Video player not working?0:000:000:00SettingsQualityAutoAudioSpeed1×CaptionsOffAd Guys Episode FourDula TVFunny videos since 2008Thumbs up0Thumbs down0 Share2.2K views Jan 2009Two ad executives try to reverse a pro-drug campaign blamed for kids' drug use, then face suspicion over a mascot's death and start their own agency. Show transcript0:00Previously on Ad Guy.0:01We must adapt and embrace.0:04We both really want that VP spot.0:05At UConn Media.0:07This next job won't be so easy.0:08Pro drug PSAs aimed at kids.0:10You have what it takes to make it, son. Pack your things, you're moving upstairs.0:25I'm here in a local neighborhood where every child within sight seems to be under the influence of one illicit substance or another.0:32I don't know how my daughter got her hands on crack. She's probably the last person in the world who needs it, though.0:39Crack, marijuana, even steroids. Sir, excuse me, how did you get that black eye?0:46Fell down the stairs.0:49And it all seems to stem from an ad campaign targeting children.0:53Hair?0:55Owen.0:57Heroin.0:58A campaign reportedly conceived by 2 employees at Stillwater Yukon Advertising.1:06This is bad.1:09This is incredible! Who knew children could be manipulated so easily?1:13You, sir, are an advertising savant. I'll bet that notebook's already full of ideas for the next great pro-drug campaign, isn't it, Johnson?1:20The next one?1:21Of course! Anyway, I'll leave it to your brilliance. Enjoy that view, Johnson.1:26Relish it.1:34So, after I deliver mail to the 23rd floor, I deliver mail to the 24th floor.1:39Mm-hmm.1:40And sometimes I deliver mail to the 25th.1:42Richards, I need to speak with you.1:44Really? What if someone sees you talking to the likes of me?1:48It's a desperate situation, so I'll have to take that chance.1:53Leave us, mail boy.1:54All right, later, guys.1:57Richards, we underestimated our marketing prowess, and now civilization is crumbling around us.2:02I had no idea we were this good.2:05But we are, and with great power comes great responsibility.2:10Richards, I have an idea. An idea that could undo all the evil that we've created, but it's just an idea.2:17It needs presentation.2:24This could cost you your promotion.2:26Yes, but I've learned something. You see, I used to think that promotion was the most important thing in the world, but now I see that keeping children off of crack is also fairly important.2:40I just don't think I could ever learn to trust you again.2:42Trust me.2:42No.2:43Trust me.2:43No.2:43Trust me.2:44I've become open to the possibility.2:45We've been through a lot together, Richards. The Sherman presentation, the Richardson presentation, the Sigworth presentation.2:55We do make a great team.2:57And we lost sight of that, Richards. We lost sight of it and adapted to that dog-eat-dog environment.3:02But I propose we adapt to a new environment, Richards. A dog love dog environment.3:09We must adapt and embrace.3:14And embrace.3:20Come, Richards, with our godlike marketing skills, we must save the children.3:31Rox the Rhino is dead from an apparent overdose. I spoke with the men who found his lifeless body just hours ago.3:39So I'm walking down this alleyway, much like I am right now, and I happen to find Rox dead on the ground.3:44Oh, he wasn't dead yet.3:45That's, yeah, he wasn't dead yet.3:47He still had to give us this note.3:48Yes, he was still able to give us his death note.3:50Are recanting all the drug-related messages he'd spouted earlier.3:53And he also asked us to read it. Uh, dear children of the world, I, Rox, am so sorry.3:59I won't burden the viewers with the details of this outrageously verbose note, but it was very apologetic.4:07I imagine that such a note could do quite a lot to curb the rampant drug use plaguing our city.4:13Well, from a marketing standpoint, this is all actually quite exciting.4:17Brilliant even. You see, hypothetically, let's say someone planned Rox's death.4:22I'm not saying it happened, but if it did, why, that would be an incredible idea to get children off drugs.4:28And Rox's body positioning, the scattered pills, the note, hypothetically, that'd be great presentation skills.4:35And hypothetically, if someone had the foresight to know that Rox's death would create the kind of media frenzy that it has,4:43Free publicity.4:44Why that, ladies and gentlemen, would exemplify truly godlike marketing skills.4:57Yeah, so our boss started dropping science on us.5:00Started saying things like, uh, puppets don't have throats. How could a puppet ingest pills, let alone die?5:06Basically implying that we set this whole thing up.5:08Which we didn't. And it's like, who, who are you, boss?5:11A zoologist?5:12A freaking puppeteer scientist?5:13I mean, I figured the mailroom boy might have had our backs.5:15Uh, turns out he hates us.5:16Yeah, should have been nicer to that guy.5:18Anyway, we've decided to start our own advertising agency.5:21Yes.5:21One that only advertises good, wholesome things.5:25You know, let's start that agency right now.5:30Sounds like a plan, friend.5:50Liki, liki, liki, liki, lik, lik shut up. Bum shaka tak, bubble in a frac.5:53This likka ka kayu de pantatap. Bum shaka tak, bum shaka tak.
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