Ricky Gervais’ love of telcos travels borders

April 8, 2016 12:01

Ricky Gervais has been widely been lauded for his ads for Optus and its Netflix tie-in.

But Dr Mumbo can’t help but feel like there is a strategic overlap between what is he did here in Oz and what Ricky is now doing for Verizon in the US:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkjylYRI29E&feature=youtu.be

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3 COMMENTS

Evan 8 Apr 16

When you’re on to a good thing – why shake it up. I enjoyed both ads.

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MC 8 Apr 16

And then there’s this one – which even use the same gags.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbTo7DosD5g

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I wonder 8 Apr 16

And I wonder where the Optus guys got the inspiration to use Ricky to promote their addition of Netflix?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SZv2vPdj6g

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