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Central Institute Of Technology Ad: Australian Comedy Duo Henry & Aaron Produce Dark, Hilarious Ad For College (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post Canada   First Posted: 02/17/2012 2:48 pm Updated: 02/17/2012 3:00 pm

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An Australian technical college has taken a unique approach to advertising with a darkly hilarious ad starring two up-and-coming comedians.

The Central Institute of Technology in Western Australia commissioned "It's a snap" starring Perth duo Henry & Aaron to advertise their college. The duo are graduates of the school.

The ad starts off with genie-like Aaron McCann snapping his finger and materializing in front of comedy partner Henry Inglis. The ad goes through all the tropes of your typical college recruitment videos, showing off the high-tech facilities, friendly looking students and more.

But things quickly take a very, very dark turn. Lets just say it's a case of teleportation gone horribly wrong.

The video was noticed by Reddit users who quickly sang its praises. Gizmodo calls it the "Best. Technical College Ad. Ever." And we're inclined to agree.

"Looks like we're officially trending now, loads of Americans tweeting!," the duo wrote on their Facebook page.

See more of their videos below:

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An Australian technical college has taken a unique approach to advertising with a darkly hilarious ad starring two up-and-coming comedians. The Central Institute of Technology in Western Australia...
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TooKrunk
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11:55 AM on 02/21/2012
This is really funny, I work for WVU and our ads our typically like every other college's ads. If we could run something like this during one of our football games I would probably blow a funny fuse.
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Charismatron
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02:14 AM on 02/18/2012
I just had an experience.
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Blodo
Time to build a better world
697 Fans
08:59 PM on 02/17/2012
LOL...O.K. that was definitely dark. Unexpectedly dark.
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SeanMartin
Everything in moderation.
1410 Fans
08:28 PM on 02/17/2012
Okay, that was utterly pointless and juvenile.
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John Blakemore
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08:16 PM on 02/17/2012
Holy Cow! What an ad!
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Murman
Durn thing got stuck in the dad-gum snow.
103 Fans
07:34 PM on 02/17/2012
That was AWESOME.....what were they advertising again?
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Jessen Joseph
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05:52 PM on 02/17/2012
Nice ad.

But sure as hell ain't joining there!
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cameron d
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03:39 PM on 02/17/2012
This is good. Very good.
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RL 201
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03:21 PM on 02/17/2012
Most Excellent!
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