Should Mortein kill Louie off forever?
Mortein, via Euro RSCG, Sydney, is asking the Australian public whether it should keep its 50+ year icon ‘Louie The Fly’ or let it die.
Says Euro RSCG, Sydney ECD Steve Coll: “It’s a real privilege to be involved in the iconic, 50 year-old Louie the Fly campaign. But creative ideas often come from challenging existing pre-conceptions. And the challenge was whether, after 50 years, Louie the Fly should continue as the face of Mortein. I think it’s a fair question for the brand to ask. And it’s equally fair the Australian public is given the chance to make that call. The campaign has generated over 20,000 likes on facebook in an incredibly short space of time. Personally I’ll be voting for Louie to stick around.”
Executive Creative Director: Steve Coll
Creative Team: John Gault, Paul Tilley, Adrian McNamara, Paul Suters
Social Media Creative: Ryan Clark, Jack Nunn, Josh Faragher
Planning Director: Phil Johnston
Digital Strategy: Anthony Dever
Account Management: Holly Ripper, Luke McElvey, Josh Sanford
PR: The Red Agency
297 Comments
I would not like to see Louie killed forever. He should still be the face of Mortein. I speak for myself and a few others and say we love Louie and always know he represents Mortein. I have grown up with him so has my children and now my grandchildren. Its fun to see what mess he gets caught in.
Does anyone here actually, genuinely think this is any good? Ironically, keeping the little fucker alive is precisely why the ads are shit.
You can’t get rid of Louie, he is a national icon.
This is really pathetic, please go away.
Louie the fly should not be killed off. He is a NOTIONAL ICON. We all know the jingle, it is a succesful jingle and conbined with Louie is a highly recognised brand icon for the organisation
Please Euro. Please.
Don’t try to ‘start the debate’ by posting annoying pro/against comments.
It’s a little sad.
Please pb. Please.
You’re an oxygen thief.
I think they should not kill louie off, because he has been the face of mortien for years aand there is no reson to kill him off
I rest my case.
Should we sponsor the whitehouse?
Should we kill Louis the fly?
Should we pay the creative dept. or the consumer?
Stop fishing for a strategy and do some thinking yourself.
Don’t kill him off !!! How will you keep advertising the products without him?
Just think about it, if you were to make another product how would you advertise it without louie it won’t be the same without hm !!!
Please don’t kill the fly. Please. I’ve signed my name on your Facebook page, even though it’s a complete waste of time as this is a purely cynical marketing exercise that gives consumers the impression of choice, but in fact there is absolutely no way you’ll be doing anything other than a follow up ad that says ‘Australia has spoken’ or something like that.
Bit embarrassing that Euros have posted comments from their focus groups on here.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a more obvious case of a desperate agency posting demonstrative ‘proof’ from consumers ‘that just so happen to be reading an advertising blog’ to try and show that people give a fuck about their ‘idea.’
no
one of the reasons I don’t buy Mortein is that it doesn’t work! No matter how many times that fly is sprayed, he doesn’t die! Louie probably lived to 50 BECAUSE of mortein. I remember his first appearance, and he’s just as germ ridden in colour as in black + white. Let’s see after 50 years, can you tempt me to buy mortein? If you can convince me it kills ALL bugs ~ maybe!!
Looks to me like some pranksters are leaving comments to make it look like the agency is desperate? Even Euro wouldn’t be so obvious.
I wouldn’t put it past Euro.
This is such an irrelevant worthless issue in the times that we live. How do these people reconcile their own stupidity. In times like this why are they wasting valuable media putting this trivial meaningless garbage into our dialogue. To boast that 20,000 people out of the 800 Million active users on facebook like this is not an achievement … it’s appalling!
If you kill off louie, you loose my custom, i hate watching adds at the best of times, louie makes tv adds interesting….
NO HE HAS BEEN AROUND FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER!!!!!!!!!
You can’t kill him off! People will NOT buy your product anymore because they won’t know who it is because most people look for louie’s face to know which brand it is! I’m sorry but it’s really a stupid idea!
For those of us who are a little slow, can someone please explain what the message is here? Mortein’s now too advanced for Louie? It doesn’t come across.
We do not forgive.
We do not forget.
Expect us.
Der! I think you’ll find 99% of what out industry does is pretty meaningless in the times we live in. Always has been. We aint saving lives here.
Der! I think you’ll find 99% of what out industry does is pretty meaningless in the times we live in. Always has been. We aint saving lives here.
don’t ever kill Louie off no one would forgive u Louie is a disgusting and perfect for the job so pleas do not ever kill Louie off
No I love him but maybe make him a a wife or something people would love it
KEEP LOUIE DONT GET RID OF LOUIE FOREVER
Kill him now please heys a f**king idiot
If you get rid of him, your adds will be lame and consumers won’t take much notice of the product, true fact.
His been the face of the company for years so why bother getting rid of him and obviously it’s “ironic” his still alive but the product does work he is the face of the product full stop! I am sick of these attention seeking campaign. JUST LEAVE IT AS IT IS!
We have already lost too many Australian icons. Keep Louie. He is a
bit of fun.
