Saturday, May 23, 2009

Smoker Man

The state of Utah's latest anti-smoking campaign is called "Fight the Ugly". It involves a variety of commercials depicting the "ugly" side of smoking. One component of their campaign is a fake action figure commercial for "The One Who Can't", Smoker Man. The commercial mimics other kids' action figure commercials, citing facts about why Smoker Man is inferior to the other "superheroes" in the "ad".

Interestingly, one of Smoker Man's superior superheroes is "Speedy Man." What message does this send? "Smoking will kill you, but meth will make you a speedy hero!"


And by the way: I bet if somebody started actually selling a "Smoker Man" action figure it would be a hot seller.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I love the mustache on "Smoker Man"