Stanley Fish, a prominent literary theorist who occasionally writes for the New York Times, recently blogged about a trio of Avis Car commercials all about "the other car". Each ad shows a car voicing it's (male) thoughts, voicing its feelings of betrayal and depression over its owner's alleged preference for another. It's funnier than it sounds. Check them out:
Look Back:
Three Days:
Conference:
Three Days:
Conference:
witty, tongue-in-cheek commercials that don't insult the viewer's intelligence.
how I wish our local commercials are as creative as that...
30 seconds of unadulterated creativity. ahhh. so refreshing to watch. And is that Clancy Brown's voice? Mr. Krabs of Spongbob Squarepants.