The Story Behind These Creepy Ads for a Soulless Corporation That Makes Everything

Comedy Central brings Corporate's in-show company to life

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When the faceless conglomerate Hampton DeVille says in its new ads that it makes “everything,” it’s not kidding. The global powerhouse has tentacles in tech, medicine, weapons, agriculture, entertainment and nearly every consumer product you can imagine. Hell, it even makes humans!

In truth, Hampton DeVille is the fictional behemoth at the heart of Comedy Central’s upcoming satire, Corporate. But the cable network is going all out to make it appear to be a living, breathing (and probably evil) entity.

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