Maureen C
dont kill louie off because over the years we have got use to him being the mortiene fly.
when we see louie we all think of moritne
he has become an australian icion so dont kill him off for austrailas sake.
Please do not kill Louie off we love him. Mortein would be stupid to end such a great, successful and well known campaign!!!!!!!!!!!!. How many other products have an icon as the leading man???????We all know Mortein because of Louie and he should be given a reprieve.
why kill louie off who else can they sereously create thats better than louie are the going to find maybe a vegetarian mosquito or a cockoroach with commitment issues.They will never be able to create a character as australian or iconic as louie he will never be replaced.
Please don’t kill off Loui the Fly. I have grown up watching Loui the fly and I think Mortein comercials just wouldn’t be the same with this Aussie Icon. Please keep him on.
LEAVE HIM ALONE!! BE AFRAID – BE VERY AFRAID!!!
i think they should because he is putrid
if you kill louie off thousands of parents in the world that have named there children after him will think that they named there child after a speck of dust and if you kill louie the buyers of your product will just got for the second best thing they can find but if you keep louie you can still go on your life without being sude by the thousands of people in the world that like louie
WHATS THE POINT OF THIS SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don’t kill him off he is amazing. He is a babe
i agree with the other person i think they should not kill louise off becasue he is the star of this prodect why kill him off
Leave Louie on mortein is known for Louie and we all love him very I very well speak for my self and many others swell but I think That he should stay with mortein FOREVER! Never let him go! We all love you Louie!!!!!! <3 <3 <3
OMG what is the matter with Mortein, the original slogan said “when you’re on a good thing, stick to it”, so I would say that’s a given. Don’t lets lose another Oz icon.
Dont!!!!!!!!!!! ive always known him, im 16 years old and always said louis the fly!!!!! ever since i could speak, and it would make me sick if you got rid of a national icon. Shame on you for thinking this!!!
Leave poor old Louie alone ! I am 76 years old and Louie has been around most of my life. If you kill Louie of (permanently) does that mean I am next to go?
Dude louie is amazing kill him off and ill kill you
Don’t kill Louie off my BFFs was nick named after him. What I’d the point of this it’s stupid. You don’t need To vote figure out if people won’t to veep Louie or not just look at the comments 99/100 of them wont to keep Louie. Louie is an icon and too many icons have disappeared over the years so pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssssssssssseeeeeeeeeeeeeee don’t kill pore pore Louie.
Kill him yeh yeh
Don’t kill Louie off
To The Louie The Fly (Mortein) Team: My name is Tim & l have a NEW concept for our dear Louie. Obviously Louie is an Australian ICON & it would be shameless to say the least to have Louie EXTERMINATED once & for all. As l mentioned, l have a Great New Concept that would ENSURE,GUARANTEE & IMPROVE not only the Sales of the (Mortein) product Domestically but Internationally also, which in escence wi…ll not just prolong Louie’s lifespan but actually SAVE LOUIE’s LIFE once & for all. I’m contactable & l welcome correspondence. (Please forward any correspondence to the following e-mail address: timmkap@yahoo.com or timmkap@hotmail.com). Thank you for your time & attention to this matter, kind regards Tim K. 🙂
keep louie
dont kill him off, you will loose customers
kill him off
DON’T KILL HIM, HE MAKES MORTEIN SELL
Don’t kill Loui, he is as Australian as vegimite’ meat pie’s, holden cars and BBQ’s, let him breed, he should be a great grandaddy of thousands by now, I bet most Australian kids can sing Loui’s song without even giving it a thought. Please we lose everything Australian let us keep our FLY.
Don’t kill louie the fly hes been around for years. If your bringing another idea you could still keep him on. Keep the fly he’s not like those pesky flys you find in your food.
Im louie the fly Im louie the fly staight from rubbish bin to you. Dont let them kill me off kids comeon.
Let Louis live
I grew up with Louie The Fly and I say he is an Australian Icon.
Kill Louie off then you may as well throw away the aussie flag
I grew up with lewie and sang along with the song ,Im sure the younger ones also sing with him. What harm is it ! Theres adds on T.V. like tongues that crawl along the floor Or stupid pola bears drinking alchol, get rid of them . not the fly . LET LEWIE LIVE ON
I love him don’t get rid of him plzzzzz dont he’s soooo cool
you can NOT kill off Louie his an aussie icon kill Louie and you will lose customers…………………………………
Do not kill Louie or I will be so sad
please do not kill louie he sells mortein and he is and icon to the world you kill him we will not buy mortein no more so plese do not kill him hes ssssoooo cool as ice please do not kill him i love him and all of the world do so do not kill him pppppppppllllllllllllllllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaassssssssssssseeeeeeeeeeeee do not thx ps do not kill him please thanks he is so cool
Louie is a legend! You have to keep him…… Long live Louie the legend, he’s the best.
yes get some thing new young
He’s a fucking cartoon fly, who cares. Mortein must be shit anyway if it’s taken it 50 years to kill one fuckin fly
Mortein killing Louie off would be like QANTAS getting rid of the White Kangaroo or Mcdonalds getting rid of the Golden Arches. They shouldn’t do it, he’s an icon.
