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hmm im worried this campaign article date is actually just its article publication date but the year is changed to 1980
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| runtime            = 45 seconds
| runtime            = 45 seconds
| product            =  
| product            =  
| released          = {{Film date|df=yes|1980|10|29|ref1=<ref name="Campaign"/>}}
| released          = {{Film date|df=yes|1980|10|29|ref1=<ref name="Campaign article 949419"/>}}
| slogan            = It's a new toy every day
| slogan            = It's a new toy every day
| writer            =  
| writer            = {{ubl|Mike Cozens (copywriter)|Graham Watson (art director)}}
| director          =  
| director          = [[Wikipedia:Ken Turner (director)|Ken Turner]]
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| music              =  
| starring          =  
| starring          = [[Wikipedia:Roger Kitter|Roger Kitter]] (voiceover)
| production company =  
| production company = [[Wikipedia:Clearwater Features|Clearwater Films]]
| producer          =  
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| country            =  
| country            = United Kingdom
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== Summary ==
== Summary ==
Summary of the advertisement


== Production ==
== Production ==
[[File:Kipper - Lego Dragon in the office (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|The dragon model from "Kipper"; only its front half is visible in the advertisement]]
"Kipper" was created at the London branch of the [[Wikipedia:TBWA Worldwide|TBWA]] [[Wikipedia:Advertising agency|advertising agency]] by [[Wikipedia:Copywriting|copywriter]] Mike Cozens and [[Wikipedia:Art director|art director]] Graham Watson.<ref name="Cook 1981"/>


== Reception ==
== Reception ==
"Kipper" first premiered on television in the United Kingdom on 29 October 1980.<ref name="Campaign"/>
"Kipper" first premiered on television in the United Kingdom on 29 October 1980.<ref name="Campaign article 949419"/>{{efn|Many sources claim the advertisement premiered in 1981, though the spring 1981 issue of ''[[Bricks 'n Pieces]]'' asserts that it had aired during the 1980 Christmas season.<ref name="Bricks 'n Pieces 1981-1"/>}}
 
== Notes ==
{{notelist}}


== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist|refs=
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="Campaign">{{cite web |url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/lego-kipper-tbwa/949419 |title=Lego 'kipper' by TBWA |year=2016 |website=Campaign |publisher=Haymarket Media Group |location=[[Wikipedia:London|London]] |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240817020449/https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/lego-kipper-tbwa/949419 |archive-date=17 August 2024 |access-date=17 August 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="Bricks 'n Pieces 1981-1">{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/BricksNPieces-Spring1981-Brickset/mode/2up?view=theater |title=A Merry Old Soul |magazine=[[Bricks 'n Pieces]] |date=Spring 1981 |number=7 |editor-first=Clive |editor-last=Nicholls |editor-link=Clive Nicholls |page=1 |location=[[Wikipedia:Wrexham|Wrexham]], [[Wikipedia:Clwyd|Clwyd]] |publisher=[[LEGO UK Ltd]]}}</ref>
 
<ref name="Campaign article 949419">{{cite web |url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/lego-kipper-tbwa/949419 |title=Lego 'kipper' by TBWA |year=29 October 2009 |website=Campaign |publisher=Haymarket Media Group |location=[[Wikipedia:London|London]] |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240817020449/https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/lego-kipper-tbwa/949419 |archive-date=17 August 2024 |access-date=17 August 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>
 
<ref name="Cook 1981">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/guinnessbookofwi0000cook/page/5/mode/2up?view=theater |title=The Guiness Book of Winners and Champions |edition=2nd |year=1981 |first1=Chris |last1=Cook |first2=Anne |last2=Marshall |publisher=Guiness Superlatives Limited |location=[[Wikipedia:Enfield, London|Enfield, London]] |isbn=0-85112-218-3 |page=5}}</ref>
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Revision as of 01:11, 23 March 2025

Kipper
Frame from the advertisement showing the titular kipper and the submarine
AgencyTBWA\London
ClientLEGO UK Ltd
LanguageEnglish
MediaTelevision
Running time45 seconds
Release date(s)
  • 29 October 1980 (1980-10-29)[1]
Slogan
  • It's a new toy every day
Written by
  • Mike Cozens (copywriter)
  • Graham Watson (art director)
Directed byKen Turner
Starring
Production
company
Clearwater Films
CountryUnited Kingdom

"Kipper" is a TV ad from 1980.

Summary

Summary of the advertisement

Production

"Kipper" was created at the London branch of the TBWA advertising agency by copywriter Mike Cozens and art director Graham Watson.[2]

Reception

"Kipper" first premiered on television in the United Kingdom on 29 October 1980.[1][note 1]

Notes

  1. Many sources claim the advertisement premiered in 1981, though the spring 1981 issue of Bricks 'n Pieces asserts that it had aired during the 1980 Christmas season.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Lego 'kipper' by TBWA". Campaign. London: Haymarket Media Group. 29 October 2009. Archived from the original on 17 August 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  2. Cook, Chris; Marshall, Anne (1981). The Guiness Book of Winners and Champions (2nd ed.). Enfield, London: Guiness Superlatives Limited. p. 5. ISBN 0-85112-218-3.
  3. Nicholls, Clive, ed. (Spring 1981). "A Merry Old Soul". Bricks 'n Pieces. No. 7. Wrexham, Clwyd: LEGO UK Ltd. p. 1.