Narm/Advertising: Difference between revisions

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-yGTrd4Z7I This old British PSA from the late 1970s] that warned children not to play in electrical substations could either be considered hilariously Narmy or pure horror.

* A fairly well-known healthcare system in metropolitan Detroit has, as of late, become known not for the quality of their medical services, but for their [https://www.beaumonthospitals.com/ horribly over-the-top commercials,] which skip right past [[Scare 'Em Straight]] and into Narm territory. These gems come complete with dim lighting, silently frowning (or gowned and masked) medical staff, pounding [[Scare Chord]] music and a deadly serious voiceover actor reading lines like "Choosing a hospital could be the most important decision you'll ever make" and "It's your heart/eyes/life/whatever... Do you have a Beaumont doctor?" The general effect of the commercials has been to generate an epidemic of spontaneous gluteal detachment secondary to laughter overdose in the viewing population. And then they promptly go get treated somewhere that doesn't sound like a [[Vincent Price]] film gone wrong.

* National Organization for Marriage's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AzLrn5JVIo&feature=related "Gathering Storm"] ad. They might as well be saying, "[[Gay Panic|OMG teh gayzz are coming to get us haaaalp!]]"

** They, without irony, say that they're forming a "rainbow coalition."