No way he is an icon
dont kill louie, hes awesome and makes mortein sell, plus hes great for kids as he makes the ad fun, and kiddy friendly………………….SAVE HIM PLEASE!!! DONT KILL HIM
DO NOT KILL LOUIE
Louie the fly is awesome and the mortein company would be making a big mistake to kill him off!!! Please don’t do it!! Too many peoplewill stop buying your products…is that what you want???
No-way!! If you killed him off there’d be nothing fun about your adds! not that there’re very interesting anyway but you’d just totally destroy them even more if you killed louie! I SAY NO!!!!!!!
KEEPPPPPPP HIM!
Don’t kill Louie off
You can’t kill off Louie the fly!
What are you thinking!
He’s been the face of mortein for 50 years!
Your adds will be boring without Louie!
You’ll loose customers!
PPPLLLLZZZZZ
Dont kill louie my kids think his funny
NO WAY NOT AT ALL
He made your product memorable. Do you want to be remembered for killing flies and insects or the company that got rid of a brilliant Marketing tool.
Keep the Fly.
Please do not under any circumstances kill off Louie. There wouldn’t be an Australian who doesn’t know Louie, killing him would be like killing off a family member.
I reckon we should keep the lil sucker i think hes mad to have survived many years of steeling crums and hanging round dumps and then landing on ur food so why kill him off wen hes the main entertainer of the add no one will watch it then it will just be another crap tv commercial on tv.
NOOOOOOOOOO!!!
You can not kill Louie!!!
Please don’t kill Louie off as he’s an Australian icon
YHU CANNOT KILL LOUIE LIKE EVAAAAAAA I MEAN WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
keep loui the fly, we are losing a lot of our icons why should we lose another 1.
I vote no. Don’t get rid of Louie
Don’t kill Louie off
PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT KILL OFF LOUIE.
I LOVE HIM AND HAVE GROWN UP WITH HIM – MY BROTHER AND I ARE BOTH KNOWN AS ‘LOUIE’ SO PLEASE DO NOT KILL OF MY NAMESAKE.
EVERYBODY IDENTIFIES THE SONG AND KNOWS IT OFF BY HEART AND IT IS ALWAYS ASSOCIATED WITH MORTEIN…………LONG LIVE ‘LOUIE THE FLY’
PLEASE DO NOT KILL OFF LOUIS THE FLY. HE HAS BEEN AROUND FOR SUCH A LONG TIME. HE IS THE FACE OF MORTEIN. YEARS AGO MORTEIN HAD FLEA POWDER FOR DOGS. THE SLOGAN FOR THAT WAS “WHEN YOUR ON A GOOD THING STICK TO IT”. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT THING TO REMEMBER. WHY CHANGE SOMETHING GOOD.
Do Not kill of LOUIE the Fly he has been with Mortein from thye start and not just that he is also an Australian Icon!!!
how could you kill off louie the fly hes what keeps mortein alive
dont kill louie
Louie the fly was a creative stroke of sheer genius. He’s become synonymous with the Mortein brand and someone like me takes comfort in the fact that a piece of my childhood is still around. Trying to replace him (with what, exactly?) would be like changing the label on Vegemite — just wouldn’t work. Coca Cola tried ‘modernising’ with the plain script ‘coke’ and it didn’t work. The iconic, cursive Coca Cola script is one of the most recognised logos in the world, along with the yellow arches of Mc Donald’s and Henry Ford’s signature. So Mortein has had Louie for 50 years, so what? (Is there some creative team in an ad agency busting to have a go at designing a new campaign rather than working on a new Louie ad? I rather think so. If that’s the case, they better be pretty damn good.) When I was in advertising, it was all about instant brand recognition, and Mortein has that with LTF.
If you kill him off, the only alternative will be to run ads featuring his tombstone and the floral tributes that will pour in.
As they say, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
Dont kill louie the fly off, he has was the reason why I got my mum to buy all of those products, him and his friends. What would you replace him with anyway? 54 years has got to be a recored for keeping such a brilliant fly on an add, so why take him off. So I say DONT kill off louie the fly, KEEP him on!
Keep louie alive, we love him ! Noone I’ve spoken too wants him dead either. We all grew up with louie and want him passed down …
when I think of mortein I think of louie the fly. he is the face of mortien and for more gens louie should still be the impact mortein has on the public. killing of louie will be killing the reputaion mortien has on the public.
If you kill louie off your product and add will be just like all the other tv adds. get rid of louie and television commercials won’t be entaining. louie is one of the main reasons we buy mortein. My mum and dad grew up with louie the fly I want to grow up with him to.
Don’t get rid of Louie the Fly.
Louie the fly was a creative stroke of sheer genius. He’s become synonymous with the Mortein brand and someone like me takes comfort in the fact that a piece of my childhood is still around. Trying to replace him (with what, exactly?) would be like changing the label on Vegemite — just wouldn’t work. Coca Cola tried ‘modernising’ with the plain script ‘coke’ and it didn’t work. The iconic, cursive Coca Cola script is one of the most recognised logos in the world, along with the yellow arches of Mc Donald’s and Henry Ford’s signature. So Mortein has had Louie for 50 years, so what? (Is there some creative team in an ad agency busting to have a go at designing a new campaign rather than working on a new Louie ad? I rather think so. If that’s the case, they better be pretty damn good.) When I was in advertising, it was all about instant brand recognition, and Mortein has that with LTF.
