Dr Mumbo

Ricky Gervais’ love of telcos travels borders

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:

The Verizon ads launched this week in America.

For those who don’t remember the original Optus ad, here it is, albeit with slightly more attitude:

Verizon definitely is not the first to co-opt a great ad idea from down under, just go ask the guys at Coles. 

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