Where are my royalties?

That Liberal campaign ad parody I wrote the other day made it into this Canadian Press story. (Hat tip: Paul Canniff)

Not everyone is fuming over a controversial Liberal ad that warns Conservative Leader Stephen Harper would put troops in city streets - a lot of people find it quite amusing.

It has already spawned a series of spoofs by everyone from Internet bloggers to Tory insiders.

Conservative MPs were frothing at the mouth Wednesday when the ad was released, claiming it insults Canada's troops by suggesting they pose a threat to democracy. But behind the scenes, things were decidedly less serious.

Within hours of the release, this mock copy was making the rounds in Tory circles:

"Stephen Harper has a dog. You know who else had a dog? Hitler. Adolf Hitler. That's who. Did Stephen Harper train his dog to attack racial minorities on command? We don't know. He's not saying. Choose your Canada."

A few particularly resourceful bloggers produced video parodies using my scripts. They can be seen here and here. (The latter doesn't have a narrator yet, but it's still pretty darn funny, if I may say so myself.)

Posted by damian at January 13, 2006 07:20 AM | TrackBack