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Film 101: How to make a political ad

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The latest in a series. Real politicians and comedians show you how to use simple word/image associations to create creepy political ads as seen on TV and the Internets!

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I feel terribly cynical laughing at this -- and boy, did I laugh, particularly when the Reverend's face turned negative over images of war, Nazis and genocide. If we don't see a significant change in the tides of democracy/capitalism soon, I doubt we ever will.

There's just one thing that ad needs: When the nuclear bomb blows up, barry goldwater's face should have appeared in the mushroom cloud.

The only fake ad better than that on Mr. Show was the one with Wayne Pratt who would come over to your house and just hang! Pratt Promise #1 I am not a lawyer!


I am still trying to get my head around that Rumsfeld quote.

Ali: I think of it this way, in Rumsfeld's case: If the quote was not there, that would not be evidence that it wasn't.

Mr. Show did a similar spoof of ad campaigns with the Gibbons vs. Fairsley Foods:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP4yX2rkpBc

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