Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Yes, it's Meerkat Harborough


From the Leicester Mercury:
An advertising agency acting for the Compare The Market insurance website wants to turn Market Harborough into Meerkat Harborough for a day as part of its latest campaign.

It will promote Meerkovo, the mythical Russian village home of Aleksandr – the now infamous meerkat who launched the adverts, along with the "simples" catchphrase, in 2009.

London advertising agency Good Relations is looking to launch a competition to find a twin for Meerkovo, and wants to use Harborough as an example for the TV ad.
Meerkat Weighton? Meerkat Deeping? No, they just won't do. It has to be Meerkat Harborough.
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7 comments:

  1. Anonymous19 January, 2011 10:49

    I've always thought Harborough people were a bit 'simples'

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  2. Anonymous19 January, 2011 11:50

    Meerkat Bosworth!

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  3. Jonathan Calder19 January, 2011 20:26

    Never heard of it.

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  4. Anonymous20 January, 2011 11:05

    With its battlefield, it could stand in nicely as the site of the Great War of Fearlessness...

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  5. Jonathan Calder20 January, 2011 11:52

    Yeah well we've got Naseby down the road.

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  6. Frank Little20 January, 2011 19:23

    The ancestral pile at the start of the Meerkovo ad is actually Margam Castle with onion domes matted on.

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  7. Anonymous23 January, 2011 16:37

    Right, thanks for calling us simple. I can't wait for this to be over and done with, what a stupid idea.

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