Clever Tourism Ad Goads Frigid Chicagoans

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Todd Wasserman
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Clever Tourism Ad Goads Frigid Chicagoans

Chicagoans probably didn't need much convincing this week to consider taking a vacation in a warmer climate, but Arizona Tourism pretty much beat them over the head with the message.

The tourism office unveiled a billboard featuring a giant sunbathing, bare-footed woman. Just beneath the image of her feet there was a giant flip-flop that appeared to be crushing two cars.

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The video below shows how that feat was achieved:

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The timing for such an effort was good; Chicago and the entire Midwest was subject to a rare Polar Vortex last week that prompted the temperature to plunge to minus 16 degrees Fahrenheit at O'Hare Airport on Monday morning. In Phoenix, the high was 70.

[Via Adweek ]

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