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Dokken battles chicken for Norton anti-virus

Did the Family Guy manatees write this set of ads for Norton's 2010 anti-virus software? Because using '80s band Dokken and a chicken to illustrate how viruses attack your hard-drive may be the most random metaphor I've ever seen. That Dokken air-humps the chicken until it explodes in the spot above wasn't too surprising, but the chicken pulling a switchblade on them in the spot below caught me off guard, though it too supports my manatee hypothesis. (There's also this third Dokken/chicken spot, as well as another series with street fighter Kimbo Slice.) Oddly enough, the least random thing about this campaign is Dokken, who had a comeback album last year that critics liked, although the accompanying tour must not have gone well if they're doing shit like this now.

—Posted by David Kiefaber

Topics: Kiefaber, Norton
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