38:03 +0000

The cat, and the pidgeon, are both hilarious. I wish they could show them on TV. I would like to see more of the same. It extracts a certain levity within our humerous nature, and plays upon the unexpected emotions of being part of something different.

Hail evil-twins uk………….