La Linea (TV Series) - Popular Culture

Popular Culture

• The La Linea style was used in two music videos for Italian disco artist Gigi D'Agostino: 1999's "Bla Bla Bla" and 2000's "The Riddle".
• In 2005, the video for the Jamiroquai song "(Don't) Give Hate a Chance" paid homage to La Linea. The video is an animated commentary on the War on Terrorism and features 3D representations of the familiar La Linea character, as well as the animator's hand and pencil.
• A similar concept was used in the final introduction for the British version of Whose Line is it Anyway?.
• Cavandoli drew La Linea for the last time, just before his death, for use in advertisements of an Icelandic bank called Kaupthing.
• Home appliance producer Vestel used La Linea in its TV ad campaign in Turkey.
• In October 2012 Ford ran a TV ad campaign for its C-MAX hybrid using La Linea.