Life Insurance Advert?

[mjd77]

Does anyone remember a series of silly ads from a few years ago where a woman--talking about insurance--had some crazy things happen to her? In one ad, she was flattened by a steamroller. In another, I think she was run over by race horses... What company was this ad for? And what was the name of the actress?

[Backdrifter]

Hey mjd - I remember that ad! It was nearly 10 years ago - I was asking about it in a different thread myself, but no-one answered. Sounds weird, but I loved that ad - it was great fun seeing that girl get mercilessly flattened. The other one was brutal - she's standing next to a jump on a racecourse and the ad ends with her getting completely stamped and trampled into the mud by a whole load of horses as they come over the jump - there was an edit and then a dummy dressed like her is being churned about in the mud as the horses pound over it. Some ad director/writer really had it in for this girl!

I saw each ad just once, then never again. I couldn't tell you which company it was, or who the actress was - sorry. I can only recall that she was short, blonde and very cute, possibly mid 20s.

In case you're interested, I also remember from the 1980s an ad for a big sale at some store, featuring a woman in her early to mid 40s. She's standing in the entrance to the store, promoting the big sale about to start, then a huge crowd come stampeding in (eager sale-goers) and flatten her out - again, she's left spreadeagled on the floor reduced to a paper cutout.

[Backdrifter]

I hope someone else can remember this ad!

[Joolee1980]

wow how weord someone once told me I reminded them of the girl from this ad but i never saw it and luckily I haven't been squashed flat by a steamroller yet! (though I bet some people would love that to happen!)

[JimT]

YES!!! I do remember both of those. They were a bit cruel but very funny, I have to say. I agree it came across as though the ad makers had some kind of grudge against this girl.