Ad Agency Creates Series of Spoof Ads

For this find, thanks to Leslie Savan, who has been writing about this year's presidential campaign ads for The Nation.(Here's her column on McCain's new round of attack ads). The ad agency Goodby, Silverstein & Partners have teamed up with film director Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl) to create a series of pro-Obama spoof ads. One of the ads, "Fly on the Wall," is a spoof of a behind-the-scenes strategy meeting of McCain consultants. The ad has not yet aired, although the agency has submitted it to the Democratic National Committee. This ad is reminiscent of a series of Dukakis ads from 1988. (For more of the Goodby, Silverstein & Partners spoof ads, follow this link.)

Spoof ad "Fly on the Wall:"

Dukakis TV ad "Crazy:"