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jeffhoard | March 11, 2009 10:01 PM | in Cars & Trucks

Do commercials in America regularly feature murder as a joke?

I know the states of different rules then other countries, but I was just rather shocked (not really, "shocked" but mildly surprised) at the punchline of this Nissan commercial. Is murder featured often in American advertisements? Can you post other examples?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIDpCT1tOqE

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BEST ANSWER chosen by asker | demanda | March 11, 2009 10:48 PM

No, commercials in America do not routinely feature murder. In fact, the video posted is actually not a commercial at all, but rather a parody of a real commercial that features two neighbors talking back and forth about their cars. I can't find the original commercial online that this parody is based on, but I have seen it often.

This type of "shock" commercial always disturbs me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_Ja1-KFhVI

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jeffhoard | March 11, 2009 11:24 PM

Ah that would make sense if it was a parody, I just realized that its from the The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre

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cmdezalia | March 11, 2009 10:20 PM

Goodness! That is the first I have seen, very shocking, and I have seen some pretty bad commercials. No I would say that mainly commercials try to be comedic rather than dramatic like that one. That was a poor shot at being funny (no pun intended).

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chazzyfen | March 11, 2009 10:29 PM

I don't think that it is too common of an occurrence in the United States as of it is the firs one I've seen do this without being in a video game. I think that as a strategy it works very well because it gets your attention and is mildly amusing, though slightly disturbing.

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