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This guy (Mike Judge) and Ethan Cohen supposedly were going to do 'Idiocracy'-themed ads in 2016
Terry Crews says there won't be any 'Idiocracy'-themed ads attacking Donald Trump after all
Jul 20, 2016, 2:54 PM CT
The internet went crazy in June when the screenwriter of cult classic “Idiocracy,” Etan Cohen, told Buzzfeed that he and the movie’s director Mike Judge (creator of “Silicon Valley”) were making fake anti-Donald Trump political ads. The ads would feature the movie’s over-the-top president, Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho, played by Terry Crews.
https://i.insider.com/5755ad1352bcd044008c7313?width=500&format=jpeg&auto=webp
“It was killed,” said Crews, as he promoted an episode of Travel Channel’s “Celebrity Adventure Club” that he's featured in. “Etan Cohen went out and said we were making anti-Trump ads, but we weren’t. I'm not anti-Trump, I'm not anti-Hillary [Clinton]. I'm not pro anybody.”
This all stems back to February when Cohen compared the presidential debates to "Idiocracy":
...https://www.businessinsider.com/terry-crews-says-no-idiocracy-anti-donald-trump-ads-2016-7
Jul 20, 2016, 2:54 PM CT
The internet went crazy in June when the screenwriter of cult classic “Idiocracy,” Etan Cohen, told Buzzfeed that he and the movie’s director Mike Judge (creator of “Silicon Valley”) were making fake anti-Donald Trump political ads. The ads would feature the movie’s over-the-top president, Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho, played by Terry Crews.
https://i.insider.com/5755ad1352bcd044008c7313?width=500&format=jpeg&auto=webp
“It was killed,” said Crews, as he promoted an episode of Travel Channel’s “Celebrity Adventure Club” that he's featured in. “Etan Cohen went out and said we were making anti-Trump ads, but we weren’t. I'm not anti-Trump, I'm not anti-Hillary [Clinton]. I'm not pro anybody.”
This all stems back to February when Cohen compared the presidential debates to "Idiocracy":
...https://www.businessinsider.com/terry-crews-says-no-idiocracy-anti-donald-trump-ads-2016-7