Tourism Australia: "Tourism spoof not bloody funny!"

SMH article

A comedy writer has been forced to take down an online spoof of the controversial "where the bloody hell are you" TV ad after legal threats.
Dan Ilic, 24, produced a parody of the ad, changing the jingle to "Where the f---ing hell are you?" and inserting negative images of Australian life.

It’s so ironic that Tourism Australia can go running around the world telling every country that they haven't got a sense of humour because they banned the ads.

"Well, I'm absolutely amazed at the British TV Advertising Regulator. I think he's lost his sense of humour."

- Tourism Minister, Fran Bailey, thinks the British banning of the word "bloody" is comical

"What this decision shows is that Canada lags behind Americans, Brits and even Germans in the sense of humour stakes"

- Fran Bailey was "quite astonished" by Canada's ban on the ad because of the line "We've poured you a beer."

And all of sudden, they got all upset when Dan Ilic make a well-made spoof which portrays the real Australia, with a real sense of humour.

The video was viewed about 30,000 times on video website youtube.com. However, Mr Ilac removed it from his website, Downwind Media, after complaints from Tourism Australia, which last week described the ad as "mean spirited and humourless".

Bloody wankers...