If you kill him off, the only alternative will be to run ads featuring his tombstone and the floral tributes that will pour in.
As they say, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
Don’t get rid of Louie the Fly killing of louie will be killing the reputaion mortien has on the public. i love louie
go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go Louie Louie Louie Louie do not kill him
do not you mortein
dont kill louie he’s the reason i watch the adds
It’s not that we think Louie is immune to Mortien or any thing,we know it works, he’s just one of us Assies. It’s like Skippy and Weetbix, Hills Hoists and Rover Mowers. We’re proud of him and every real Aussie knows his anthem off by heart. I VOTE KEEP LOUIE FOREVER!!!
Keep the fly. Nothing could replace the little beggar; besides the theme song wouldn.t make any sence.
don;t kill off the little beggar. Louie is an institution; anyway the theme song would make any sence!!!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DONTTTTTTT KILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL LLLLOUUUIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THEEEEE FLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
NO! NO! NO! I say, do not kill Louie, he means so much to me, when growing up and after leaving home my younger sister nicknamed me Louie, so when I ever received a letter and it started with Hi Louie, I knew everything was ok, f it said Hi Lynn, I then knew alls not well. So u see Louie is my mate, and we here in OZ don’t kill our mates. I was born in 1956.
KILL HIM OFF!!! yous can do much better than a smello 50+ year old fly..
no
Don’t kill him off… Just update him!!
Something 21st century….
Well now that you have put this question up, I just had to sing the song that I remember from my childhood to my kids, now they are reciting it to their friends at school and they all think it’s such a cool song. We all say Let Louie LIve, Let him spread his disease with the greatest of ease…………just lovin it…..STILL!!!!!
Don’t kill off Louie..He is an Aussie icon..
why not get rid of the american sounding fly,and bring in a real aussi bush fly, there real mongrels to kill off.
Kill him off. Mortein can’t be any good if he is still around.
Please kill Louie off. Mortien can’t be any good if it he is still alive…..
I grew up with louie he has been the face of mortein forever dont kill him off
What would happen if we did though? what would be the new face of mortein ??
Louie the fly, I’m Louie the fly, straight from rubbish tip to you. Spreading disease with the greatest of ease, straight from rubbish tip to you. I’m bad and mean and mighty unclean…Afraid of no one. Except the man with the can of Mortein. Hate that word Mortein. Brrrrrrrr shzeeeee! One spray and Louie the fly, apple of his old mother’s eye was Louie. B boom. Poor dead Louie, Louie the fly, a victim of Mortein. Moooooorteeeeeeein. Lol.
neariy 50 yrs off service to mortien and you want him dead SHAME no severance pay either a bit unfair imagine what his maggots would say?
louie makes ads fun why cut him off who ever thought of this there dumb as a pig
why the f#(k would you kill louie. He gives the commercials something to talk about. Cut off louie, and they won’t be famous for anything, anymore. It is the same situation with that vegimite song being taken off t.v. , now the ads are stupid.
No! Dont kill Louie! We love him! Please!!
You have to keep Louie! >:( I’m angry you even comsited it.
Why does everything we know and love have to be got rid of? Long live good old louie, he’s part of my childhood and my children’s – you mean to say my grandchildren will never know Louie – shame on you. He’s an aussie icon along with vegemite and weetbix. He’s familiar, comfortable, dependable – RECOGNIZABLE!!
If it ain’t broke – DON’T FIX IT (please).
He’s just been there forever – besides killing Louie isn’t going to improve the product.
I was born in 1951 – granny power – LEAVE THE KID ALONE
Why kill Loui the Fly……….let future generations know him, as we have LEAVE THE KID ALONE.
NOO! dont kill louie off hes a cool guy, mortein adds would be lame without louie
Never kill louie he’s an icon leve him alone don’t kill louie ,never.
Please do not remove Louie … he is as Australian as beach, sand, flies, mozzies, camping, the great outdoors, Sunday roasts without Tom Cruise (thank God). He is an icon for early illistrators and most likely stirrred interest in our current day illistrators and game designers! We Love you Louie even if you are a victim of mortein! Mortein
Please Please please dont kill louie because he’s bad and mean and mighty un clean, but we still love him!
i think that you should kill louie off forever because he is getting realy boring to me and i wonder when h dies in an add he comes on in the nex mortien add he is getting very annoying
Leave Louie ALIVE or you will KILL this classic ad…..
Leave Louie ALIVE or you will KILL this classic ad…..
Please don’t 5 decades have grown up with him and i think deep down we have all grown to love him. I love louie but I hate flys so please mortien don’t kill Louie off forever. Everyone please back me up!
Ithink there are alot of genuine people that want louie to stay INCLUDING MY SELF we all agree hes a australian icon. like many others igrew up with louie and so have my kids. And my kids range from 4 right up to 23 yrs old im 42 please dont get rid of louie. No matter where you come from he makes you feel safe and reminds us of atime back when people would look out for each other . Also when family did things together. And when people wanted to talk they write aletter . Theres been to many changes in life. Also there not much left that we can show to our kids about what our child hood was like . Dont let this be another thing that slips through the cracks. iknow hes not technaclly real. But to alot of us he is just as good.And my kids like him too.thank you for your time.
