I’ve previously posted about the ad campaign for the new Carl’s Jr. Jalapeno chicken sandwich. A day or two ago a new video popped up on YouTube which features the Sacramento Kings Cheerleaders, wearing tied-off Carl’s Jr’s shirts, doing the chicken dance. If you’re into hot women doing quirky dances, this might just [...]

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Pretty amusing ad.

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The first McDonald’s television commercial that ever aired. Wow. Early Ronald McDonald is frightening.

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That’s the tag line behind the Carl’s Jr. ads for their new Jalapeno Chicken Sandwich, which, I must say, looks damn tasty.

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Sometimes, a viral marketing campaign dies before you even know it exists. That could be the case with the Mentos Kiss Cam. What is the Mentos Kiss Cam? My peeps at Endless Simmer break it down for you:
The concept of the Mentos Kiss Cam is pretty bizarre: a busty blond in a skimpy [...]

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In my last post I predicted we’d see news stories tomorrow about fights breaking out or other incidents occurring with people waiting in line for pizza. That didn’t take long. Cleveland Online writes:
There are reports of 3 hour waits, stores not answering their phones, thousands of people in line, line jumpers, fights, arrests, [...]

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I tracked down a couple more clips on YouTube of people waiting in line for pizza in Cleveland. It appears the lines are enormous at all the stores offering the promotion. While it is quite likely that this promotion will endear Papa John’s to Cleveland residents (who doesn’t love cheap pizza?) the chaos of the [...]

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Absolut Vodka recently commissioned comedian Zach Galifianakis and Tim and Eric, from the Tim and Eric Awesome Show on Cartoon Network, to make a film for the Absolut website. Absolut told the comedians they could do whatever they want, as long as they mentioned the product.
Now, let me start by saying that Zach Galifianakis is [...]

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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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Students in Leuven, Belgium have set a new world record for most simultaneous Mentos and Diet Coke geysers.

You can check out the video of the event below:

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One of my favorite blogs, Endless Simmer, has a post up that makes me extremely proud to be a reader of theirs, but also proud to be an American. Endless Simmer reports that Playboy Magazine is recruiting women for a new pictorial called “Girls of the Olive Garden.”

Kendra Wilkinson, from The Girls Next Door [...]

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Pizza Hut has a new commercial promoting their line of Tuscani pastas. Taking a cue from Burger King’s Whopper Freakout campaign, Pizza Hut is utilizing a variation of the “real person” hidden camera style that made the Whopper Freakout campaign such a huge success.
The premise: 50 diners are invited to a pasta tasting at [...]

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The Dana Carvey Show, which premiered in 1996, was a hilarious gem that only lasted 7 episodes due to its controversial content and complaints from sponsors. This skit, titled, “Waiters who are nauseated by food”, features a young-looking Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell and is supposedly one of the skits that led to Colbert being [...]

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Wow, were all commercials during the Cold War so odd? This one from Wendy’s is called “Soviet Fashion Show.”

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Adage has an article looking at the IAG research ad ratings for February 25 -March 23. Of the 10 most-liked new ads during that time period, 6 of them were for food or beverages products. So how is likability determined?
The Likeability Score is the percentage of TV viewers who report to like “a lot” an [...]

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Wow, these might be the greatest TV ads ever.

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This ad for the Wendy’s 4-alarm chicken sandwich was posted on YouTube by a guy who claims he used to write ads for Wendy’s. According to him they rejected this ad and said they didn’t want anyone to see it.

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Perhaps the best sketch comedy show ever, Mr. Show, broaches the subject of combining mustard and mayo.

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The California Milk Processor Board has a new internet heavy marketing campaign that features a band called White Gold. The brain child of Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, White Gold, like any modern band, has a MySpace page, Facebook group and a website.

However, unlike most modern bands, White Gold features a hilariously self-absorbed front man who [...]

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A week or two ago, Snapple sent me 4 samples of their new Antioxidant water. Having previously read a mostly positive review from my pals over at The Impulsive Buy, I was curious to try it. My package arrived with four flavors, Grape Pomegranate, Strawberry Acai, Tropical Mango and Raspberry Acerola.

(Photo courtesy of The [...]

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