Even worse, they equate the 'Express to taking a shit in a place where you're afraid to sit down, holding your breath, and trying to get it over as quickly as possible. Pure genius!
Meh, you stole what I wanted to say, just about... I'm pretty certain that I never knew about this ad till today, and sure, I thought it was hilarious too but not in a good way. Somebody (employed in their advertising department at the time) actually thinks that "
one of the most enjoyable things in life" is taking a shit in a porta-potty of all things or at least thought that that's a funny enough exaggeration (
personally, I don't equate relief after a dump with "enjoyment" but each to his own)... OK, so that part is hilarious by itself, as well as creepy, but that this person(s) was actually allowed to translate this "view" into an ad to promote a videogaming system, an ad which equates the two experiences together (taking a shit v. playing an Express) as two of the most enjoyable things in life...well, I think somebody else put it more succinctly:
Don Draper would have fist-f**ked the idiot who came up with this ad.
Granted, I get the humor of it, and every time I look at it, it makes me laugh, but that's the thing, NEC/TTi's competitors at the time (assuming they saw it) we're probably having a REAL good laugh at this ad, too! Hehe!
TTi's initial ad campaigns are abominable
"These games are so full of action, you may not be able to contain yourself."
I think I remember that one!! So we got toilet humor, literally, and something here that could be construed as a bit of an innuendo... LOL! Anyway, thanks for this thread, henrycsc!
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