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== Advertising ==

* The [[So Bad It's Good|good-kind-of-bad]] [[Bruce Springsteen]] wannabe in Bud Light's ''Real Men of Genius'' campaign made for a better gag when the ads started out and he was [[Hollywood Tone Deaf|singing]] about ''Real American Heroes''. [[Rule of Funny|It's still a]] ''[[Rule of Funny|good]]'' [[Rule of Funny|gag]], just minus a little... significance. To be fair, it was changed after 9-11 when anything seen as possibly mocking the heroism of Americans was probably advertising suicide.

** Now she's been reduced to a poster in the halls of the fictional Esurance offices in which the current campaign takes place.

** Esurance is now currently partnered with Allstate, and any references to past advertisements are gone.

** This may have been more of a shift in angle, since the first commercial with Gecko working for Geico said that he basically just threw up his hands and got a job there, since if they were gonna be calling him for Geico, it might as well be somewhat accurate.

* Duke the talking dog from the Bush's Baked Beans commercials. Originally, the joke was that company spokesman Jay Bush had told the secret family bean recipe to his dog Duke, naturally expecting the animal to keep quiet--but it turned out the dog could actually talk, and wanted to sell the recipe! Nowadays, the commercials inexplicably feature Jay Bush hanging out with this dog that just happens to talk.

 

== Anime and Manga ==