Prior to Tiger Woods’ comeback at The Masters golf tournament, Nike unveiled its new ad featuring the superstar sex addict.
There have been many spoofs in the days since, but this is the best I’ve seen so far. It features Homer Simpson, hardly a bastion of good and decent behavior himself, berating Tiger for his recent indiscretions.
The original ad is a bit strange to be honest, featuring Tiger staring straight at the camera wearing a “sorry” face while his dead dad Earl asks him what the hell he’s been playing at.
But its simplicity has meant spoofs galore, and it’s meant lots of free publicity for Nike around the Web. Which was surely the idea in the first place.
I’ve always thought ad execs have easy jobs, but whoever came up with this is actually a genius. And probably getting paid well for his ideas.
