Prepare to be gobsmacked: Liberal party unveils the MOST BIZARRE election ad to date!
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The Liberal Party have released a new commercial featuring an animated Anthony Albanese squabbling with himself, parodying the iconic character Gollum from the Lord of the Rings – and it’ll either leave you with one eye open at night or rolling on the floor laughing… There’s no in-between.
The Liberal Party commercial claimed that the Labor leader isn't being sincere about his policy positions.
The ad was launched after Mr Albanese stormed to victory following the final leaders' debate on Wednesday night. The debate came after a new poll published in The Australian newspaper predicted that Labor will win a small majority with 80 seats.
An animated Mr Albanese quarrels with several versions of himself over coal, taxes, and pay rises in the clip titled: 'The Lord of the Flip-Flops: The Return of the Taxes'.
“Morrison is keeping his precious ($1 an hour pay rise) away from Australian workers. He's being tricksy,” the animated Labor leader says.
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The ad starts off with Mr Albanese creepily muttering: “We will tax all of them, so much money” before being interrupted by his soft-hearted alter-ego. This is in reference to Gollum's previous identity Smeagol, who was known to be sweet and joyful up until he was corrupted by the ring which inevitably makes their users greedy.
“I want their money,” Gollum Mr Albanese declared.
“No, you can't tell them. It's the only way we get precious votes,” Smeagol Mr Albanese responded.
The Labor leader went on to continue bickering with himself about his 'fully costed policies' before putting on a miner's helmet.
“Coal is so good. It gets us precious in the Queensland,” Mr Albanese said.“Use your head, there are precious votes in Melbourne,” his alter-ego hisses, wearing a trendy hat and holding a cup of coffee in one hand to portray a person from the city.
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“We just tell them both what they want to hear.”
Then, they proceed to mock Labor's inconsistencies on JobKeeper, with Gollum Mr Albanese saying “We changed so many times”.
“Whatever we says to win votes.” the other Mr Albanese said, in the exact lingo that the Lord of the Rings character commonly speaks.
‘Mr Albanese’ then accuses himself of standing for nothing and being 'too weak', before having a complete meltdown.
The commercial ends with Gollum reading: “It won't be easy under Albanese”.
Plenty of users in the comments section of the video were predictably one-sided – appalled by the Liberal Party’s decision to release the parody.
“Now I understand why Scomo was sacked from Tourism Australia…” one man said, referring to Mr Morrison's departure from the board in 2006.
“It's an honest shame that Australia's political environment is like this. It's a great example of not ‘the lesser of two evils’, but ‘the evil of two lessers.’” another person added.
But the majority just found the clip bizarre, with one person saying: “This is a really weird ad.”
“Love them or hate them, this is gold.” commented a second.
“I wish I could unsee the last 1 and a half minutes.” teased one more.
But this isn’t the first time Mr Albanese has been involved in cheeky jokes. One SDC member, @terrible, previously posted a hilarious joke about him in the forum and we just had to include it for you to see. It goes like this:
Our hopeful future PM, Albo walked into a bank to cash a cheque. When he’s called over to the teller, he says, “Good morning, could you please cash this cheque for me?”
The teller replied, “It would be my pleasure, sir. Could you please show me your ID?”
Albo said, “Truthfully, I didn’t bring my ID with me as I didn't think there was any need to. I’m the leader of the Labor Party of Australia.”
The teller said, “Yes sir, I know who you are... but with all the regulations and monitoring of the banks because of impostors, forgers, and requirements of the legislation etc, I must insist on seeing ID.”
Albo said, “Just ask anyone here at the bank who I am and they’ll tell you. Everybody knows who I am.”
The teller said, “I’m sorry, Mr Albonese, but these are the bank rules, and I must follow them”
Getting a bit agitated, Albo snapped, “C'mon woman, I’m urging you, please, to cash this cheque…”
The teller said, “Look Mr Albonese, here is an example of what we can do. One day, Tiger Woods came into the bank without ID. To prove that he was Tiger Woods, he pulled out his putter and made a beautiful shot across the bank into a cup. With that shot, we knew him to be Tiger Woods and cashed his cheque.”
“Another time, Patrick Rafter came in without ID. He pulled out his tennis racket and made a fabulous shot where the tennis ball landed in my cup. With that shot, we cashed his cheque. So, Mr Albonese, what can you do to prove that it is you, and only you?"
Albo stands there thinking, and thinking, and finally says, "Honestly, my mind is a total blank... there’s nothing that comes to my mind. I can't think of a single thing. I have absolutely no idea what to do... and I don't have a clue."
With a big smile, the teller said, "Will that be large or small notes, Mr Albonese?”
We couldn’t help but burst into fits of laughter after reading this one! Again, thank you so much for the joke, @terrible!
But kidding aside, What are your thoughts on this Lord of the Rings parody? Share them with us in the comments.
If you want to see the full video, you may watch it below:
Video Credit: Liberal Party of Australia
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