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Super Bowl Ads Bring Out Hypocrites

by JT · February 4th, 2010 · No Comments

As usual this time of year, people love to get all bent out of shape about the content of Super Bowl commercials.  With Tim Tebow on one side, and ManCrunch on the other, folks get all high and mighty about the content of some ads, when of course we all know about the many ads [...]

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Tags: Advertising · Sports

If Tim Tebow Endorsed Doritos

by Eick · January 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Given the chatter and buzz about an upcoming anti-abortion Super Bowl ad starting Tim Tebow, Upright Citizens Brigade took it upon themselves to imagine what a commercial featuring the University of Florida star hawking Dorito’s might look like.

Via Jezebel.

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Usain Bolt Yam Powered?

by JT · September 4th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Many sports fans know that Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt recently competed in the track and field world championships in Berlin, Germany.  During two outstanding performances in the 100m and 200m races, Bolt broke both world records that he previously set at last year’s Beijing Olympics.  What makes these feats newsworthy in this space is the [...]

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Tags: Interesting · Sports

NBA Ends Ad Prohibition

by JT · August 20th, 2009 · 10 Comments

As reported back in January, due to financial concerns, the NBA is allowing courtside liquor advertising for the first time since 1991.  This was hardly shocking news considering how much NBA teams will be going into the red next season, and their subsequent need to generate revenue.  What is interesting here is some of the [...]

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Citi Field Food

by Eick · March 31st, 2009 · 3 Comments

Serious Eats attended the media day for concessions and food at Citi Field (the new Mets stadium) and boy does stuff look good.

The stadium will feature NYC’s third Shake Shack location as well as a “Catch a Day” fish shack and many more treats.  I won’t say much more. Serious Eat’s Robyn Lee took the [...]

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Tags: Baseball · Sports

Deadspin Reports on So Good vs. ESPN

by Eick · March 24th, 2009 · 11 Comments

Deadspin has a new post up this afternoon titled March Madness Devolves Into All-Out Meat Blogging War.

The post reports on something I have already touched on here – the fact that ESPN Page 2 columnist Paul Lukas posted a column featuring a meat bracket a week after So Good had already launched our Meat [...]

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Tags: Meat Madness · Media Coverage · Sports

I Will No Longer Eat Kellogg’s Cereal

by Eick · February 6th, 2009 · 26 Comments

Update: Unlike Kellogg’s, Subway has announced they are standing by Phelps and keeping him as their spokesperson. Bravo Subway, bravo.
Yeah that’s right, I said it. I’m going to boycott Kellogg’s. Why? Because otherwise they will think everything is just hunky dory after they fired an American HERO for doing what millions of other 23 year-olds [...]

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Tags: Breakfast · Marketing · News · Rant · Sports

Super Bowl Ads Leave Me Unsatisfied

by JT · February 2nd, 2009 · 7 Comments

I know that money is tight for a lot of the companies out there these days.  For this reason, I expected a little more in the creativity department for those lucky enough to be able to afford Super Bowl air time.  Overall, the spots, especially the food ads, left me empty.  The few that I [...]

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Tags: Advertising · Sports

Super Bowl Snacks Gone Wild

by JT · January 29th, 2009 · 6 Comments

I’m sure many of you are putting together your Super Bowl plans, and either figuring out what to take to a watching party, or what you should make for your guests.  I have an idea of what not to do.  The good folks at Holy Taco put together what they call “The Greatest Snack Food [...]

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Tags: Snacks · Sports

Shawn Johnson: “It Makes My Taco Pop”

by Eick · September 5th, 2008 · 7 Comments

Olympic gymnasts Shawn Johnson, Paul Hamm and Morgan Hamm have a new commercial out for Ortega. While Paul and Morgan talk up the Ortega hard and soft shells, Shawn Johnson praises the Ortega sauce, noting, “It makes my taco pop.” Uhhh…..it does what now Shawn? Check out the ad below:

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Dr. J & Dr. Pepper, Together at Last

by Eick · July 28th, 2008 · 15 Comments

Did it really take Dr. Pepper this long to think to enlist someone with the name Doctor? Wow. Well, better late then never. Dr. Pepper has now unveiled what is the first of their new, “Trust me, I’m a Doctor” series of ads (an additional ad will feature Kelsey Grammar…aka Dr. Frasier Crane, [...]

