Hello chimpware (I like the name -- I don't know what it means, but I
like it!),
I thought it was field hockey when I saw it too. It turns out that it
is hurling, a popular sport in Ireland.
Here is the commercial, called "Free-In", on Guinness's web site. The
description of the ad, under the heading "The Production", notes that
it "features real players in the hurling game."
"Free-In: The Story of the Ad"
Guinness.com
http://www.guinness.com/guinness/en_US/seeing/ads/ad/0,6438,12687267_125898,00.html
In addition, you might be interested in a discussion of the commercial
on an Irish culture discussion group:
"Guinness Hurling Ad", thread on <soc.culture.irish> (Nov. 3-5, 2002).
Google Groups
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&threadm=aq4j9h%24iud%241%40bob.news.rcn.net&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26safe%3Doff%26selm%3Daq4j9h%2524iud%25241%2540bob.news.rcn.net
I'm glad you asked the question -- I bet a lot of people besides you
and me were wondering about this commercial.
- justaskscott
Search terms used on Google and Google Groups:
guinness "field hockey" -"guinness book" -"guinness world"
guinness hurling -"guinness book" -"guinness world"
(In addition to searching on Google, I browsed the Guinness web site.) |
