Universal roller-coaster ads are bumpy ride

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There's a new roller coaster called Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit at the Universal Studios theme park. Perhaps the creative team at David&Goliath was woozy from trying it out when they came up with this campaign for it, because the ads seem dizzy, though not in a good way. There's a rocker type named Syd Vinyl, who makes Ozzy Osbourne's performance with a chimp in that recent Samsung spot look good. I think the ape could manage a better Cockney accent, actually.

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