I remember this ad. It was great. But here is the kicker. We knew they were men dressed as women and there wasn’t an issue with it. However, if we say that now, we can be arrested and charged with violating someone’s civil liberties.
Men have been dressing in women’s clothing for centuries as an element of humor, and men, women, and children have laughed at it.
They laughed at the absurdity of a man imitating a female, and it was funny. It wasn’t advocating men being women. It was portray in a humorous way a man pretending to be a woman.
Everyone thought Flip Wilson was hilarous, Benny Hill was silly and funny, and so on. It was a joke, and everyone knew it was a joke.
It wasn’t being used as a platform to promote aberrent behavior as a positive thing, as it is now.