News · moment 18 of 22
Breaking Down the 'Take a Shot' Vaccine Ad
from #263 - Family Business | The Tim Dillon Show · #263
4 min
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Tim plays the Arkansas vaccine ad multiple times, dissecting its bizarre 'hustler in these streets' messaging and mustang parking lot setting, questioning whether it's a real ad or a troll.
- Tim breaks down an Arkansas Department of Health vaccine ad featuring a man in a parking lot on a Ford Mustang.
- The ad never puts the entrepreneur in an office or anywhere near a place of business—he's just posted up on a car in a parking lot.
- The man describes himself as a hustler selling things and coming into contact with people all the time, which sounds like a drug dealer.
- Tim notes the job description is literally just 'hustling out here in these streets'—there's no attempt to make this seem like a legitimate career.
- The ad appears to be real, not a troll, because it was running as a YouTube ad with comments turned off.
- Tim reiterates the full pitch: a street hustler explaining why you should get vaccinated if you also live that lifestyle.
- The tagline is 'Take a shot at staying healthy'—which Tim notes is awkwardly phrased given the hustler aesthetic and gun imagery implications.
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