# Over the top campaign ad **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 27, 2010, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-the-top-campaign-ad/541003 "2010-05-27T22:46:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-the-top-campaign-ad/541003/1 "2010-05-27T22:46:25Z")
Dale Peterson released an ad a few weeks ago which was credited by the Times as the best campaign ad ever. I figured it would make it onto these forums somewhere but a search for Dale Peterson found nothing. So I bring you [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU7fhIO7DG0](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU7fhIO7DG0) Then yesterday I was introduced to the even more hilarious spoof of his ad. [http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/ea0f0bfaf2/we-re-better-than-that-too-w-dale-peterson](http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/ea0f0bfaf2/we-re-better-than-that-too-w-dale-peterson) enjoy ---
**Author:** ![Mithril](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mithril/32/3517_2.png) [@Mithril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mithril)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-the-top-campaign-ad/541003/2 "2010-05-27T23:35:45Z")
It’s like somebody took Republican Buzzword Bingo to be a campaign ad script. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-the-top-campaign-ad/541003/3 "2010-05-28T00:02:22Z")
Have we forgotten Carly Fiorina’s [Demon Sheep](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRY7wBuCcBY)? Because I assure you that the [California Democratic Party](http://www.demonsheepmovie.com/) hasn’t! ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-the-top-campaign-ad/541003/4 "2010-05-28T00:11:30Z")
Poor Alabama. At least they can always point with pride to Hellen Keller,\* and Ward Swingle. (\*note the comma: Hellen Keller was never a member of the Swingle Singers, despite an audition that surpassed all expectations) ---
**Author:** ![ajb867](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@ajb867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ajb867)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-the-top-campaign-ad/541003/5 "2010-05-28T08:42:14Z")
I laughed way more at the original. I turned the spoof off halfway through. I almost lost it when he pulled the gun out towards the end in the original 😛 ---
**Author:** ![SecretaryofEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SecretaryofEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecretaryofEvil)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-the-top-campaign-ad/541003/6 "2010-05-29T00:01:20Z")
“I don’t want Sonic! I Want Jack in the Box!” ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-the-top-campaign-ad/541003/7 "2010-05-29T00:41:26Z")
One time I gave a guy a handjob for $20 and a pack of cigarettes, so listen up!