We paid $2.5 Million to advertise the fact the the government is a bunch of idiots – sheesh

And yes, I get the fact they are trying to be hip and edgy ala The Office / 30 Rock / Parks and Recreation, but this is the freaking census!  The fact that we have to advertise to people of a basic constitutional function in a fun and hip way is truly ridiculous. Do we need hip ads to get people to sign up for the Selective Service too now?

Go HERE for the complete series of these “Payton Schlewitt” ads – yes, there’s more than the one you saw during the Super Bowl…

Updated: Video embed codes found. Comments are open – go to town folks!

One Response to “Census Superbowl Commercial Sells Government Incompetence”

1. kmaddydaddy says:

   February 9, 2010 at 7:58 pm

   I think you missed the mark on this one. While I agree that ad is ridiculous I don’t see a problem with trying to raise civil awareness trying to boost compliance in the Census.

   And yes Be All You Can Be (for decades) and all variety of “hip” ads are used to entice people into selective service.

   kmad