John Oliver Made This Perfectly Bitter, Curse-Filled Farewell Ad for RadioShack

Brand should go out with a bang

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The end of RadioShack is nigh. And in John Oliver’s fantasy world, the 94-year-old brand wouldn’t sputter out gracefully. No. It wouldn’t even be passive-aggressive about its slow decline. It would be straight up aggressive-aggressive, blaming America for its failure.

Oliver calls out American media for the gleeful tone they’ve taken while discussing RadioShack’s demise, noting that the brand should be hurt by the level of disrespect. 

He also made the parody ad below, which he freely offers the brand to use.

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