Erich Schneider (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} erich_schneider) wrote,@ 2008-09-11 11:19:00 |
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Today
So, thinking about 9/11 got me to thinking about a series of TV ads I really liked, produced during the first year after the attacks by the Ad Council.
They didn't get a lot of airplay, but I saw them on line, and in a story on The Daily Show. I wish they had been seen more, as I thought they offered a great comeback to the then-growing "homeland security" hysteria in the country.
I'd give you links to them, but there aren't any references to them on the Ad Council's web site, the videos were hosted on a streaming video server that no longer has them, and they aren't on YouTube. "Down the memory hole", as Winston Smith might say... anyway, you can find traces that they existed by searching for "Ad Council" and "Campaign for Freedom".
So, thinking about 9/11 got me to thinking about a series of TV ads I really liked, produced during the first year after the attacks by the Ad Council.
- A group of guys are talking in a diner. One of them starts complaining about the government and high taxes. The others try to shut him up and say "you know they can ruin your life if they hear you saying that, right?"
- A Catholic priest is finishing saying Mass. He then tells the congregation to "be careful out there". We see the worshippers exiting out of a trap door in someone's garden, looking around furtively as they leave.
- A guy is in a library. The librarian at the desk tells him that "that book is no longer in circulation". As he tries to leave, two men in suits come out of the stacks, grab his arm and lead him away.
- A man in his car has been pulled over by the police, and is being frisked as they search the car. Opening the trunk, they find what they are looking for: a cache of newspapers.
They didn't get a lot of airplay, but I saw them on line, and in a story on The Daily Show. I wish they had been seen more, as I thought they offered a great comeback to the then-growing "homeland security" hysteria in the country.
I'd give you links to them, but there aren't any references to them on the Ad Council's web site, the videos were hosted on a streaming video server that no longer has them, and they aren't on YouTube. "Down the memory hole", as Winston Smith might say... anyway, you can find traces that they existed by searching for "Ad Council" and "Campaign for Freedom".
