If ads are a virus, where's the vaccine?
May. 7th, 2007 09:12 pmINT, AD AGENCY MEETING ROOM, DAY
SENIOR EXEC: Okay. Brainstorming session. What's this ad for again?
JUNIOR EXEC: Uh... a chicken restaurant.
SENIOR EXEC: Like KFC?
JUNIOR EXEC: No. It's some Portugese thing.
SENIOR EXEC: Ooo. Exotic.
JUNIOR EXEC: Not really. It's just a chain store.
SENIOR EXEC: So... Any ideas?
JUNIOR EXEC: Well, I uh... I was thinking we could do like a parody of those nicotine patches?
SENIOR EXEC: Mmm...
JUNIOR EXEC: You know -- "Our chicken is so addictive you need a patch."
SENIOR EXEC: Hm.
JUNIOR EXEC: You don't like it?
SENIOR EXEC: It's missing something.
JUNIOR EXEC: Oh. Like what?
SENIOR EXEC: Strippers.
(Link goes to YouTube. Ad is real - we saw it during South Park.)
SENIOR EXEC: Okay. Brainstorming session. What's this ad for again?
JUNIOR EXEC: Uh... a chicken restaurant.
SENIOR EXEC: Like KFC?
JUNIOR EXEC: No. It's some Portugese thing.
SENIOR EXEC: Ooo. Exotic.
JUNIOR EXEC: Not really. It's just a chain store.
SENIOR EXEC: So... Any ideas?
JUNIOR EXEC: Well, I uh... I was thinking we could do like a parody of those nicotine patches?
SENIOR EXEC: Mmm...
JUNIOR EXEC: You know -- "Our chicken is so addictive you need a patch."
SENIOR EXEC: Hm.
JUNIOR EXEC: You don't like it?
SENIOR EXEC: It's missing something.
JUNIOR EXEC: Oh. Like what?
SENIOR EXEC: Strippers.
(Link goes to YouTube. Ad is real - we saw it during South Park.)