Spoofing the Coal Association’s ads

The Australian Coal Association is running an ad in areas that have close election results and a lot of mining jobs. It’s a supposedly heartfelt plea to the government to “cut emissions, not jobs”.

But that kind of oh-so-serious advert is always a challenge to Aussies: how soon can we make fun of it?

I know of 3 spoofs versions of the ads doing the rounds already. The first two I heard about via Rooted. First up is one from Hungry Beast, the new show on ABC’s Wednesday comedy night:

Next up is one from jessmortonsmith on YouTube:

Lastly, we’ve got a very funny one from the usual suspects over at GetUp’s Help Fight the Coal Lobby campaign:

I think they’re having a go at Vegemite too, teehee!