Hey little Louie,
You are a nasty little bothersome pest; however I’ve become used to you..I am going out to buy a very big fly swat, one that I use to use on my kids when they were naughty. Stings a lot, but it will squash your little guts out. ha ha………..Just to let you know that my kids are all very successful in their respective fields; in fact your new CEO is my daughter….so be afraid, be very afraid, not of me Louie but , the girl. I’ve now got MORTIEN.. MORTEIN IS A LOT LESS PAINFUL THAN MY SWAT………. bye baby ..XXX.
please do not kill louie hes the best
I have grown up with Louie and if Mortien kill him off I will never buy another product of theirs, my 10 year old son now knows the theme song, how could they even consider this. LOUIE RULES
i think that louie should’nt be just for the sake of cute little guy! GO LOUIE!
‘cmon we all love louie
you cant possibley kill louie off forever me and lots of my friend say that louie is an icon that is so brilliant that we made a protest on facebook to keep louie so please dont kill him ive known his face for ever since i can remember so give the people what they and KEEP LOUIE I SAY KEEP LOUIE!!!
This is such a lame PR stunt. They will not kill him. What gets me is that Mortein ads claim technology but all thier products are inferior to Raid and others out there. Louie is cool but Mortein sux
i reken he should go
i dont think they should kill louie off he is the only reson mortien is still in buisnes i think if they get rid of louie then mortien will go out of buisnes so do not F****** kill louie GO LOUIE!!!!!!!!!!!!! :): =>
There have been cynical comments about the makers of Mortein doing a “hoax” in announcing to kill off Louie. I say those cynics are over the top, they’re trying too hard to prove a point, and it doesn’t matter what they think.
What does matter is that the public was asked- do you want to kill or save Louie? Yeah it’s a publicity stunt but if it wasn’t for people power you can bet that they really would have killed off Louie, so, look at the bright side folks, you have spoken, and on balance, an Aussie icon wins; and let’s face it, how many survive the test of time? It’s a fickle country we live in, as many fads fizzle out pretty quick here. And it’s good to see a referendum go our way, even if it’s a silly sentimental one.
Louie should stick around for another 50 Years.
if kill him of i will never buy yer product
Don’t kill loiue because he’s a great icon and he grew on people if you don’t kill
loiue your product sales would boost through the roof but if you do your sales will plumet down!!! Do you really want that!!! so save loiue the fly I CAN’T BELIVE YOU WOULD THINK ABOUT KILLING HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
don’t kill him hes a good sale if you kill him your bargain will go down in the dumps why would you ever want to kill him you are such an idiot louie don’t let them kill you your a star even if they try to kill don’t let theme fight back louie
Noooo !!!!!!!!!! you cant kill louie off he has been around since my parents were born, we have grown up with louie. U CANT CUT HIM OFF!!!!
SAVE LOUIE!!!!
i think louie should go free because he has exactly the same value in life as us humans so save louie and let him free if we can do what ever we want whats any different rules to bugs and louie!
No way we should kill Louie of!!! If they do kill him of I’m never ever buying it ever again!!! I hope the people of Australia that you will agree with me!!! So please help support Louie the fly! PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!
Are you serious?
We all grew up with Louie.
Maybe, give him a make over.
Show him with the wife and kids, flying around a wheelie bin.
Please don’t kill him off.
It will be another Aussie icon gone.
no way he is apart of Australian history we grew up with him and what would be next the business would go down so much he is one more step forward
NO. please don`t kill off Louie he`s almost a part of many families.
But it would be nice for Louie to get hitched and have a lot of little Louies.
LOUIE FOREVER!
NO!!! Dont kill Louie! I love Louie!!!!!
ILY LOUIE
I hate TV adds, but you gotta keep Louie.
Every body knows that its a scam they would of done it already because there trying to get sponsors to get your email address.But yes, I do think they should kill what’s his face off, because HE IS A UGLY MOTHER FUCKER the adds are right he is too old to be the face of such defective piece of shit
i love louie
so let him live
for ever and ever
never kill loui off untill he is very old
no
dont kill louie the fly he’s the best!
Louie cant be killed he is my best friend and we have been getting killed by mortein for 54 years and we have created a giant frienship
Kill Louie and Mortein becomes just another fly spray. There are hundreds of them. Louie is what makes Mortein unique. Sooooo. DON’T KILL LOUIE.
I think Louie the fly sould be killed off, because he is no mach for the spray.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DON’T KILL LOUI !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I HAVE GROWN UP WITH LOUI AND IF YOU GET RID OF HIM THAT WILL BE MY WHOLE LIFE GONE OFF OF THE CLIFF.SO DON’T KILL HIM OR YOU WILL BE KILLING EVERYBODY THAT LOVES HIM!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! DON’T KILL LOUI
keep the fly
Don’t kill Louie off he’s a national icon!!!
