Could this commercial be shown in your country ?

[OzzyKP]

I'm surprised they even let it on YouTube.

[notyoueither]

To be honest I'm not sure either.

The last update I could find to the CRTC rules was 1996 or so. It may have changed since then.

Do those cover beer and wine as well as liquor?

I could swear I recall seeing sipping in beer commercials, but I could be wrong.

At any rate, in this case the end could be cut short or the actors digitally paused before lips touch glass. The real point would be the partial nudity. I don't watch Showcase enough, but there are some pretty explicit shows on that and various other channels.

Also, what is the status of the topless 'struggle'? I thought there had been some success for women's groups arguing that they should be allowed to be topless in public. It would be odd if the law allowed topless IRL, but not on TV.

[loinburger]

If there's anything that Real Sex on HBO has taught me, it's that in real life all nudists and swingers are all old and/or fat.

[Darius871]

I'm surprised they even let it on YouTube.

They don't pre-screen and it's only been up 20 days. I give it another few weeks before they act on a flag.

[Wezil]

Do those cover beer and wine as well as liquor?

I could swear I recall seeing sipping in beer commercials, but I could be wrong.

At any rate, in this case the end could be cut short or the actors digitally paused before lips touch glass. The real point would be the partial nudity. I don't watch Showcase enough, but there are some pretty explicit shows on that and various other channels.

Again, I don't know. It was the rule at one time but I'm old now (ancient and decrepit by Asher standards) so it may well have changed. Lot's of people holding booze but nobody drinking...

I don't watch TV now and see more commercials here than anywhere else so I have no idea what current Canadian beer ads look like.

Also, what is the status of the topless 'struggle'? I thought there had been some success for women's groups arguing that they should be allowed to be topless in public. It would be odd if the law allowed topless IRL, but not on TV.

Public topless is legal in Ontario with certain caveats (occurs in an appropriate place for either gender to be topless, is not done for profit, etc.). That doesn't mean by extension it will be allowed on the airwaves however. CRTC is god in this respect.

Also, there is a difference between content of a program on Showcase and the commercials run to pay for it. Different standards entirely.

[Donegeal]

I like how you include who you voted for in every presidential election since 1992 in your signature, as if to prove that you are so open-minded that you will vote for any political party. Oh, you are so smart and open minded let's all applaud you. OH NO WAIT YOU ARE SPINELESS WHO VOTES FOR PEROT AND THEN BUSH? WHO VOTES FOR BUSH BUT GRIMACES? WHO VOTES FOR OBAMA AND GETS SCARED WHILE THEY DO IT, WERE YOU HELD HOSTAGE IN THE VOOTING BOOTH? MAD MAD MAD :MAD: MAD:ADN :A

I've only had that in my sig for about 8 years. You're fast on the uptake!

[Dinner]

http://www.biertijd.com/mediaplayer/?itemid=14879

[notyoueither]

Public topless is legal in Ontario with certain caveats (occurs in an appropriate place for either gender to be topless, is not done for profit, etc.). That doesn't mean by extension it will be allowed on the airwaves however. CRTC is god in this respect.

Also, there is a difference between content of a program on Showcase and the commercials run to pay for it. Different standards entirely.

It seems to me that it would be difficult for the CRTC to regulate against something that is legal in day to day life.

[Wezil]

It seems to me that it would be difficult for the CRTC to regulate against something that is legal in day to day life.

Why? When's the last time you saw someone smoking in a cigarette ad?

[Sir Og]

Can somebody give link to the ad from the OP?

[Kitschum]

Hya: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x5XDpxZfoI

You can thank me later.

[Kitschum]

That expression is at least 30 years old in denmark, so I guess that you have stolen it from us :

Oh yeah. It probably originated in the "progg" age what it sounds like. But Volvo is (was ) a Swedish car, so I think we must have come up with it actually.

My brain usually shuts off whenever I hear Danish being spoken. I just noticed because at first I thought she said she had TBC (tuberculosis)

[Sir Og]

So what's the ad about? Gardening?

[BlackCat]

So what's the ad about? Gardening?

Nope : http://tdc.com/

[Monk]

Oh it gets more explicit than that, even on YouTube. I won't link to it directly, but you can go there and search for 'Ekstra Bladet 1986'. It's a commercial for this tabloid newspaper, and the closure reads 'Good thing we've got Ekstra Bladet'.

Why is this allowed on YouTube? Presumably because it's directed by one of the most famous Danish film makers ever. That makes nudity more accepted, at least in the eyes of censorship.