Never Say No to Panda
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Never Say No to Panda is a 2010 series of television commercials produced in Egypt
by Advance Marketing for Arab Dairy, manufacturers of Panda Cheese. The commercials, which feature a giant panda
who terrorizes people for not wanting to try the cheese, have become a viral Internet hit.
to suddenly appear in front of him while the Buddy Holly
song "True Love Ways
" plays in the background. The panda has a staredown with the person for a few seconds before it goes into a violent outburst and destroys everything around them. One example is a pair of commercials featuring a father and son at the grocery. The son suggests they buy Panda cheese, but the father says their shopping cart is full. The panda appears and stares at the father before tipping over the shopping cart and stomping on the spilled merchandise. On the second commercial where the father and son return to the grocery, the father is intimidated by the panda enough to buy two boxes of Panda cheese before everyone walks away peacefully.
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
by Advance Marketing for Arab Dairy, manufacturers of Panda Cheese. The commercials, which feature a giant panda
Giant Panda
The giant panda, or panda is a bear native to central-western and south western China. It is easily recognized by its large, distinctive black patches around the eyes, over the ears, and across its round body. Though it belongs to the order Carnivora, the panda's diet is 99% bamboo...
who terrorizes people for not wanting to try the cheese, have become a viral Internet hit.
Premise
In each commercial, a person is offered to try Panda cheese, to which he declines. This causes a giant pandaGiant Panda
The giant panda, or panda is a bear native to central-western and south western China. It is easily recognized by its large, distinctive black patches around the eyes, over the ears, and across its round body. Though it belongs to the order Carnivora, the panda's diet is 99% bamboo...
to suddenly appear in front of him while the Buddy Holly
Buddy Holly
Charles Hardin Holley , known professionally as Buddy Holly, was an American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll...
song "True Love Ways
True Love Ways
"True Love Ways" is a song co-written by Buddy Holly and Norman Petty and recorded with the Ray Ellis orchestra in October 1958, four months before the singer's death. It was first released on the posthumous "The Buddy Holly Story, Vol. 2"...
" plays in the background. The panda has a staredown with the person for a few seconds before it goes into a violent outburst and destroys everything around them. One example is a pair of commercials featuring a father and son at the grocery. The son suggests they buy Panda cheese, but the father says their shopping cart is full. The panda appears and stares at the father before tipping over the shopping cart and stomping on the spilled merchandise. On the second commercial where the father and son return to the grocery, the father is intimidated by the panda enough to buy two boxes of Panda cheese before everyone walks away peacefully.