In this joke/proposed ad for Wisk (their old ad campaign was
about “ring around the collar”), there’s a noir movie villain stalking the city, and
whenever he sees ring around the collar, it drives him crazy, and he wrings
them around the collar and strangles them. Well, the police are on the case,
and so they get a homicide detective to act as bait for the villain by giving
his shirt a triply bad ring around the collar. The detective looks at his shirt
and says they ruined it, but the police artist says it’s not a problem, as Wisk
will get it out in no time! And so our intrepid detective is on the streets,
seeking out the wringer of collars with his extra grimy ring around the collar,
when out of the shadows, the wringer emerges…and strikes! Well, in trying to
wring our hero’s neck, he hits his nose, and a drop of blood falls on his
shirt. The announcer says: “Oh, no! There’s blood on the shirt! But that’s no
problem, as Wisk will easily remove it!” Then the detective pulls his gun and
shoots, missing his assailant. The announcer says: “Oh no: gun shot residue on
his shirt! No big deal: Wisk will get it out in a flash!” Then the detective
and the villain rush each other, tacking each other into the wet ground,
leaving grass and mud stains on their clothes. The announcer says: “Not grass
and mud stains! But no worries: Wisk will remove them completely!” Then the
detective gets the upper hand and handcuffs the villain, and as a police paddy
wagon arrives, he tells them: “Alright boys, whisk this guy downtown!” Then we
see the detective taking his completely clean shirt out of the drier, and he
says: “Hey, Wisk really works as well as they say!” (Then, in a tag, we see the
villainous ring around the collar strangler in prison on laundry duty: the
announcer says: “Wow, I sure hope they use Wisk in prison, or else…” And the
strangler sees ring around the collar on a shirt, he gets those crazy eyes, and
then we see him run into the other room, after which we hear screams and sirens.)
