Showing posts with label Nonsensical. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nonsensical. Show all posts

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Doing nonsensical

There are great WTF nonsensical advertising that works.  But so much depends on execution and being tapped into the meme-mindset.  Otherwise it comes off as parody.  This one for Dairy Queen is trying to be nonsensical: 


This ad doesn't work is because it is a traditional commercial, selling before it becomes a nonsensical commercial, which makes the nonsensical elements seem extremely incongruent.  Everyone gets turned off before you can even get to the part about "rainbows on fire.*"  [*Which is kind of cool.]  But shaving bunnies?  

The rest in the campaign just relies on one "punchline" to drive the ad: