Comments on: Gutsy ad-campaign for Buckley's vile, foul, miraculous cold-remedy http://boingboing.net/2007/11/12/gutsy-adcampaign-for.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 19:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: phonetic http://boingboing.net/2007/11/12/gutsy-adcampaign-for.html#comment-81435 phonetic Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-81435 I tried Buckley's once...it was worse than being sick. I tried Buckley’s once…it was worse than being sick.

]]> By: GordoTheGeek http://boingboing.net/2007/11/12/gutsy-adcampaign-for.html#comment-81478 GordoTheGeek Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-81478 Buckley's Mixture is the great Canadian cough remedy. It IS worse than being sick, but gaging it down is great entertainment for anyone around you. :-) The tagline "It's tastes awful and it works" sums the whole thing up. Buckley’s Mixture is the great Canadian cough remedy. It IS worse than being sick, but gaging it down is great entertainment for anyone around you. :-)

The tagline “It’s tastes awful and it works” sums the whole thing up.

]]> By: pewma http://boingboing.net/2007/11/12/gutsy-adcampaign-for.html#comment-81486 pewma Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-81486 not to be a know it all but they've been running with this ad campaign for a while now. <a href="http://www.buckleys.com/about/history.htm">Link to history</a> I remember seeing similar ads about 10 or 15 years ago on sunday television here in St. Louis. not to be a know it all but they’ve been running with this ad campaign for a while now.

Link to history

I remember seeing similar ads about 10 or 15 years ago on sunday television here in St. Louis.

]]> By: Subvertia http://boingboing.net/2007/11/12/gutsy-adcampaign-for.html#comment-81517 Subvertia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-81517 My husband and I saw this ad for the first time last week. Since then, we've seen several and absolutely *Heart* this campaign! I'm willing to try it if it works! My husband and I saw this ad for the first time last week. Since then, we’ve seen several and absolutely *Heart* this campaign! I’m willing to try it if it works!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2007/11/12/gutsy-adcampaign-for.html#comment-81305 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-81305 I used it when I had a bad case of bronchitus... Was by far one of the most foul tasting medicines I have ever had... Like drinking vicks vapor rub, but it worked... I used it when I had a bad case of bronchitus… Was by far one of the most foul tasting medicines I have ever had… Like drinking vicks vapor rub, but it worked…

]]> By: MoistVonLipwig http://boingboing.net/2007/11/12/gutsy-adcampaign-for.html#comment-81577 MoistVonLipwig Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-81577 Buckley's is like a tactical Nuclear strike. It's horrible, you never forget it, and it works. That being said I love the stuff and me chugging it down by the mouthful provides endless amusement to my girlfriend. Buckley’s is like a tactical Nuclear strike. It’s horrible, you never forget it, and it works.

That being said I love the stuff and me chugging it down by the mouthful provides endless amusement to my girlfriend.

]]> By: loraksus http://boingboing.net/2007/11/12/gutsy-adcampaign-for.html#comment-81330 loraksus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-81330 It is great stuff, although you do eventually get sort of used to it. Tastes horrible - the closest I can describe the taste is prison alcohol made out of pine needles, eucalyptus leaves. Drain cleaner is added so it burns when it goes down. Nasty aftertaste too. Be warned, I've seen "Buckleys" in the States that is basically your standard sweet robitussin flavored stuff. Look under non medicinal ingredients to find "pine needle oil" It is great stuff, although you do eventually get sort of used to it.

Tastes horrible – the closest I can describe the taste is prison alcohol made out of pine needles, eucalyptus leaves. Drain cleaner is added so it burns when it goes down. Nasty aftertaste too.

Be warned, I’ve seen “Buckleys” in the States that is basically your standard sweet robitussin flavored stuff. Look under non medicinal ingredients to find “pine needle oil”

]]> By: French Blue http://boingboing.net/2007/11/12/gutsy-adcampaign-for.html#comment-81335 French Blue Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-81335 These ads are just old-fashioned GREAT - a real idea, clearly communicated; no special effects, no fashionable styling, no plagiarism. Every young agency creative ought to be made to watch them to see how it's done. These ads are just old-fashioned GREAT – a real idea, clearly communicated; no special effects, no fashionable styling, no plagiarism. Every young agency creative ought to be made to watch them to see how it’s done.

]]> By: lunarworks http://boingboing.net/2007/11/12/gutsy-adcampaign-for.html#comment-81599 lunarworks Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-81599 Buckley's is, indeed, vile. I dreaded my mother giving it to me as a child. But it's a part of our culture. And it works. Last winter they had a stand setup at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto doing video auditions for their national television ad campaign. The one that scares my cat under the bed. Buckley’s is, indeed, vile. I dreaded my mother giving it to me as a child.

But it’s a part of our culture. And it works.

Last winter they had a stand setup at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto doing video auditions for their national television ad campaign. The one that scares my cat under the bed.

]]> By: chgoliz http://boingboing.net/2007/11/12/gutsy-adcampaign-for.html#comment-81616 chgoliz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-81616 Having followed the links and read the ingredients, this sounds like an amalgam of the conventional OTC medicine I use combined with Olbas' cough syrup, minus the honey. The lack of honey would be pretty traumatic, but the ease of getting both medicines in one product would probably be worth it. Are there any chains in the US that carry it, or only independent stores? Having followed the links and read the ingredients, this sounds like an amalgam of the conventional OTC medicine I use combined with Olbas’ cough syrup, minus the honey. The lack of honey would be pretty traumatic, but the ease of getting both medicines in one product would probably be worth it.

Are there any chains in the US that carry it, or only independent stores?

]]> By: Gilbert Wham http://boingboing.net/2007/11/12/gutsy-adcampaign-for.html#comment-81368 Gilbert Wham Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-81368 You can get, or at least you could, in my home town in Mud Island, a cough remedy called Policeman's Bottle. Basically, it's Eucalyptus, Squill tincture and camphorated opium. You got money off if you brought the bottle back for a refill. You can get, or at least you could, in my home town in Mud Island, a cough remedy called Policeman’s Bottle. Basically, it’s Eucalyptus, Squill tincture and camphorated opium. You got money off if you brought the bottle back for a refill.

]]> By: Decay http://boingboing.net/2007/11/12/gutsy-adcampaign-for.html#comment-81373 Decay Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-81373 I find Covonia (available in the UK, not sure about elsewhere) provokes a similar response in people. It's dark brown, and very odd-tasting. Kind of menthol-y. Does the trick on chesty/tickly coughs, though. I find Covonia (available in the UK, not sure about elsewhere) provokes a similar response in people. It’s dark brown, and very odd-tasting. Kind of menthol-y. Does the trick on chesty/tickly coughs, though.

]]> By: huckles http://boingboing.net/2007/11/12/gutsy-adcampaign-for.html#comment-81374 huckles Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-81374 do others know the saying "s/he has Buckley's" as in "s/he has no chance"? on reflection that's probably not why you'd call a medicine Buckley's. do others know the saying “s/he has Buckley’s” as in “s/he has no chance”?

on reflection that’s probably not why you’d call a medicine Buckley’s.

]]> By: Zachariah http://boingboing.net/2007/11/12/gutsy-adcampaign-for.html#comment-81375 Zachariah Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-81375 I just started seeing ads for this and they make me gag. My wife said one of them referred to "spring break hot tub water" -- I can't believe with all the other stuff they censor that they allowed this phrase, considering the mental image of what that may contain. I just started seeing ads for this and they make me gag. My wife said one of them referred to “spring break hot tub water” — I can’t believe with all the other stuff they censor that they allowed this phrase, considering the mental image of what that may contain.

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