Comments on: Soviet-era Estonian meat commercial http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/sovietera-estonian-m.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Rich http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/sovietera-estonian-m.html#comment-244741 Rich Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244741 What was that lumpy looking food on the plate? I wanna eat the hell out of that. What was that lumpy looking food on the plate? I wanna eat the hell out of that.

]]> By: GaryG http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/sovietera-estonian-m.html#comment-244746 GaryG Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244746 Two Girls, One... what the hell is that they're eating? Two Girls, One… what the hell is that they’re eating?

]]> By: UrinalPooper http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/sovietera-estonian-m.html#comment-244753 UrinalPooper Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244753 Meat, hotties and deep-frying... What's not to love? Meat, hotties and deep-frying… What’s not to love?

]]> By: optimuscrime http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/sovietera-estonian-m.html#comment-245277 optimuscrime Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-245277 My favourite Harry Egipt ad is for carpets. It starts with a red shag rug, then pans over the rug until you see a series of floral arrangements haphazardly positioned on the rug, and then it pans further until you can see (of course) a completely buck-naked woman holding another bouquet of flowers. And then you go and buy red shag carpeting. At least, I think that was the idea. My favourite Harry Egipt ad is for carpets. It starts with a red shag rug, then pans over the rug until you see a series of floral arrangements haphazardly positioned on the rug, and then it pans further until you can see (of course) a completely buck-naked woman holding another bouquet of flowers.

And then you go and buy red shag carpeting. At least, I think that was the idea.

]]> By: efergus3 http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/sovietera-estonian-m.html#comment-245791 efergus3 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-245791 The Bisson story WAS made into a video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaFZTAOb7IE The Bisson story WAS made into a video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaFZTAOb7IE

]]> By: Phikus http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/sovietera-estonian-m.html#comment-244515 Phikus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244515 It's made of <i>meat</i>? It’s made of meat?

]]> By: lectroid http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/sovietera-estonian-m.html#comment-244521 lectroid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244521 There's nothing like an industrial grinder and bubbling lard to really whet the appetite. There’s nothing like an industrial grinder and bubbling lard to really whet the appetite.

]]> By: Mazoola http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/sovietera-estonian-m.html#comment-245289 Mazoola Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-245289 Harry Egipt: The VJ's friend -- at least if you work the sorts of parties I do. A number of clips from his commercials -- including, not surprisingly, the one for Pinguin -- are used during the closing credits for "Borat." And that I know this tells you all you'd ever need to know about *my* social life. Harry Egipt: The VJ’s friend — at least if you work the sorts of parties I do. A number of clips from his commercials — including, not surprisingly, the one for Pinguin — are used during the closing credits for “Borat.”

And that I know this tells you all you’d ever need to know about *my* social life.

]]> By: gumbowing http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/sovietera-estonian-m.html#comment-244525 gumbowing Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244525 Awesome! Are all Estonian chicks that hot? MMM, I've got to book a trip to Tallinn! Awesome!
Are all Estonian chicks that hot?
MMM, I’ve got to book a trip to Tallinn!

]]> By: Phikus http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/sovietera-estonian-m.html#comment-245293 Phikus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-245293 Can anybody find a link to the Bill Hicks Coke commercial bit? <i>"I don't know the connection, but damn I'm buying these products..."</i> Can anybody find a link to the Bill Hicks Coke commercial bit?

“I don’t know the connection, but damn I’m buying these products…”

]]> By: mecredis http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/sovietera-estonian-m.html#comment-244526 mecredis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244526 Xeni posted this in 2005 ... http://www.boingboing.net/2005/02/15/more-scary-estonian-.html :) Xeni posted this in 2005 …

http://www.boingboing.net/2005/02/15/more-scary-estonian-.html

:)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/sovietera-estonian-m.html#comment-244530 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244530 Yes, Harry Egipt is the man. Lots of more good stuff in youtube near you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbrnFPCUCHs Most estonians living on the north side (Tallinn area) had "illegal" access to Finnish TV broadcast during the soviet era by just pointing their antennas north. So there were good reference points from Finnish commercial TV, and this Egipt stuff had it's high camp value already then. That's why almost half estonian's still speak finnish - leaned thru quality children's programs. Yes, Harry Egipt is the man. Lots of more good stuff in youtube near you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbrnFPCUCHs

