The Courier Mail says Australians have labelled them as "embarrassing" and an "abomination". The New Zealand Herald says ". . . one wondering if state Premier Anna Bligh had 'lost her bananas'.
Locally, The Cairns Post says "Hey hey, we're not happy."
Image - The Monkees (the original ones) - thank you to www.monkees.com .
See the Editors Note below for some ironic info about The Monkees on this day 43 years ago.)
These are the comments about the new Tourism Queensland TV ads, starring 4 of "The Best Job in the World" contestants (the winner was Ben Southall). The four ads feature reworked lyrics of the theme to the old TV show, "The Monkees", where the line "Hey, hey we're The Monkees" has been changed to become "Hey, hey this is Queensland".
A poll of over 500 people in Cairns taken yesterday by the Cairns Post found over 3/4 of those polled gave the new ads "the thumbs down".
Tourism QLD's new TV ad campaign was launched in Cairns yesterday by Premier Anna Bligh and will begin screening nationally on Monday. The ads cost $500,000 to produce.
Not all comments we have seen about the ads are negative, and the few reponses for the positive side appear to be very enthusiastic.
View the new Tourism QLD TV ads here.
Story sourced from The Cairns Post and Courier Mail - Lee Taylor
Editors Note : On this day (28 August), in 1966, the Monkees are among a crowd of 45,000 who turn out to see the Beatles' penultimate live performance at Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium. The main reason for the Monkees' attendance is to get a taste of what their upcoming live concerts may be like. Ironically, the Monkees will never play a venue this large in their hometown.
Sourced from www.monkees.com
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