In an election year where Tina Fey and her spot-on impersonations of Sarah Palin have generated almost as much buzz as the candidates themselves, both Barack Obama and John McCain are looking for unique ways to appeal to voters. Renowned advertising agency Goodby, Silverstein & Partners recently teamed up with director Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl) to create these unconventional campaign ads for potential use by the Obama camp, which feature conversations that take place in a hypothetical McCain war room.
As clever as these ads are (“We just keep saying ‘maverick, maverick, maverick’ ’til that’s all they hear”), they’re so scarily close to reality (or in this case, what we might perceive reality to be if we were granted access to such a war room) that it almost takes the punch out of the punch lines … almost. The reality is what makes these good and ultimately gives us a (nervous) laugh.
For reals? ... seriously ...
Wow ... seriously?