Most estonians living on the north side (Tallinn area) had “illegal” access to Finnish TV broadcast during the soviet era by just pointing their antennas north. So there were good reference points from Finnish commercial TV, and this Egipt stuff had it’s high camp value already then. That’s why almost half estonian’s still speak finnish – leaned thru quality children’s programs.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/sovietera-estonian-m.html#comment-244788 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244788 Gotta love the John Carpenter style bleak synth soundtrack, heh. Gotta love the John Carpenter style bleak synth soundtrack, heh.

]]> By: Jim O'Connell http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/sovietera-estonian-m.html#comment-244535 Jim O'Connell Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244535 Done by the brilliant film maker, Harry Egipt. Search YouTube for his name and you'll find lots of gems. The Pinguin Ice Cream commercial is sublime in a way that will leave you feeling dirty: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uobrdxYFsNY Done by the brilliant film maker, Harry Egipt.

Search YouTube for his name and you’ll find lots of gems. The Pinguin Ice Cream commercial is sublime in a way that will leave you feeling dirty:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uobrdxYFsNY

]]> By: eustace http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/sovietera-estonian-m.html#comment-244539 eustace Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244539 The chanting, the sexual tension; it's a win no matter how you look at it. And Pinguin Ice Cream - you would be arrested for filming it these days. The chanting, the sexual tension; it’s a win no matter how you look at it. And Pinguin Ice Cream – you would be arrested for filming it these days.

]]> By: jbang http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/sovietera-estonian-m.html#comment-245055 jbang Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-245055 FLASHBACK FLASHBACK FLASHBACK Demented, lovely. Where are your avant-garde meat commercials? I'd come out of my veganism if Australian chickens were advertised in even a remotely awesome fashion. FLASHBACK

FLASHBACK

FLASHBACK

Demented, lovely.

Where are your avant-garde meat commercials? I’d come out of my veganism if Australian chickens were advertised in even a remotely awesome fashion.

]]> By: trr http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/sovietera-estonian-m.html#comment-245570 trr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-245570 So is it a real commercial or no? So is it a real commercial or no?

]]> By: spazzm http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/sovietera-estonian-m.html#comment-245059 spazzm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-245059 This is very similar to present-day Australian TV commercials. This is very similar to present-day Australian TV commercials.

]]> By: Jim C http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/sovietera-estonian-m.html#comment-244556 Jim C Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244556 Gumbowing asks "Are all Estonian chicks that hot?" Yes, indeed, just like in America and most other nations, the advertising community has a tradition of handpicking the most average, least exceptional men and women, that will best represent the true mainstream of the country. The concept is that the more the actors resemble you, the more you will relate to and thus want to consume the meat that they enjoy so much. I hope this clarifies matters. :) Gumbowing asks “Are all Estonian chicks that hot?” Yes, indeed, just like in America and most other nations, the advertising community has a tradition of handpicking the most average, least exceptional men and women, that will best represent the true mainstream of the country. The concept is that the more the actors resemble you, the more you will relate to and thus want to consume the meat that they enjoy so much. I hope this clarifies matters. :)

]]> By: Van Diemen http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/sovietera-estonian-m.html#comment-244562 Van Diemen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244562 I bet that is the first & last 100% steak put through that grinder. Immediately after filming they resumed 23% steak 50% unmentionable 20% fat 5% carbdoard 2% gristle/lice/hide. I bet that is the first & last 100% steak put through that grinder.
Immediately after filming they resumed 23% steak 50% unmentionable 20% fat 5% carbdoard 2% gristle/lice/hide.

