Advertising: Old Spice Guy Takes On Fabio
2011, Jul 28
Looks like Old Spice has finally changed
the face of its brand---or have they? In the latest Old Spice Guy ad, Fabio claims to be the New Old Spice
Guy. That's not all; he has gone ahead and challenged the original Old Spice
Guy, Isaiah Mustafa, to a duel, aptly titled Mano a Mano in El Bano.
The recent video features Fabio mimicking
Mustafa's dialogues from the popular Old Spice ad. He then declares that now
he's the New Old Spice Guy and he challenges Mustafa to a duel.
In reply to the challenge, Mustafa also
released a video where he claims he has been watching everything closely and is
now ready to make a comeback. He clearly accepts Fabio's challenge. To support
the duel, Old Spice has even released a promotional video inviting the audience
to watch them fight it out for the position.
We'd earlier reported about how Old Spice
had changed its brand ambassador for ads outside the U.S. Also, Mustafa was missing in
action for a while, and Old Spice's agency, Wieden + Kennedy, has taken the
opportunity to bring all the action back with a bang!
Looks like they have a winner in their
hands, as the web has rarely seen such high-profile campaigns. Old Spice has
again aimed at making the utmost use of social media in order to gain the
attention of their users and if everything goes like last time, Old Spice is
bound to make profits out of it.
Let us know what you think about the New
Old Spice Guy and the ensuing duel in the comments below.
-
Prerna Arora



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