Ad of the Day: Cable Companies Are Playground Bullies in Hilarious Ads for Sling TV

Too real for comfort

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Everyone knows cable companies can be total bullies, but pointing it out can still make for some pretty funny ads.

SlingTV, the small-bundle Internet TV offering from Dish, is out with its first national ad campaign—from agency Camp + King and Prettybird directors Tim & Eric—casting "Old TV" as a bunch of mean-spirited kids extorting adults with playground tactics like wet willies.

There's even a bratty service rep character that—given the slew of horror stories about, say, Comcast—doesn't really have to stretch the truth to evoke a striking sense of tragicomedy.

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