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[DMczaf]

http://www.adweek.com/aw/national/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000990716

NEW YORK Miles Thirst, the Sprite character introduced in February 2004 by WPP Group's Ogilvy & Mather, is being phased out of the brand's advertising, sources said, and the company is poised to invite Ogilvy and undisclosed others to present new ideas and a tagline to replace the 11-year-old "Obey your thirst" positioning.

He was never going to be the next Lil Penny!

 

[Brannon]

Never again shall we throw it in reverse for thirst.

RIP lil dude, RIP.

 

[themadcowtipper]

fuck it...... Sprite should buy Lil Penny from Nike and put him in the Commercial with Lebron

 

[Error]

RIP he was awesome

 

[Dagless M.D.]

I've never been able to recongnise what he says at the end of each ad, any help?

 

[Teddman]

He was lame and didn't even move. At least Lil' Penny was a puppet, not some wack-ass doll.

 

[DarienA]

I've never been able to recongnise what he says at the end of each ad, any help?

Show em my motto.

Thirst rocked you damn haters.

 

[DMczaf]

Thirst rocked you damn haters.

DarienA loses 50 pts in the Cooler Stars competition

 

[DarienA]

DarienA loses 50 pts in the Cooler Stars competition

Time to get that oil... <cough> Ooooooooh

 

[jobber]

So So Def was going to sue Sprite cause that guy looks a lot like their logo

 

[AlphaSnake]

The first time I saw Miles Thirst I thought to myself "what a blatant way to recapture the golden days of Lil' Penny." Lil Penny really was the shit. This guy is like a plastic 8 inch Chris Rock.

 

[Mister Zimbu]

Good riddance. Only commercials more annoying than that crap are that black guy with the fake english accent hocking off his cheap liquor.

 

[Phoenix]

He was lame and didn't even move. At least Lil' Penny was a puppet, not some wack-ass doll.

"Quoted for truth" I believe is how you say it.

 

[Red Scarlet]

say what

 

[sc0la]

The best part of thirst is when you realized that that was what they replaced Kobe with. :lol

That is a shit load saved on marketing and with better ads to boot.

RIP little dude.

 

[Lo-Volt]

That lil' dude had a first name? Well, all mediocre things must come to an end. Rest in peace, Miles Thirst.

 

[Guzim]

It's time for a Lil' Penny come back.

 

[DMczaf]

It's time for a Lil' Penny come back.

"Can I come too?"

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Sprites just gearing up for their new line of commercials. Get ready for Kobe and Lil'Kobex.

 

[Mama Smurf]

Maybe you'll get the UK Sprite ads.

Voiceover: "A Sprite is a thirst quenching soft drink." *a guy orders a Sprite on screen* "What you may not know is it's also a sort of goblin." *waitress plonks a golem like creature on the table* "This sprite's not so refreshing with a kebab, nor can it take it's chillies." *sprite burps*

They're not bad.

 

[DMczaf]

Sprites just gearing up for their new line of commercials. Get ready for Kobe and Lil'Kobex.

No wonder Konex hasnt been around...

 

[Rorschach]

Good riddance.

 

[mightynine]

Good riddance. Only commercials more annoying than that crap are that black guy with the fake english accent hocking off his cheap liquor.

That would be Tanqueray.

 

[Bowser]

SHOW 'EM MAH MOTO!

 

[The Chosen One]

"Can I come too?"

ha! :lol

Anyway yeah Lil' Penny rocked. Someone has to have vid caps of those old commercials.

Also, there's nothing wrong with the "Obey your Thirst" tagline.

 

[Ristamar]

"Quoted for truth" I believe is how you say it.

Indeed.

 

[Fuzzy]

I always thought that Buddy Lee for Lee Jeans was funny.

 

[Mashing]

http://www.adweek.com/aw/national/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000990716

He was never going to be the next Lil Penny!

Sprite should get the people who do the 7-up commercials. They are absolutely hilarious.

I love the one with the baseketball goal on the moving truck

 

[impirius]

"GET THIS HORRID LITTLE TROLL OFF MY TELEVISION"

 

[masud]

The first time I saw Miles Thirst I thought to myself "what a blatant way to recapture the golden days of Lil' Penny." Lil Penny really was the shit. This guy is like a plastic 8 inch Chris Rock.

:lol :lol :lol You know Chris Rock was the voice of little Penny right?

 

[Poody]

Damn I always wanted a little penny doll. Too bad they never made one.

 

[lilraylewis]

"You can't guard me; the Secret Service couldn't gaurd me!"

 

[FortNinety]

Wait, the Sprite character has fans?

 

[Tamanon]

To be fair, looks like the newest Sprite commercial has the guys from Stella in it......

I miss Thirst already!

 

[Kano]

Phased out for the wrong reason.

 

[Lil' Dice]

Oops

 

[AlphaSnake]

:lol :lol :lol You know Chris Rock was the voice of little Penny right?

Holy shit...I completely forgot. Man, Sprite really did try to rekindle Lil Penny with Miles, then. Shit.

 

[Fatalah]

Lil Penny rocked. God knows how they thought up having a little doll advertise a basketball shoe.


And goddamnit, Penny Hardaway used to be so cool. Now he's a scub player on the Knicks. And we fans don't even want him.