puppymonkeybaby

[Happyinwonerland]

It was just odd. I don't remember what they were advertising. It was such a repulsive ad that it wouldn't persuade me to buy the product, it would make me not want to support that company. I thought the point of the ad was to get people talking about your product, not the weird animal in your ad. Does anyone even know what they were advertising (without looking it up)?

 

[Gumbo4x4]

While I thought it was terrible, the ad worked. We're talking about it.
And I do remember what it was for (which is unusual for me)....Mountain Dew.

They say there's no such thing as bad publicity. OTOH, if the ad is so terrible it makes you want to deliberately avoid that specific product, then yes, there IS such a thing as bad publicity.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

They say there's no such thing as bad publicity.

What about when you can't remember what the ad was for? Like the Kevin Hart ad (some type of car... but I don't remember what).

 

[Praying Colonel]

There's a circle of hell where the punishment is having to watch that commercial repeatedly. I hope I never go there.

 

[Gumbo4x4]

What about when you can't remember what the ad was for? Like the Kevin Hart ad (some type of car... but I don't remember what).

If say if you watch the ad & can't recall the product, that's neither good nor bad publicity. Because that's not "publicity" at all.

 

[minnie mum]

Please, somebody tell me there is a way to scrub that thing from my memory.

 

[Lynne M]

I had the same thought. The commercial proved how putting 3 great things together can make something disgusting.

And in this case, there were only two good things to begin with: juice and caffeine...I hate Mt. Dew anyhow, but any soda mixed with juice and caffeine makes my stomach queasy. (And I'm no health nut, so I won't even get into how awful that sounds for you)

Yep. Totally blew the message. And the combination of juice, caffeine and Dew sounds about as icky to me as a puppymonkeybaby.

I think the Heinz ad (wieners and ketchup) was an example of how to do it right. Cute puppydogs to get people's attention - you can't go wrong with dogs in an ad. Clear message: Heinz makes all kinds of ketchups and condiments. Funny visuals - 'wiener' dogs, the kid as a little ketchup packet, the organic ketchup guy with the beard. They kept the brand name right in front of the audience throughout the ad. You couldn't miss that it was a Heinz ad.

 

[Praying Colonel]

The only thing wrong with the Heinz commercial is putting forward the Unamerican idea that ketchup should go on a hot dog.

 

[Gumbo4x4]

The only thing wrong with the Heinz commercial is putting forward the Unamerican idea that ketchup should go on a hot dog.

"Nobody puts ketchup on a hot dog!"

Dirty Harry - Sudden Impact

 

[Kitty 34]

That was the weirdest commercial I've ever seen. BUT....

consider this....

If the intent of a TV ad is to get you to remember it, then the ad was really successful.

Agreed......but what were those monkey things selling???

Oops just looked again....I guess Mt Dew.

 

[Shutterbug]

The Doritos commercial brought the movie Aliens to mind..with the horrified faces and the mental image of the baby bursting out...just saying.

 

[justgrace]

Ewwwww.... There's even a song.

 

[Jennasis]

It was horrifying and awful...can't even remember what it was a commercial FOR.

 

[superme80]

It was gross! I don't drink energy drinks, and that ad will not make me start. On the flip side, I loved the Doritos ad. I thought it was cute.

 

[PollyannaMom]

I don't drink energy drinks, and that ad will not make me start.

Same here.

 

[DawnM]

It was creepy and disgusting

 

[lanejudy]

I don't remember the commercial from Sunday night -- it must have played while I was out of the room. So I first saw it from the clip on this thread Monday morning. Ugh. I've tried to forget it ever since!

But last night at dinner my daughter mentioned it and I know she didn't see it Sunday night. She goes on to say how they watched it in writing class at school, apparently it's a discussion of persuasive writing in advertising. But she and her classmates all think it is absolutely hilarious. So maybe it was a successful commercial -- assuming they intended to target a 5th grade demographic. I'll still try to forget I ever saw the image...

 

[wishesuponastar]

I must have a warped sense of humor because I thought the puppymonkeybaby is cute! But the sounds of it is annoying

 

[DVC-Don]

I remember the commercial (gross/weird) but could not recall what product it was selling until reading this thread. In that aspect I guess it failed.

 

[goofyernmost]

I remember the commercial (gross/weird) but could not recall what product it was selling until reading this thread. In that aspect I guess it failed.

Me either, I watched the commercial and was trying so hard to understand what it was about, but, when it ended I had no idea what they were advertising and how it fit in. It got my attention as a strange thing I was looking at, but, it never registered what they were selling. Since they paid Millions of bucks to run that ad, I would have to call it a huge fail even though it got water fountain talk. I suspect that advertising agency is not a happy place to be this week.