Would you buy Old Spice from this guy?

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Following up on the Bruce Campbell spot, here’s an ad for Old Spice that tries to tweak the testimonial approach, which is apparently stale, by making it seem like a big joke, complete with a bogus and hairy product demo and lines like, “Old Spice performs in real man’s situations, like basketball, recon and Frenching.” By Wieden + Kennedy.

—Posted by Tim Nudd

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