]]> By: Jim_Graham http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/sovietera-estonian-m.html#comment-244824 Jim_Graham Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244824 Reminded me of the Terry Bisson very short one act play "BUT THEY'RE MADE OUT OF MEAT", which I think Phikus might be referencing. Anyway, it's here: http://www.terrybisson.com/meat.html Reminded me of the Terry Bisson very short one act play “BUT THEY’RE MADE OUT OF MEAT”, which I think Phikus might be referencing.

Anyway, it’s here: http://www.terrybisson.com/meat.html

]]> By: Jim_Graham http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/sovietera-estonian-m.html#comment-244826 Jim_Graham Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244826 Gah. It's a short story. Not a play. But it <i>should</i> be a play. Gah. It’s a short story. Not a play. But it should be a play.

]]> By: Evil Jim http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/sovietera-estonian-m.html#comment-244571 Evil Jim Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244571 O B E Y O B E Y

]]> By: I_say_it_out http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/sovietera-estonian-m.html#comment-244572 I_say_it_out Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244572 as answer to question "Why did they even need a commercial during Soviet times?" - "kanahakkliha" (chicken minced meat) and "Pingviini jäätis" (Penguin icecream) were both new products and first sings of transition from soviet system to free economy. They were introduced on very end of 1980' or even in 1990 before Soviet Union collapsed, when shops were still quite empty of products because ineficency of state owned factories and farms and because much products were sold to relatives and friends of shopkeepers of state owned shops. Communist party member had also much better channels to get food and everything, but most people had to relay on bad food or to grow something in small gardens around city in addition to everyday work. as answer to question “Why did they even need a commercial during Soviet times?” – “kanahakkliha” (chicken minced meat) and “Pingviini jäätis” (Penguin icecream) were both new products and first sings of transition from soviet system to free economy. They were introduced on very end of 1980′ or even in 1990 before Soviet Union collapsed, when shops were still quite empty of products because ineficency of state owned factories and farms and because much products were sold to relatives and friends of shopkeepers of state owned shops. Communist party member had also much better channels to get food and everything, but most people had to relay on bad food or to grow something in small gardens around city in addition to everyday work.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/sovietera-estonian-m.html#comment-244829 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244829 http://www.boingboing.net/2008/07/25/more-on-moonwalker-e.html#comment-244729 http://www.boingboing.net/2008/07/25/more-on-moonwalker-e.html#comment-244729

]]> By: Custodian of the Two Holy Balls http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/sovietera-estonian-m.html#comment-244831 Custodian of the Two Holy Balls Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244831 If I understand the words spoken in this spot correctly (I once spoke Finnish, which is similar to Estonian) they are full of inspiration and imagination: "chicken - chicken - chicken - minced meat - chicken - chicken - chicken - minced meat" The work of an advertising genius. If I understand the words spoken in this spot correctly (I once spoke Finnish, which is similar to Estonian) they are full of inspiration and imagination: “chicken – chicken – chicken – minced meat – chicken – chicken – chicken – minced meat”

The work of an advertising genius.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/sovietera-estonian-m.html#comment-244836 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244836 correct on translation correct on translation

]]> By: minamisan http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/sovietera-estonian-m.html#comment-244581 minamisan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244581 when i was growing up (in a non-communist country) i always wondered why the local electricity/gas/water utilities needed to advertise when there wasn't an alternative to choose. come to think of it... there was only one phone company and postal service too, and they put a lot of money into their ads. when i was growing up (in a non-communist country) i always wondered why the local electricity/gas/water utilities needed to advertise when there wasn’t an alternative to choose. come to think of it… there was only one phone company and postal service too, and they put a lot of money into their ads.

]]> By: alisong76 http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/sovietera-estonian-m.html#comment-244858 alisong76 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-244858 Mmmm. Chicken. Mmmm. Chicken.

]]> By: broklynite http://boingboing.net/2008/07/25/sovietera-estonian-m.html#comment-245637 broklynite Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-245637 I'm honestly surprised nobody has referenced this yet, but... It's made from people! I’m honestly surprised nobody has referenced this yet, but…

It’s made from people!

]]>