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Have You Spotted The 'Crazy Rudy' Giuliani Subway Ad?
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Ben Yakas
Published Oct 2, 2019
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Over the last couple of years, Rudy Giuliani has devolved from a Cigar Aficionado cover boy with a 9/11 fetish to even more of a national laughingstock as Trump's personal attorney, errand boy, and punching bag. Barely a week goes by without Rudy going on a cable news program and brazenly admitting to shady conduct. To commemorate this inauspicious new phase of his career, Giuliani is now the subject of the beautiful, crappy subway ad you can see above.
The ad, which highlights Giuliani's "back-channel deals," many cable news appearances, and complete lack of shame, was spotted on an A train this week. The ad also mentions a fake website for Giuliani's services, which is indeed a working website, and has a phone number—if you call it, you'll hear a belligerent man's voice saying, "You have called the law offices of Crazy Rudy! We specialize in back-channel deals, cable news appearances and will work when drunk!"
Both the ad and website were made by comedy duo TGL (The Good Liars), who were also responsible for a similarly crappy subway ad for Michael Cohen last year.
"We put these ads up because we are worried about Rudy," said Jason Selvig, one of the members of TGL. "He’s been acting increasingly erratic over the last three years. A lot of people say he’s been spending too much time at the bar and, judging from his television appearances, we think the rumors might be true. I mean, what sober person would offer to commit high crimes on behalf of the President of the United States, all while working for FREE?"
Selvig noted that they are up on at least three trains right now, and this is one of several subway pieces they've done in recent years. "Hopefully these ads will convince Rudolph to quit his self-destructive behavior," he added.
Selvig and TGL were also behind the Mayor de Blasio missing posters from this summer.
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Ben Yakas
Ben Yakas is a former Gothamist reporter.
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