United Nations' cartoon condoms: Global body unveils Shaft, Stretch and Dick in TV ads pushing AIDS-prevention message
The United Nations has launched a series of 20 animated TV ads to stop the spread of AIDS, featuring cartoon condoms named Shaft, Stretch and Dick.I can think of some folks whose behavior should be modified. But not to worry, that wacky pixie Desmond Tutu says they're a laugh riot. Maybe he liked the one with the spaceship:
The U.N. is trying to help stop the spread of HIV with 'The Three Amigos,' who appear in this spot called 'Talk.'
Available in 41 languages, the U.N. calls The Three Amigos ad campaign the "start of the world's largest integrated behavior modification program."
The spaceship spot has the Amigos as astronauts on a rumbling launchpad inside a condom-shaped craft as it builds power to liftoff while a female voice, apparently mimicking orgasmic sounds, counts down. The launch suddenly aborts and the voice over at the end tells viewers: "No condom, no blastoff. Stop the spread of AIDS."As effective as they are classy, I'm sure.
