The billboard advertisements for Showtime's Weeds are driving stoners crazy in New Zealand. The billboards are three dimensional, with giant bags of pot bulging off of them. New Zealanders keep stealing the "pot" from the billboards, so the advertising company set up security cameras to catch the thieves in the act. At least one stoner takes a tumble while trying to score some major weed. It's just the latest in Weeds' creative promotion campaigns that have included brownies, scratch-and-sniff pot fliers, and the tagline, "Putting herbs in the suburbs".
Security camera video is after the jump.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
8-22-2006 @ 1:00PM
Stanley said...
I like billboard very match. :)
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8-22-2006 @ 4:47PM
bd said...
People can NOT be this stupid, can they?
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8-22-2006 @ 5:53PM
lee said...
id love to have that big bag in my game room as a decoration
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8-22-2006 @ 9:36PM
robyn haywood said...
Cool billboard. Are those really not true?
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8-22-2006 @ 10:10PM
Anna said...
Nah, I don't think they were that stupid. I think Lee is on to something: they probably just wanted the giant bag of pot for a decoration.
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8-23-2006 @ 11:36AM
dvddesign said...
Who wouldn't want that? Think of the jokes.
"Nah, I don't smoke at all..." and then there's this massive 8 foot tall bag of pot on the otherside of the room.
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