# Domino's Bad Andy Commercials
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominos-bad-andy-commercials/34800
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [September 27, 2000, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominos-bad-andy-commercials/34800 "2000-09-27T20:10:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@flup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flup)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2000, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominos-bad-andy-commercials/34800/21 "2000-09-28T02:57:45Z")
Lord Davidson, i like your style.
–flup all commies
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### Author:  [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2000, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominos-bad-andy-commercials/34800/22 "2000-09-28T03:04:36Z")
Well I’d much rather watch the Bad Andy commercials than than stupid Holiday Inn ones. “What do you think this is a Holiday Inn, hahahahahahahaha” God, I just want to kill that whole pathetic annoying family. It was a really annoying punchline the 1st time, let alone the 35th commercial.
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### Author:  [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2000, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominos-bad-andy-commercials/34800/23 "2000-09-28T03:57:01Z")
Bad Andy is a horrible idea born out of the hilarious sock-dog thingy for [Pets.com](http://Pets.com) (because pets can’t drive). I think the marketing/advertising dorks who came up with it should be castrated.
Now, what’s all this about how much Domino’s pizzas suck? Are they the best pizza in the world? No, of course not. But the key word here is “PIZZA”. Dough, sauce, cheese, meat, thrown in an oven and delivered to my door. God bless America.
I never order Domino’s anymore, not with Marcello’s right around the corner, but if Domino’s pizza is offered I would certainly snorf down a slice or two.
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### Author:  [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2000, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominos-bad-andy-commercials/34800/24 "2000-09-28T04:21:14Z")
> [@](#):
>
> “I am Locutus of the Borg. Prepare to be assimilated”
> “I am Homer of the Borg. Prepare to be…Oooh! Donuts!”
> “I am Popeye of the Borg. Prepares ta be askimilated.”
> “I am Dyslexic of the Borg. Prepare to be ass-laminated.”
I hate to temporarily hijack the thread, but that is a _damn_ funny sig. Actually, truly made me laugh out loud. Heh heh heh. MMmm…laminating asses…
Oh, and FTR, “Bad Andy” is just plain _bad._
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### Author:  [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2000, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominos-bad-andy-commercials/34800/25 "2000-09-28T04:45:02Z")
I think he’s Fozzy’s deranged cousin or something.
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### Author:  [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2000, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominos-bad-andy-commercials/34800/26 "2000-09-28T04:59:27Z")
I have been ranting about this stupid series since I saw the first one, and I have a theory…Of COURSE Dominoes is using cute and furry in their ads. If ya can’t sell the product on it’s merits, confuse them with B.S. I too would like to see a Bad Andy breadstick. (Cover with dough, run thru the ovens two or three times…)
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### Author:  [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2000, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominos-bad-andy-commercials/34800/27 "2000-09-28T05:11:08Z")
Here I thought this thread was talking about what I was up to last night that ended up on local cable access…
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### Author:  [@DuhMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DuhMan)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2000, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominos-bad-andy-commercials/34800/28 "2000-09-28T13:11:32Z")
Just a strange pizza phenominon I thought I would mention here. Why is it that pizza from dominos or any other chain tastes different in different parts of the country. I live in upstate ny… and I would contend to say that the best pizza in the country is in NY, no questions about that. But when I travel, and eat from dominos in texas or something… the pizza tastes totally different, and must worse for that matter. Anyone out there got an explanation for this?
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### Author:  [@ReservoirDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReservoirDog)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2000, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominos-bad-andy-commercials/34800/29 "2000-09-28T14:18:13Z")
I hope that somewhere, on some backlot, Bad Andy gets _bleep_ed in the _bleep_ by that _bleep_ing AFLAC duck while that stupid _bleep_ing purple Primeco alien _bleep_er _bleep_s all over his _bleep_ing furry monkey face.
And then they can eat pizza whilst discussing supplemental insurance over a remarkably clear and inexpensive cellular network.
