GOOD BYE GRUEN – FINAL EPISODE FOR 2008 – KIWIS TAKE REVENGE WED 9PM ON ABC 1

Who needs Baz Lauhrmann to sell Australia?…. (See Sydney Morning Herald  article .)

Over the past 10 weeks, 10,000 mashup ads have been created by viewers, 2000 Friends have been added on their Facebook page, 1.8 million page views have been recorded on their website and almost 1.3 million people have been watching each week…. 
This Wednesday at 9pm on ABC1 is the final episode of  THE GRUEN TRANSFER for 2008.
Wil, Todd and Russel are joined by Bridget and Dan. 
Finally, New Zealand takes revenge…On the Pitch, Simon Rich from Grey Worldwide and Matt Devine from The Glue Society, acting on behalf of the New Zealand government to try to discourage international tourists from holidaying in Australia.  Baz Luhrmann may be flogging Australia to the rest of the world, but Gruen does the anti-ad.  
Also, Gruen has a look at the world’s hottest ads from Cannes, what’s wrong with the Cheerios ad and Ad of the Week is Fox8’s Football Superstar. 

Here’s a preview of tonight’s challenge:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=281ZavSKfoA
Gruen will be back early 2009