"Better on a Better Network"

5 June 2024

6 mins 55s

Twenty-six of the best.

It takes 6' 55" to watch all twenty-six, count 'em, twenty-six commercials in this Telstra campaign. One spot in, DAVID knew he was in for a good time. Directed by Jeff Low and stop-motion animated by Tobias Fouracre, it's a wonderful, quotable take on the 'Creature Comforts' formula from Down Under.

The cast is made up of animals from all over Australia (bats, Tasmanian devils, cockatoos, krills, et cetera), and we're hard-pressed to pick a favourite. If push came to shove, it would be the circus llamas, just for the crackpot delivery of the line: "I want to be shot out of the cannon!"

It's a close contest between them and the wallabies who build snowmen on top of a mountain in eastern Victoria. Mum says "Mount Buller is better on a better mobile network"—her kid thinks a carrot nose looks better, ahem, south of the Equator. Kudos to everyone involved in this ripper of a campaign.

Australia

Mobile Phone Networks