Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/12/09/an-ad-from-an-alternate-universe.html
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Sooooo… Was he adopted? I am not sure…
He was a Co-Co-Co-Clone.
Okay, mom is drinking her own…product/liquid…but her head is detached. Where is it going?
Makes more sense than Trump’s legal strategy.
The people that made that commercial are obviously fans of The Perry Bible Fellowship.
This reminded me of another “you’ll never guess what this commercial is for until the reveal” ad from a few years back:
Don’t read the reply tweets to prevent spoilers
I remembered seeing that ad and still couldn’t remember what it was for.
On the topic of the current advert, I’d just like to say that each season of interdimensional cable gets weirder than the last. It’s not a competition, guys, just have fun with it.
Wow, I always hated advertising and this has shaken my core beliefs structure! I mean, if ALL ads aren’t bad news as I once thought, what else am I wrong about?
The strangest thing for me was that RC Cola still exists.
I thought for sure it was a casualty of the cola wars.
Ban this sick filth!
Cool ad. It hooks you in right til the end. Then you remember the advertiser even though it gets about 1/8th of a second exposure.
The shift from emotional manipulation to downright fucking weirdness was so … fuck, I have no idea.
On the other hand I guess people will be talking about this, and the fact that the brand is alt/hip/old/whatever means I (n=1, obvs) that at least I have the brand breaching the surface of my short-term memory.
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