The Most Interesting Man in the World Is No Longer Interesting

In 2006, Dos Equis beer launched an ad campaign featuring “the world’s most interesting man” — a campaign that ran for 10 years, and it’s had an undeniable impact on sales with some reporting an increase of 22 percent while other imported beer sales fell 4 percent in the U.S.

It’s not surprising that the campaign resonated. It was clever, and the situations “the man” found himself in were outrageous, far-fetched and humorous. From surfing a killer whale, to slamming a revolving door, to “speaking French … in Russian,” to finding The Fountain of Youth but not taking a drink because “he wasn’t thirsty,” the campaign always elicited at least a smirk from the men in my household.

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