The Science of Advertising Show
Oct 2, 2026 · 45 min · 15 segments
Ads don't work on people. They work on people's brains. And one rule runs through all of it: nothing is ever judged on its own, everything is judged against a comparison, and the brand that chooses…
Jonathan RolleyHost
Kristian CurcioGuest
Um, it kind of was a little bit insurancy at one point, of how it had all this damage stuff going through the city.

What is this ad about, right? And looking at it, I kinda started to get a bit of a good feel of like, cool, it's about W, we've got your back.

It sort of, it was, had me kind of at the beginning of like, cool, the guy's looking up, so it caught me straight away.

But the more you sort of look at it, I'm like, "Cool, where are we going with this? Where are you taking me down this big elaborate path?" Um, and I don't know that it led me anywhere.

They could've wrapped it up at the end, and just sorta said something about like, you know, "W, we've got your back," or you know, "Westpac, we've got you" s- you know, something like that.

And I've seen this, and I was just like, I actually was like, "WTF?" Like I don't get the joke.

Um, it kind of was a little bit insurancy at one point, of how it had all this damage stuff going through the city.

What is this ad about, right? And looking at it, I kinda started to get a bit of a good feel of like, cool, it's about W, we've got your back.

It sort of, it was, had me kind of at the beginning of like, cool, the guy's looking up, so it caught me straight away.

But the more you sort of look at it, I'm like, "Cool, where are we going with this? Where are you taking me down this big elaborate path?" Um, and I don't know that it led me anywhere.

They could've wrapped it up at the end, and just sorta said something about like, you know, "W, we've got your back," or you know, "Westpac, we've got you" s- you know, something like that.

And I've seen this, and I was just like, I actually was like, "WTF?" Like I don't get the joke.
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