Talk:Cog (television commercial)

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Can anyone confirm that this was never shown on US television due to the cost of such a long segment? -- Darac 13:42, 3 Feb 2004 (UTC)


Nope. i saw it on a news station once, so i had the eviable position of being one of the only people that caught it, unless you watched NBC or CNN or something like that. -- SabinFigaro 11:13 AM, May 20, 2005

I have also seen it on TV, I thought it ran during some big time event, but I do remember seeing it in it's entirety as an actual advertisement. I personally wouldn't want to buy the car either way, but it made me go "Wow, this commericial is sweet." PirateMonkey 00:06, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

What years was it produced/aired in? Circeus 02:26, August 16, 2005 (UTC)

2003 was it's main run; I first saw it in full at the cinema before The Matrix Reloaded, it got into Channel 4's Top TV Treats Of 2003 and then mostly disappeared. Kinitawowi 20:36, August 18, 2005 (UTC)
I think the last time I saw it was on the 29th December 2004, when ITV1 were showing Star Wars Episode IV. For some reason the entire ad-break consisted of nothing but Honda adverts, and that was one of the adverts shown. BillyH 15:45, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Boot? Bonnet? Windscreen? Central Locking? Tyres? I'm going to need to run this article through a translator...  :-) Aranhamo 04:59, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Relevancy, berevity, be damned: would somebody like to name each car part in the secquence? Are they all from the advertised model? Are they all honda/acura? 74.104.15.247 21:51, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Link

I am adding a link to the flash version. --Shell 02:49, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Method

I think it's stop-motion. --Anonymous, 08:42, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Stop thinking. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 02:22, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sporting Trick External Link

I don't think the link is necessary. It has little or nothing to do with the article. Ben 21:09, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

This is the link I had in mind:

I'm removing it. Any questions or objections? Ben 21:10, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Way Things Go

I recently saw part of Fischli/Weiss's The Way Things Go at The Lowry gallery in Salford and I have to admit, Cog bears more than a passing resemblance to it. In fact the similarity is blatant - although in many ways the range of interactions in the Fischli/Weiss film is rather more clever. -- Solipsist 15:21, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

  • There should probably be a reference to Fischli and Weiss in the opening paragraph of this article. The commercial does not contain some similarities to their work, it is a deliberate homage or, if they were not paid or credited, a blatant rip-off. That said, Fischli and Weiss were probably fans of Mouse Trap (board game) as children.Terwilliger 19:24, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Official Honda Website

Can someone find and provide the link to the ad on the official Honda site? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 155.69.54.1 (talk) 10:00, 5 April 2007 (UTC).

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