Nando's, Tailgunner

A conservatively dressed older man and woman sitting in a restaurant seem to be looking at a menu when the woman elbows her husband to notice the camera in their presence.

"Today's special at Nando's is the Nando's Choice," the man. says to the camera. "Full chicken, large chips and large salad for just 50 rand."

"It's just 50 rand," chimes his wife.

"Don't think we've just taken up this offer, she's invited our neighbor Nathan and his companion to join us. There they are now."

Nathan and his middle-aged partner are the perfect picture of a gay stereotype. One is wearing a large, flashy scarf tied around his neck and purple shirt -- both are wearing too much jewelery and are limp wristed. They swish over to the table and join the old couple, one with his hand on the other's shoulder.

The man says, "So Nathan, my children tell me you were a tailgunner. I was a military man myself."

The "tailgunner" line is used as the final joke of the commercial, since the old man didn't pick up on the fact that Nathan was obviously gay instead of a "military man." With the combination of a classic stereotyped portrayal and a gay slur, this commercial's jokes hit great lows.

Nandos operates 122 Portuguese style restaurants in countries across Africa, also including Canada, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Malasia and Israel.

South Africa has of course had a dramatic social and cultural turnaround in recent years. Up until 1976, the country actually banned all TV, fearing it might keep people away from church. Progressiveness has now become a hallmark. Since the lifting of Apartheid, gays are now protected by federal law.