Sunday, February 22, 2015

Verizon Camping Ad

In this fun ad for Verizon, we see a lit-up tent out in the wilderness at night, and they ask: “Are there bedtimes still out here?” And then I thought maybe they should ask: “Are there inbred cannibal hillbillies out here?” And then we see the father putting on Star Wars by projecting it onto the inside of their tent using his smartphone. And I thought maybe he should be showing The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, or maybe Wrong Turn. (We didn’t see if his kids asked: “Are we there yet?” for hours in the drive up there. But I heard they did.)

Here’s the campy cellular commercial: