Here’s a clever use of secular marketing to promote the Catholic Church: A parody of the ShamWow infomercial. Just one thing, though: The ShamWow spokesman was arrested for punching a prostitute he hired.
So was the Catholic Church unaware or tapping into a forgiveness theme?
Via Gawker.
Here's the original ShamWow infomercial:
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Comments (4)
nice video. thanks for the post. interesting. keep it up.
Posted by church supplies | October 2, 2009 12:01 AM
Posted on October 2, 2009 00:01
fantastic!
Posted by Anonymous | April 18, 2009 9:50 PM
Posted on April 18, 2009 21:50
As spokesperson for the ad agency, Forza Migliozzi in Hollywood, I can tell you that the creative work for the campaign was done before news of the Sham Wow pitchman's trouble broke.
Posted by Ted Faraone | April 14, 2009 10:14 AM
Posted on April 14, 2009 10:14
Not a bad approach to promoting one of the most unpopular Catholic sacraments, that of confessing one's sins to a priest. The news about the ShamWow guy and the hooker is way below the radar, so no danger of tainting a creative gimmick here with that.
Posted by Anonymous | April 13, 2009 1:48 PM
Posted on April 13, 2009 13:48