Please Do not kill Louie, Pleaseeeeeeee. He is cool.
who cares honestly, OK everyone should know that its just to get sponsors, anyway i personely say KILL THE LITTLE FUCKER OFF he is NOT a national icon he is just another way to get people to see that mortzein doesnt work because HE KEEPS COMING BACK KILL HIM OFF HES JUST GONNA COME BACK
KILL HIM OFF HE”S UGLY
HE HAS SMOKERS COUGH TOO
DON’T YOU DARE KILL LOUIE HE IS THE FACE OF MORTIEN
I say louie shoud be saved he does not harm us as much as we harm them so keep the fly please!
no way don’t kill him and if you do i will die with him <3
What is wrong with you people?! Who bloody cares?! Kill the crap adverts or I’ll kill myself!
I can’t believe they want to kill Louie off. He IS Mortein. This little guy has at least 3 generations in my family hooked. What do you mean he’s not modern… the creative forces behind ads have the power to it modern, you don’t need to kill off an icon to be modern – so get creative, why are you being paid big bucks for?
please don`t kill louie. he makes Mortein ads more cooler. i only watch them over and over because of him. please please pplease please pleaseeeee don`t kill louie. im begging you. he is the icon of mortine, he shouldn`t die. everyone in my house, even the pets, don`t want louie to get killed. please keep him on tv so the world can seee him. if someone else takes louies place like a spider i am going to never EVER watch it again. just please don`t kill louie. he is the best. please. please don`t.
when you are on a good thing stick to it . idiots do not kill him off , you will be the looser
Please Please keep Louie going I like my kids and grandkids love Louie and to kill him off would be like killing one of the family, which we would never do.
Save louie PLEASE
Louie the fly is an Australian icon. We all grew up watching Louie and if you kill him off you will lose many Australian consumers.
Please dont get rid of louie the fly —he is a icon been around a long time — if Louie goes i will not use or buy mortine products again
I had a BRILLIANT idea for this “Louie or not thing”. I wrote to Mortein and told them, I had an idea that would keep them a household name for eternity.
I got a “curt and cold” response from some “girl” called Kylie (NO LAST NAME). I SHOULD cut and paste the letter. Don’t like the way they do business “these days”. Let them figure it out I say. Not OUR problem LOL : /
you should save louie the fly he is the best actor
do NOTkill Louie, never ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
louie makes adds so much better i used to wish that we could vote about adds but now i love adds lol! right!!!!
<3 Tay Tay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
kill the bugger he is a pest
Louie the fly is a victim of modernisation. It is a shame to see him discarded after 54 years. His name is synonomous with Mortein. Don’t kill him off, he is an Icon and in some weird way, a symbol of Australia.
do not kill louie the fly
Let Louie live, he is an icon that everyone associates with your product
Don’t kill off Louie the Fly. He’s part of Australian history and a big part of Mortein.
hes mother nature like all routdents he just wants food should all be a shamed of ur self
Loui should goooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Even though I am 8 years old.
say that Loui should go.
If he stays i will pretend to be Pauline Hanson and say” PLEASE EXPLAIN”
From Abby
Abz
piano rocks gymnastics rocks
SAVE LOUIE THE FLY.
NOOOOO!!!!!!!!! you cant get rid of louie hes so well,gross but cute at the same time please dont kill off louie foreva
love tara xx
p.sdont worry louie i’ll save you un like other people!!! >8-[
Leave the poor little prick alone you murdering bastards!!!
Leave louie alone I have grown up seeing him on adds dont kill louie you arceholes
No don’t kill Louie, he’s a legend
no
no dont u darwe
No, don’t kill off poor old Louie. We’ve lost the trams, the FJ Holdens, drive-in theatres and Cracker Night. Leave us poor sad baby-boomers something to remember in our declining years. You’ll be old one day!
Save Louie the fly because the adds would be very lame without him and I wouldn’t know what the product is.
Don’t kill loui!!!!! Just give him a makeover. If it’s good enough for all the other celebs, it’s good enough for OUR Loui.
Save Louie the Fly!
WHAT THE F….FLY nahhhhhhhhhhhh brahhh dots killz ta flyz
Yes kill off louie the fly. It’s an outdated, silly cartoon that’s irritating and has a stupid jingle.
I don’t think they should kill off louie.
In this day and age in this throwaway society where absolutely everything has changed and is ever changing and its all about the iPhones and YouTube and all the cyber bull crap!
I think it’s pretty cool that I remember Louie the fly from when I was a kid, and that so does my dad, and that potentially one day my kids could grow up and say the same thing.
I’m sure you’ve all been in a shop at one point in your lives trying on glasses had a chuckle to whomever your with and stated that you look like Louie the fly….. am I right???
It’s not that Louie is anything special…. Strangely he sounds like he grew up in the Bronx and smoked one too many Winnie reds, but hey it works!!!!
I believe killing Louie the fly off would be detrimental to mortine. And for some strange reason people I have discussed this with to seem to feel just as passionately????
please please keep louie he’s my idol!
I say no to killing off Louie. Killing Louie would be killing the face of Mortine as he has been there for 50 years so let him live for another 50 years.
