April’s Fool’s Day is also a day when major (and minor) companies release special high-quality commercials highlighting some goofy but believable new products or product enhancements, all in good fun. Only the super gullible (aka trump supporters) would get fooled by these ads.
So, here is a sample of some of these clever but “fake” ads.
Google Tulip — Talk to Your Tulips
SodaStream — “One small burp for man, one sparkling leap for mankind.” SodaStream.ME turns people’s excess CO2 into sparkling water on the go. Starring Scott Kelly.
Swiss Army Survival Rx Glasses — “cutting edge technology.”
BMW Lunar Paint — “revolutionary photovoltaic technology to harness the power of the moon and passively recharge your battery in the hours of darkness.”
Honda Polite Horn — “a bold new way to introduce a little more decorum to our roads.”
Litter-Robot’s Cat Sheet — “Take the cat nap to the next level!”
Starbucks Pupbucks
Amazon Australia Audible for Fish — because fish like music too
Logitech Wireless Hamster?
Planet Fitness — The Stationary Bike, for that workout on the go.
T-Mobile Phone BoothE — shut out the eNoise
The Shutterstock Brick-and-Mortar Library, where “you can browse our extensive stock collection without an internet connection. Flip through millions of high-quality images and check out our massive stacks of film reels all while listening to our study-friendly music tracks.”
Lockheed Martin — Vector, The Scent of Space
Jameson Whiskey with Anti-Theft Glittershot Technology.
Vegan Spam (eww)
Zava Meata Blocker — That’s not a bad product idea!
BK Vegetarian Burger? Impossible!
Dunkin’ Donuts Super Dough Holder (Yuck)
Muuna Cannabis Cottage Cheese (Mmmoooo)
Yes, we can expect trump to tweet any moment now about “fake” ads, while his supporters jam the telephone lines to get their orders in.
Hopefully, some of these ads will make us smile and get recharged for the week ahead. And improve our acumen in judging fake vs real news and ads.
Which of these ads would you score high — for creativity, humor, surprise factor and for celebrating the spirit of the day? Are there other April Fool’s Day ads that tickled your funny bone and that you would like to share?
Check out these web sites for more ads —
- www.cnet.com/...
- www.adweek.com/…
- www.washingtonpost.com/…
- fortune.com/…
- www.thedrum.com/…
- time.com/...
P.S. One of the ads in the diary is not an April Fool’s joke. Did you spot it?