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Quizno's: Taste the Poop

Hamilton Nolan · 05/19/09 11:45AM

Yes, Quizno's Submarine Sandwich Shoppe is run by oven-lusting sex pervs, but guess what, Quizno's: you have crossed the line by allowing 2 Girls, 1 Cup to be associated with your sandwiches. Think, you fools.

NBC Sells Its Nonexistent Soul For a $5 Subway Sandwich

Hamilton Nolan · 04/17/09 09:21AM

NBC has shockingly ruined the integrity of its dramatic show Chuck by allowing Subway what is perhaps the most blatant (and therefore laughable!) product placement in network TV history. Mmm, smell that chicken teriyaki.

Nasty

Hamilton Nolan · 04/01/09 02:31PM

God, it's hard enough to convince someone to buy and consume a product called "John West Tuna&Beans." This ad just makes it harder. Everyone involved in this product's conception, manufacturing, or advertising should be fired.

Horrifying Banana Spider Orders You To Denny's

Hamilton Nolan · 02/09/09 11:43AM

We won't attempt to "explain" this Denny's commercial, except to say: if that spidery one-eyed banana ever gets within 15 feet of our food, the shotgun is coming out. Click to watch this...thing.

Company Endears Itself to You With Vandalism

Hamilton Nolan · 02/02/09 05:20PM

Motorists find ads annoying when they are placed on billboards, hundreds of feet away. "Better" idea: why not make them think that your ad is actually vandalism to their car? Yea!

Allow Us to Tell You About a Blogworthy Product

Hamilton Nolan · 02/02/09 11:32AM

Well, Oscar Mayer's full-page ad in Newsweek (click for big pic) informs us that the meat processor's Deli Creations Flatbread Sandwiches are 'Blogworthy.' They are so right!

Fire-Haired Demon Child Demands 'Big Girl Car'

Hamilton Nolan · 01/14/09 11:34AM

In this age of fossil fuel depletion, economic meltdown, and a dying US auto industry, how should consumers pick an automobile? By bowing to the demands of the world's most terrifying screeching red-haired brat:

Chicago Ad Mocks Blagojevich, Suggests New Gig

Owen Thomas · 12/26/08 03:00PM

LeatherCreations, a Chicago-area furniture store, took out a quarter-page ad in Thursday's Chicago Tribune: "We sell more seats than the Governor!" Does this spell a lucrative post-politics career in endorsements for Illinois's allegedly crooked governor?

IBM running out of ideas

Paul Boutin · 11/17/08 12:52PM

The company whose "Think" slogan became a generational buzzword isn't doing so well with the brand identity campaigns lately. A tipster points out that IBM's latest mouthful of a proverb, "A mandate for change is a mandate for smart," comes illustrated with what looks exactly like a 1981 Keith Haring drawing rinsed of its pizazz. The accompanying essay reads like Kevin Kelly in Wired circa 1993. I stopped reading when I got to the claim, "Smart healthcare systems can lower the cost of therapy by as much as 90%." Call me when that's ready.

If Only We Had An Ivy Leaguer In The White House...

Hamilton Nolan · 11/06/08 04:12PM

Oh, good one. The smaller text on this ad (for a website that sells college info) gives all of Barack and Michelle Obama's Ivy League credentials. The payoff line: "From Bush League to the Ivy League." See, everything's better now that Ivy League grads will be in charge! Except that George W. Bush went to Yale and Harvard. Taste the failure, Ivy League. Failure of all you stand for. Click for the big version. [via Adrants]