Shaw & Todd - Advertising and Marketing Communications

Ok, it’s Friday night, so time for some more levity. Thought I’d revisit my stated intention to share with you some the commercials past and present that I find humorous. The original blog post was a very brief discourse on how difficult it is to pull off humor in advertising, simply because people’s sense of humor really run the gamut. Having been in the situation of trying to pull off funny in light of the many obstacles, I’ve decided to use this blog space to applaud the successful production of humor in advertising.

This installment was one of the somewhat controversial Ameriquest ads from a few years back. Many felt these to be in extremely bad taste, and truthfully I can see how some people would take offense (although these same people should really lighten up a bit). I’m not going to get into whether or not I feel this ad is effective. I just find it funny (and obviously memorable).