Old Spice low-fi viral homage

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We’ve been discussing what makes a good viral of late. It would seem that (obviously) a key factor is relevancy – make a video of stuff that people are watching right now and you’re more likely to be swept up in a nice little meme.

The fact there is 10.5k videos tagged Rube Goldberg and the latest OK Go clip has recieved 500k views in 3 days isn’t a coincidence.

Which brings me to the current spate of Old Spice ads which will undoubtedly spawn thousands of remakes earning millions of views.

The original:

A very funny homage:

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Posted: March 3rd, 2010 | Author: Tom Hyde | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , | 2 Comments »

2 Comments on “Old Spice low-fi viral homage”

  1. 1 The Perfect Boob said at 10:31 pm on March 16th, 2010:

    hahhahah!! loved it!!
    the lady and her friend who paid homage were strangely serious about something that had me laughing so hard!!

  2. 2 New spice | you might like this said at 10:55 pm on March 3rd, 2010:

    [...] strangely funny homage: via spreadingjam Share posted: March 3rd, 2010 | by: lady worthington | perma: link | tags: ads, homage, old [...]

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