Very Funny Ads: Young Ladies Are Hazardous to Older Men's Health

Hefner survives in Bavaria spot, but he's the lucky one

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There's a whole advertising genre devoted to pretty young women messing with wealthy old men. It's an archetypal comic relationship, in life and ads. This week, VeryFunnAds.com looks at two classic spots from the genre—New Yorker lingerie's "Wedding Night" spot, and Bavaria beer's Hugh Hefner commercial. The latter, in particular, is an inspired piece of work, though you really have to suspend your disbelief to buy the idea that Hefner would ever get tired of half-naked girls having pillow fights on his bed.

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