http://www.resonant.org/20050430-british-campaign-ads Comments for "Why aren't our political advertisements this entertaining?" en http://www.resonant.org/20050430-british-campaign-ads <p>New British <a href="http://www.boreme.com/bm/APR05/a/channel4-election-virals/fr.htm">campaign television advertisements</a> are out, and they're absolutely hilarious. (Okay, they might not be as funny if you're actually British and have to worry about the results of the election.) Watching US politics has taught me that political advertisements are generally pretty well detached from reality and lack any information whatsoever that might be useful in making a rational decision, and the British counterparts are no exception, but the production quality is higher than what you usually see in the US, and they are all highly entertaining. Well, in the case of the Conservative's ad, unintentionally entertaining, I suspect, but still entertaining.</p> <p><a href="http://www.resonant.org/20050430-british-campaign-ads">read more</a></p> http://www.resonant.org/20050430-british-campaign-ads#comments Amused Oddities Sat, 30 Apr 2005 01:45:18 -0400 Zed 765 at http://www.resonant.org