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Compare The Meerkat Advert NEW (Compare The Market), Cheap Car Insurance

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Uploaded by on Feb 2, 2009

Compare The Meerkat (comparethemeerkat.com) advert which advertises the price-comparison website, Compare The Market (comparethemarket.com).

This is the new shorten advert!

Compare The Market.com compares prices on a number of items including car insurance, home insurance, as well as credit cards, loans and mortgages.

It aims to give you the cheapest quote from a number of big companies, including the AA, the Post Office and HSBC.

The reason for this advert is the constant mis-spelling of Compare The Market, with users inputting Compare The Meerkat instead.

The advert features a russian meerkat called Alexsandr (somtimes spelt as Alexander) who is the founder of Compare The Meerkat. He complains about the number of cheaper car insurance requests and plays the jingles for both of them.

On his website, you can compare meerkats by size, their favourite hobbies and their location.

Certainly one of the best advertising campaigns in recent time. But remember, if you want cheap car insurance, it's CompareTheMarket.com.

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  • Doesn't he realise that hes providing free publicity for compare the market . com??

  • Definitely one of the best adverts out there.

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  • DAFUDGE?!

    Saw this on EC today.

  • @Tripicality You are missing the point. Adding an 's' is a typical - almost stereotypical, and thus, comic - error made by many Russians when learning English. Aleksandr Orlov (the meercat) has been deliberately created as a caricature Russian, with this aspect being exagerated. Look closely at the dialogue - it always features words that highlight the nusances of the Russian accent or has words that end in 's'. 'simples'!! :)

  • I've got that very same tape machine. It's a Stellaphone.

  • Advertising memes are simples! *squeaking noise*

  • better than

    GO COMPARE!

    GO COMPARE!

    the meerkat should shank that fat shit

  • Thumbs up if this is the only advert you will ever search on youtube!

  • @lgkga I'm guessing English isn't your first language or you have a very strict concept of grammar; putting the 's' at the end just makes it sound silly, especially with the Russian accent, it's not very sophisticated humour but it works :)

  • very cool !

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