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: Aardy R. DeVarque (aardy) wrote,
2008-07-27 22:56:00

Aardy R. DeVarque
aardy
2008-07-27 22:56:00

Mood: amused

Advertising at its worst best

The Australian Broadcasting Corp. is running what is apparently a weekly poll/contest wherein two ad companies create fake TV spots that sell the "unsellable" and viewers pick the one that most convinces them.

Past topics include:

Promoting Baghdad as a vacation spot
Promoting the return of child labor
Making Australian Democrats electable
Making celibacy sexy

(If you're running Firefox with Noscript, you have to allow abc.co.au's scripts to see the videos' links.)

Feudalism: Serf & Turf

Tags: humor, television

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Advertising at its worst best

Thirty famous science-types as Lego minifigs

Plaid pants and a tuba

Graphic novels officially reach the mainstream

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