The House Hippo Is Back

January 11, 2022 Post a Comment

For those unfamiliar the television ad depicted The North American House Hippo as a tiny hippopotamus which dwelled in Canadian households feeding on chips raisins and bits of peanut butter on toast as well as making their nests in the back of bedroom closets using bits of string. I dont know if she put any faith in the items.

And dont forget to leave cookies and toast out for the hippos.

The house hippo is back. November 12 2015. The House Hippo come back is part of the MediaSmarts Break the Fake campaign which targets determining media literacy and if a news story is true or untrue. The original House Hippo campaign came from the Concerned Childrens Advertisers.

Uranium glass glows under a black light and is extremely collectible You can even purchase a House Hippo art print. The house hippo who stole our hearts in a public service announcement in 1999 has come back to Break the Fake in a new campaign from MediaSmarts Canadas centre for digital and media literacy. I assume the hippo must be a major part of the game.

A house hippo can be any hippo you bring into your home. A beloved childhood icon from way back when has been resurrected by Media Smarts. The House Hippo is the fictional subject of a series of television adverts intended to educate about distinguishing fact from fiction in advertising.

This new ad is from the Ottawa-based not-for-profit MediaSmarts and part of a media literacy campaign called Break the Fake in the age of Facebook and false and misleading stories online. The advertisement goes as follows. House Hippo is back and this time round wants to create awareness about cyber-scams like fake news and deepfake video material which is essentially exceptionally realistic but fake videos featuring real people.

House Hippo Commercial - Dont believe what you see on television. Aw the hippos missing. It can be ceramic stone or as one lucky recent poster shared uranium glass.

The House Hippo ad premiered in 1999 and quickly became a Canadian phenomenon. The original campaign was created to teach kids to think critically about what they see on TV and the tiny hippo became a beloved Canadian symbol. And for a very honourable purpose too.

A house hippo rides on a roomba as it slides down the hall. It was meant to encourage media literacy among kids. I guess this would make sense considering we all believed that precious little House Hippo was real for most of our childhoods.

The North American house hippo is back and ready to tackle fake news CBC Radio Twenty years ago a Canadian infomercial about a fictional household pest went viral. Now House Hippos are back. A dreamy tune as we hear a man say As night falls 37 million Canadians turn out.

A green circle zooms in behind the hippo revealing that it was in a green screen and the BreakTheFakeca logo appears. Get your new Hippo Holidays tees and hoodies just in time for the festive season. Now 20 years later the House Hippo is back and hes helping himself to your electronics.

I remember on of my grandmothers had a kitchen witch and kept a horseshoe nailed to the front porch. I know the house hippo idea came from an old commercial about being careful about what you believe in media but people seem to have adopted the house hippo as a good luck charm to keep in the home. I imagine it being like a very old three little pigs game where you put pins in the board hoping the hippo.

Now the North American house hippo is back to combat misinformation online. The House Hippo is a very timid creature and is rarely seen. The North American House Hippo is a fictional creature that can be found throughout Canada and the Eastern United States.

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