Shetland
ponies have never been quite as celebrated as they are these
days—thanks to several British ad campaigns. First, of course, we had Fivla and Vitamin, the
adorable sweater-weating ponies from the VisitScotland campaign. Now,
Wieden + Kennedy, London, has upped the ante with a dancing pony in this
new spot for mobile network Three. The agency explains: "Shot against
the dramatic backdrop of the Shetland Islands, the :60 spot follows the
story of a stocky little pony. But this is no ordinary Shetland pony.
With the scrape of a hoof and a flick of his Tina Turner-esque mane, he
effortlessly moonwalks along to the sound of 'Everywhere' by Fleetwood
Mac." The video rocketed past 1 million views this weekend, and is
surely just getting warmed up. The point of the dancing pony is that the
mobile Internet is great for sharing silly stuff that cheers people up.
As part of the campaign, W+K also created The Pony Mixer, a dancing-pony-remixing tool "where you can make our pony shake it to anything from Boyband to Bollywood."
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