CNN: Parodies of Clinton's '3 am phone call' flood YouTube David Edwards and Muriel Kane

Published: Tuesday March 4, 2008



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Print This Email This Hillary Clinton "3 AM phone call" ad was intended to send a serious message about experience and judgment. However, according to CNN, "Not since [the old public service announcement which asked] 'It's 10 pm, do you know where your children are?' have kiddies and time combined resulted in so much parody." CNN reports that YouTube has been flooded with takeoffs of the ad, to the point where "all Barack Obama has to do is make like he's picking up a phone and his audience snickers." A few of the parodies jab at Obama, but most go after Clinton, making fun of everything from her pantsuits to her mispronunciation of the name of Russia's new president to the question of where Bill Clinton might be at 3 am. Others simply mock the ad itself, offering a variety of answers to the original punchline -- "Who do you want answering the phone?" -- which range from "Ghostbusters" to "Jack Bauer." And one more elaborate takeoff by a comedy group targets the spooky voiceover, reassuring viewers, "Don't be afraid of their narrators anymore." This video is from CNN.com, broadcast March 3, 2008.





