Could you try and have a vaguely original idea?

Ok there’s nothing new under the sun, but really have we come to the point where copywriters get paid to just completely rip off somebody else’s idea?  This Haribo ad is such a copy of the Will Ferrell skit that I’m surprised they don’t get sued for copyright infringement.

On a happier note I offer you this old add from Molson (I know, I know old news to many of you) which harks back to a time when ads were worth watching.

This is an ad, not a spoof and interestingly from a lot of comments I’ve read many people weren’t aware of the significance of the word “beaver”! Really? You must have been really confused watching Naked Gun…”nice beaver”.