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Tags: Marketing · Soft Drinks · Sports · Videos

How Papa John’s averted a WOM disaster

by Eick · May 22nd, 2008 · 6 Comments

The piece I wrote for iMediaconnection about the Papa John’s/Lebron James/Crybaby controversy was posted this morning. Click HERE to see the original posting of it on the iMedia site.
How Papa John’s averted a WOM disaster

By Jon Eick
A recent Papa John’s public relations blunder gave the brand the opportunity to turn the episode into a [...]

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Tags: Interesting · Marketing · News · Pizza · Sports

Papa John’s $.23 Pizza Causing Huge Lines

by Eick · May 8th, 2008 · 4 Comments

All day I’ve been receiving reports from my readers about the ongoing Papa John’s $.23 pizza promotion in the Cleveland area. Many are expressing frustration with busy phones and extremely long lines. Newsnet5 reports that the stores will close early if they run out of supplies. They also write:
Some customers are waiting as long as [...]

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“Crybaby” Shirts Hitting ebay, craigslist

by Eick · May 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment

It looks like the fervor over the Papa John’s “Crybaby” t-shirts has reached both Craigs List and ebay.

There appear to be at least 3 postings on the Washington, DC craigslist site requesting one of the shirts if anyone has one they are willing to sell.  Additionally, there appear to be one or two dozen shirts [...]

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Examiner Covers So Good’s Role in “Crybaby” Story

by Eick · May 6th, 2008 · 4 Comments

The Washington Examiner has an article today called “A King’s Feast” talking about the role So Good played in breaking the “Crybaby” t-shirt story. Below are a few excerpts from the original article:

Here’s how the story unfolded — and it might not have gone anywhere if not for local blogger Jon Eick of sogoodblog.com — [...]

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So Good Featured on Cleveland News

by Eick · May 5th, 2008 · 17 Comments

The segment from WJW Fox 8 about the “Crybaby” t-shirt incident has been posted online. It provides a good overview of the whole story. It features some coverage of So Good breaking the story, and they used two segements from my phone interview with them. Unlike the story I was cited in by the Cleveland [...]

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Papa John’s Apologizes for “Crybaby” T-Shirts

by Eick · May 4th, 2008 · 35 Comments

Behind the Lens is reporting that the Fox 8 segment I was interviewed for just aired. As part of the segment, they announced that Papa John’s has issued a formal apology for the “Crybaby” T-shirt situation.

Behind the Lens writes:
They are donating $10,000 to the Cavaliers Youth Fund, and this Thursday all PJ’s Cleveland locations will [...]

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Is a Papa John’s Mea Culpa Imminent?

by Eick · May 4th, 2008 · 6 Comments

The following comment was left on my original post about the Papa John’s “Crybaby” t-shirt incident. It came from a Papa John’s corporate e-mail address and may be an early indication of how the corporate office is reacting. It confirms what we’ve been hearing about these shirts being sponsored by “rogue” franchise owners in DC [...]

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Papa John’s “Crybaby” Sunday Afternoon Update

by Eick · May 4th, 2008 · 9 Comments

For those of you just starting to follow this story, to get some background you can read my original post and follow-up coverage about the “Crybaby” t-shirts that were at the Wizards-Cavs Game 6 and featured a Papa John’s logo on them.
One quick note for those of you contacting me for information related to a [...]

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Papa John’s “Crybaby” T-Shirt Story Continues

by Eick · May 4th, 2008 · 27 Comments

My previous post, reporting on shirts sponsored by Papa John’s declaring Lebron James a “Crybaby”, had become cluttered with so many updates, I decided to summarize them in a new post. Since I first posted the story a little less than 24 hours ago, the news has really taken off, with coverage from the [...]

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