Please please please dont get rid of Louie, he has been around since before I was born and he is like a family member to us all. As bad and mean and mighty unclean as he thinks he is, he is just a lovable character that we all love. This comes from a Family of eight, our kids are between the ages of 30 and 14 and every single one of them wants Louie to survive.
Save Louie because he is an Australian icon, killing him would make no sense and I think saving him would be a tribute to his voicer who died a few years ago.
Save Louie .Have we not lost enough of Aust to overseas keep some thing for Aussie to remember in later years a icon of aust some thing for ever one to see
please save Louie….please…your ads would NOT be the same without him! please I agree with Kim…we have lost so much of Australia to overseas….please keep Louie…we need something….please
save louie
if you ask anyone who is the face of insect kiling it would have to be louie the fly. you might change his role so that he actually doesnt get killed but all his troops do
As much as I hate flies, Louie is probably one of the very few Aussie icons we have left in this country. 1st the Vegemite….now Louie….what next? Will it be you?….or me?
Honestly!…If they can’t sell it, then why not kill it? That seems to be the order of the day in this country. Why would you want to kill Louie? He would be the only user friendly fly on the planet….Give him a break….Let him live on into the next generation and let them deal with his mortality. You gotta LOVE Louie
don;t even think about it
my kid are sad because they love him please keep my friend keep everyones friend
Thank you
no
save louie he is waesome
love from yr 6 student lulu
no
Why would you even consider killing an Australian national icon of like Louie the Fly australia has lost enough famouse Australian lcons that we have all grown up with and none are replaced we used to be proud to be australian and our Australian lcons prove this what are we going to be left with nothing and then what will we be thinking so much for being an Aussie.
dont kill Louie are you crazy hes the only reason why i like the add
Instead if killing off louie, I think we should definitely put him on the Australian emblem instead of the emu 🙂
NOOOOOOOO SAVE LOUIS SAVE LOUIS!!!! SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVE HIIIIIIIIIIIM PLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!
Thx xox
Does anybody actually care about this poorly thoughtout marketing stunt?
you shoudnt kill louie the fly its isane
Kill an aussie icon???????????? i say heck NOOOOOOO. I grew up with louie the fly lets keep him around for at least another 100 years
Keep our Aussie icon.
Keep him he is iconic without him your product is just another spray, he brings life and humor… Give him a wife a kid or a friend 😛
its a good jingle and its iconic.To the people behind the campaign you had your reasons.To the people commenting,either way you felt like giving your opinion.To those who say we should be debating about more serious issues,we can do both.
save louie, he is the face of mortien. you can’t kill a natural icon……
keep him alive i love louie the fly his been around forever
keep him alive.poor little bugger his been fighting mortene for YEARS!
DO NOT KILL OFF LOUIE THE FLY. if the company want to mondernise it than add new characters like some cochroaches and grasshoppers etc etc. i agree with the comments that louie is a national icon don’t kill him please dont
If this is just a publicity stunt than its working and cause all of the low lives on here complaing about louie that proves it if you hate him so much and his products dont work and hes filthy blah blah blah than why are you on a campaign site comenting ill tell you why because you are all boils on the butt of humanity so leave this page alone leave louie alone and stop swearing. to all of those people who voted yes to keep louie than i applaued you he is great even if the products dont work which they do. so Keep LOUIE THE FLY.
SAVE LOUI
:- ( Please DON’T kill off Louie because with Louie I beg my mum to buy Mortein and it’s my favorite add because of him !!!!!!
don’t kill him you monsters his a historical icon
kill him off i really hate him.though it will just stop the product.
Keep loui alive!
Louie the fly has been The face of mortein for a while now an ill be upset and so many other people will be too if yous kill him off so save Louie or I’m not going to even think about buyin any Morton products Louie must be saved .!
Definitely save Louie because a fly like that should be kept alive and not be killed off.
Save Loui!!! He has been around for EVER!!! & I love him!!!
Please do not kill off Louie I have grown up with him on TV and do not wish
to see him killed off, he is a part of Australia.
don’t kill louie i love him i grown up with him
It seams that everyone wants Louie to stick around. The clever thing here is that this campaign taps into Louis iconic status power by awakening the nostalgic connections to the brand mascot which would have definitely been disregarded.
By the viewing public pausing to think ‘am i sick of Louie? No, he is great, he is a part of the fabric of Australian pop culture and affirms my role within it because-I get him’. If this would have been left to the Ad people without the input if the public, I wonder if anyone would have noticed that they in fact missed him?
Sometimes it takes the threat of losing something to really see its worth.
Nice concept.
plzz save louie the fly ,hes been in our family too long ,kill his friends NOT LOUIE SAVE LOUIE PLZZZZZ
save the fly hes the best fags
If the marketing dopes in Mortein get rid of Louie the Fly, it would be like Coca Cola ditching it’s trademark.
Who was the idiot who came up with the idea anyway?
Some pommie bastard from the English parent company?
Just hurry up and end this damn campaign!!! I am sick of Mortein pleading with me to go to their website to “save Louie”! If you don’t want him as the face of your product anymore, just rebrand your product!!
dont kill him,he’s cute
He’s just a cartoon all they will do is use a different character or REAL bugs but if he were real don’t kill him he is the face of Mortein.
