♪♪
-Election season is here,
and one out of every three Americans
is currently running for office.
♪♪
-Hello. I'm Andrew Yang,
and I'm running for president.
-Cory! -What's up?!
-I'm going to tell you something you may
never have heard from someone running for president before.
-Eat my kids' brains.
-♪♪
-Political ads are a way for candidates to demonstrate
they can perform an elected official's
most important duties, like a firm handshake,
looking Americans straight in the eye,
and standing up for what's right without taking their shoes off,
and teleporting us into the future.
Political ads seem harmless,
but they can promote an unsavory product.
-Richard Nixon -- a man of compassion,
courage, and conscience.
-I know sometimes you wonder, what's the governor up to?
-I'm Jerry Springer, and I want to be your governor.
-Roy Moore -- leadership we can trust.
-I'm John Edwards, and I approve this message.
-Dear God!
Our children are watching.
Should they really be exposed to content like this?
-I'm Joni Ernst. I grew up castrating hogs.
[ Pig squeals ]
-♪ Nixon now, Nixon now ♪
-There is some comfort in knowing that a few politicians
do keep the promises they make in their ads.
-Donald Trump will turn Washington upside down Day One.
-Spitzer -- just imagine what he'd do as your governor.
-I am not looking to be the most popular guy.
-Mission accomplished,
but that forthrightness doesn't change the fact
that these politicians were able to buy advertising time
to promote an often toxic product.
Where is the oversight?
♪♪
-Hi. I'm Lee Marvin, just brushing up on my judo
and enjoying my favorite smoke, Pall Mall.
-Winston tastes good, like a cigarette should.
♪♪
-In the '50s and '60s, the airwaves were clogged
with cigarette ads that made highly questionable claims.
-In a nationwide survey,
doctors in all branches of medicine were asked,
"What cigarette do you smoke, doctor?"
The brand names most was Camel.
-Yes, cigarettes were a health-giving,
life-extending panacea, the kale of their day.
-[ Coughing ] -But they were so much more.
-♪ He's an independent guy ♪
♪ He's an Old Gold filters man ♪
-Smoking cigarettes showed that you had a maverick spirit
and the presence of mind to build a house out of wood
and not burn it down with your lighter.
But even as the Marlboro Man rode across the range
in a scenic cloud of nicotine and tar, his days were numbered.
-The senate today passed and sent to the president
a bill banning cigarette commercials
from radio and television.
-I really think they pulled a fast one there.
-With evidence mounting
that cigarettes were bad for the American people,
the government banned cigarette ads.
Almost 50 years later, isn't it time to ban political ads?
Here's the number of people killed by cigarettes,
and here's the number who died
while a politician was in office.
-Aah!
-These are countries that have put limitations
on political advertising on TV,
but in the United States,
whoever has the most money for ads has an advantage.
So for now, I recommend putting warnings on our political ads.
-Warning -- will resign in disgrace.
Warning -- his people will seek revenge on enemies
using traffic cones.
Warning -- will send easily traceable bank transfers
to a prostitution ring.
Warning -- leadership we can trust,
just maybe not alone with our teenage daughters.
-I'm Elizabeth Warren, and I approve this message.