By now you must have heard of the Old Spice guy, right?
You haven’t? Well, don’t worry. I hadn’t heard of him before two days ago. My brother, who seems to live on the internet and find everything cool before me, directed me to the You Tube channel for the Old Spice guy.
And then I laughed for about 20 minutes.
The original commercials are hilarious. But what is really quite unbelievable is the sheer number of films recorded as answers to questions from Twitter and Facebook. For days we all hung around the internet, waiting for the next one to arise. And then, today, the Old Spice guy announced his retirement from making internet history with a bunch of medals around his chest.
It’s a brilliant marketing ploy. I know that. At first I was a little reluctant to share how much this campaign makes me laugh because it means I’m falling for the advertising.
(However, I’m still not likely to buy Old Spice for Danny, since I associate it with the 1970s and the soap on a rope I bought for my dad because it was the fanciest-looking present I could buy for Christmas when I had so little money leftover from my allowance.)
Then, I saw this: the Old Spice guy talking about what a tragedy it would be if we had no more bacon.
You don’t know the Old Spice guy? You should.
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I think by now everyone has heard of this old spice guy but your recommendation was the one that finally got me to watch one of the videos. omgoodness. I will prob watch the rest when I get out of work cause, you know… sexy man voice coming from my desk is not a good sign to the uppers. =) Have a great weekend!