Published August 19th, 2008
Joke convergence
It’s interesting to me that there are two different advertisements airing right now referencing the same joke — a restaurant ad using the joke as if it’s current and funny, and a movie trailer mocking the very same joke as a worn-out cliche.
In an ad about the recent remodeling of the Ruby Tuesday restaurant chain, the spokesman pops up next to a restaurant booth and snatches up the Tiffany lamp.
“The 70s called,” he says, replacing the old lamp with a different type. “They want their lamp back.”
Meanwhile, this exchange is featured in the trailers for the movie “The Rocker”:
Robert ‘Fish’ Fishman: 1991 called, they want their teenage angst back.
Amelia: No, they just called again. They want that joke back.
(Transcript from IMDb)
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