# Now that's an ad! US local ISPs lampooned

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-an-ad-us-local-isps-lampooned/654260>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 29, 2013, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-an-ad-us-local-isps-lampooned/654260 "2013-03-29T13:55:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-an-ad-us-local-isps-lampooned/654260/1 "2013-03-29T13:55:41Z")

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Some decidedly NSFW language, so spoilered.

[The First Honest Cable Company | Extremely Decent - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0ilMx7k7mso)

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-an-ad-us-local-isps-lampooned/654260/2 "2013-03-29T15:44:58Z")

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Very funny, well, not really funny at all.

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**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-an-ad-us-local-isps-lampooned/654260/3 "2013-03-29T17:23:51Z")

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> [@Zebra](#):
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> Very funny, well, not really funny at all.

Well it is some pretty biting satire. Maybe you just did not get it. 😉

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**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-an-ad-us-local-isps-lampooned/654260/4 "2013-03-29T18:18:45Z")

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Not only not very funny, not even very original.

[http://www.hulu.com/watch/4163](http://www.hulu.com/watch/4163)

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**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-an-ad-us-local-isps-lampooned/654260/5 "2013-03-31T18:52:20Z")

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Remember the good old days when AOL was the (well-deserved) target of these videos?

[2000 America OFF-line Commercial Parody - "\*&&%%$\*\*!!!" - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yRUx4CP7rQ)