PR at it's best and worst ... at the same time

[freqfreak2]

Friday fun:

This started as an ad blog post – a script for the perfect generic brand video
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/this-is-a-generic-brand-video

Then an ad agency made a video based on the post
http://youtu.be/2YBtspm8j8M

Then it got written up:
http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/everything-you-hate-about-advertising-one-fake-video-thats-almost-too-real-156525

In one way, it’s brilliant … but lame: the ad agency basically says, yes – we can make this crap too so use our service.

It’s a lot like this news parody (shades of Monty Python)
http://youtu.be/aHun58mz3vI