P.S they are probably doing this for publicity.
I have to say this is a stupid decision. We have about a month to rack up 50,000 votes, And… Considering how many ads and cans he’s been on, It’d be stupid for Mortein to kill him off forever. I mean i love the song “Louie The Fly” and its iconic!
I say keep him.
save him you only idiots wouldnt it’s totaly lame not to save him right? so im saving him so all the people who dont save louie are stupid
i dont really care i just saw the add on tv so i’ll just say yes
Save lewy he is so cute and he has been around forever don’ kill him
Let the little bugger live I say!!!!!!!!!
dont kill him he s so great and h e has beenaround for a veaary long time
dont kill him he is the best
Save Louie, because he is a very cool fly. He is not mean to people and has a good temper.
Save Louie, because he is a very cool fly. He is not mean to people and has a good temper.
I grew up with Louie. It is one of the old classic that never ages. Let the can of Mortein continue to finish him off BUT NOT Louie. After all these years I STILL LOVE LOUIE. This is the only commercial that I believe can last for ever.
Either Kill him off or get a New Add!!!!!!
Keep him
I am so so sick of your ad that you have literally turned me right off Louie the lou fly.
If you are asking well you musnt have any or right idea. I will never buy mortein again being the most annoying ad(ever). Your price for this product is a rip off. Go the raid !!!!!! At least they don’t under sell there product.
Save the fly spray gillard one Flick and its gone.
I HATE! fly and bug spray. Bugs are living things and I wouldn’t dream of squashing, spraying or killing any bug. I hate mortein and raid and all other fly sprays so that is why I wanna save Louie. He is the only thing good about mortein.
Mortein musn’t be very good if Louie keeps living.
keep louie the fly as hes part of the Australian culture.
Save Louie!!!
If you kill off Louie summer will be boring we would not have anything to swat let the bug zappers do it instead save Louie but not his friends
Growing up into a young adult my party trick was Louie. The song, the actions. Always got a laugh, tossing myself on the floor in the throws of a shuddering death. Great fun and some terrific memories. Reality can be painful. Keep Light-hearted harmless ads. Especially Louie.
i say we kill him off foever
youve been trying to kill the little fucker for over 50 years. stop fucking around and get the job done.
i like cheese and so does he i think
loui is an icon. surely we can keep some things from the past
I say we should save that bug
We shouldnt kill Louie off. What did he ever do? And if hes so dirty to you then kill him off, but i say dont because he never did anything. Why kill Louie off, youve still got a choice! A chpice of saving him! So dont you dare kill him!
Please don’t kill Louie, he has been around ever since I can remember… I say NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!!
Don’t kill Louie!!! Change is not always a good thing and I think it would be a bad change for Mortein! It would be like changing the name of Vegemite……..need I say more. Louie is Mortein!
Keep Louie the Little Louse and put him to some good. Get a radioactive spider to bite him so he can become Spiderfly who will in turn get rid of Mortein and all those other petrochemical companies execs (read baddies) who have been poisoning us for years, giving us and our kids bullshit spin (like these “keep Louie” adverts), skin disorders, sinus problems, asthma and Jesus/Allah/Buddha knows what else! Hooray for Spiderfly (aka Louie)
save Louie he is the face of mortein!! please save Louie I love him
Don’t kill him off!
what if ..he has a son just before he dies & names him bluey…more ozzy eh
This is merely a marketing campaign. Mortein have no intention of getting rid the fly. So relax folks. Your beloved corporate “Aussie” icon will continue to lay its maggots on our beloved Aussie food way after you’ve gone.
Now I am wondering if the ad company behind this campaign knew that the company was only using it as a distraction to cover up the fact that they planned on axing Australian production. I suppose the other thing it has done is really drive home the ‘Australian’ identity of a brand which is about to go offshore…
Really tricky distracting advertising. Every single Australian needs to know about the deceptive campaign run by Euro RSCG and paid for by Reckitt Benckiser.
So you are killing off all the Australian workers to take manufacturing overseas.
But the Exec jobs are safe.
What a bunch of ass holes you are.
How many millions did you make last year using Australian workers?
I will not buy Mortein again.
Thanks for supporting Australians who have supported you for the last 50 years
Piss of overseas and we will keep Louie here
Thanks for nothing.
Plz don’t get rid of Louie the fly I like him so
much that it would break my heart and I
would never use mortein again!!!!
save louie
don’t kill him hes not old.
Give him 2 more years
Hands of Louie the fly if he gos then I will no longer buy ur products
Thank you
Hands of Louie the fly if he gos then I will no longer buy ur products
Thank you
save louie cause he is kool and i love him so much but we could get a nother flie called blo fly.
dont kill louie
save louie dont kill him off what did he ever do to you? keep him for ever! why does he have to go he is the face of mortine and without it i domnt see what your company gains!?
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I love louie the fly and know who has done his voice but won’t say don’t kill him off.
My friends spoke about him the other year at a dinner and people will speak about for years to come
Why would you kill off a modern day cultural icon! Why not just turn him into a bearded hipster with neck tatts! that would work 🙂
I think we should kill louie the fly for good
Cause flies are annoying
Pretty please kill the fly forever
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