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Slate Suggests An Alternative ‘Search On’ Super Bowl Ad For Google

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The anticipation for tonight’s Super Bowl commercials includes the lead up to the big screen premiere of Google’s Search Stories, which were released last year to flaunt the ease and accuracy of their search engine. In a minimalist, Apple-style ad, a close-up of the ubiquitous search bar tells a story. Tonight’s spot will likely be in an identical style to the original series, though the subject may be new. But the beyond witty video team at Slate V had an idea of their own, and it breathes new life into Tiger Woods jokes. Slate sent “apologies to Google’s new ad campaign.”

First, a real Search Story, on Parisian love:

And if Google was more shamelessly interested in brutal laughs, controversy and viral videos, here’s the alternative via Slate:

(h/t Soup and Winston Wolfe)

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