What are some zoo ads you find nostalgic? I confess that my main inspiration for this thread is that I finally found this ad for the Toledo Zoo after all these years. Every time I walk past Nature's Neighborhood I have to hum the jingle at the end.
Nostalgic Zoo Ads
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Wisp O' Mist
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Does this count? Lol.
Is that one dropping down the charts or just a bit of light relief?
Wisp O' Mist
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It was a real commercial! But it was created by a pair of comedians.
Here's the making of video of it.
The only ad for the North Carolina Zoo I ever remember seeing on TV was one of a Maasai warrior trekking across the Arctic tundra with sweeping panoramic shots before the tagline "Travel from Africa to the Arctic in an afternoon" appears. I saw it years ago and have never been able to find it since.
I understand the theme of the zoo ads about childhood and such. But I'd guess most of my fellow zoo chatters are as irked as I am when, say, you're visiting a new town, you want to go to the zoo, and you have to look under "things to do with the children."
Aardwolf
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Rest assured, the keeper who is doing the dance in this video (now a respected curator at a different, major US zoo) will never live this video down or forget about it. And just to make sure, we've reminded him about it several times.
Hmmm... I can't get the video to link directly. Search for the video below in google. You won't regret it
"Crane Dance” - Baltimore Zoo TV Spot Campaign
When I was a kid, I thought that Vitamin Z was an actual vitamin
I am seconding that you need to look for this if you haven't seen it until now haha. Showed up on Vimeo fast. I found a whole news article from the time about it, too, but unfortunately it's paywalled.
TimothyRaymond
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This might be one of the most creative zoo ads I've ever seen.