Fans of Spam
Wednesday, February 07, 2007Fandom is a lot about storytelling (more about it later), and one of the more unlikely subjects for fanfiction is spam.
An Unsolicited Commercial Love Story weaves the appearances of a stock photo model in variaous unrelated spam ads into a dramatic narrative of love and betrayal. "Can this unsolicited commercial storybook opera have come to an end? Only my spam filter knows for sure!"
Lower My Bills Ad Watch follows the evolution of dancing cowboys and stretched-out dogs spawned by the brilliant but often misunderstood minds at LowerMyBills.com.
Speaking of which, NY Times runs a story on these ads saying that they bring $4 in revenue on each dollar invested.
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