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### Author:  [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2000, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominos-bad-andy-commercials/34800/30 "2000-09-28T14:34:52Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by ReservoirDog \*
> \*\*I hope that somewhere, on some backlot, Bad Andy gets _bleep_ed in the _bleep_ by that _bleep_ing AFLAC duck while that stupid _bleep_ing purple Primeco alien _bleep_er _bleep_s all over his _bleep_ing furry monkey face.
>
> And then they can eat pizza whilst discussing supplemental insurance over a remarkably clear and inexpensive cellular network. \*\*
Well, As F.F. Coppola said when viewing his magnum opus on network TV for the first time, “It’s all a crock o’ bleeps now.”
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### Author:  [@Lnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lnix)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2000, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominos-bad-andy-commercials/34800/31 "2000-09-28T14:36:52Z")
Here’s a little snapshot of the Domino’s corporate mentality.
2 years ago my friend was killed outside the Domino’s store he managed. He did exactly what the training videos say and gave the robber all the money ($37.62) the punk m-f shot him anyway, first in the stomach, then in the back as my friend begged for his life. Domino’s gave my friend’s widow and their 8 year old child five thousand dollars and agreed to extend their health insurance through the end of the year (this happened in September). Employee’s life = 5000.00
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### Author:  [@Kiki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiki)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2000, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominos-bad-andy-commercials/34800/32 "2000-09-28T14:45:59Z")
I can’t stand these commercials. Everytime it comes on tv I change the channel until it’s gone. I don’t really know what it is about them that makes me dislike them so much. Maybe because “Andy” is so scruffy looking. Maybe if he looked like the Snuggle bear I’d like him more.
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### Author:  [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2000, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominos-bad-andy-commercials/34800/33 "2000-09-28T14:50:28Z")
My older brother (who is a royal jerk!) is named Andy.
I hope all the people who think he is their friend are calling him Bad Andy!
However the commercials are memorable. I’ll bet that there are plenty of ads you (I) saw last night that we don’t remember. After tasting Domino’s Pizza I will not order again. So any ad can not over come past performance of the product.
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### Author:  [@stofsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stofsky)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2000, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominos-bad-andy-commercials/34800/34 "2000-09-28T15:15:53Z")
Just to continue the Domino’s rant:
A couple of years ago, we ordered a pizza from them. “Sure. Italian sausage and green olives. That’ll be about 45 minutes.” Two hours later, with a starving, whiney 4 year-old (and two starving, whiney 30-somethings), my wife called back. The manager said, basically, “We’re busy. Live with it.”
This, needless to say, did not make me happy as I heard her reply of “What do you mean ‘live with it?’” I took the phone. I asked just what the hell he meant? I asked if he’d ever heard the term “customer service.” He said that if I was going to get abusive that he’d hang up. So I got abusive just to show him what it was.
We got the pizza for free, but we’re blacklisted from Domino’s. Just as well…Custom Pizza company makes it better.
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### Author:  [@don\_Jaime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_Jaime)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2000, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominos-bad-andy-commercials/34800/35 "2000-09-28T15:55:38Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Quoth ReservoirDog: \*
> \*\*I hope that somewhere, on some backlot, Bad Andy gets _bleep_ed in the _bleep_ by that _bleep_ing AFLAC duck while that stupid _bleep_ing purple Primeco alien _bleep_er _bleep_s all over his _bleep_ing furry monkey face.
>
> And then they can eat pizza whilst discussing supplemental insurance over a remarkably clear and inexpensive cellular network. \*\*
If you can get the alien from the Sony Walkman ads involved too, I’ll fill out the forms and see if we can get federal funding for this worthy experiment.
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### Author:  [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2000, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominos-bad-andy-commercials/34800/36 "2000-09-28T16:29:29Z")
I was thinking, pay-per-view. $5 bucks a call, most deranged method of execution with the most votes to be carried out live on national TV.
And if it’s a hit, we can go from there. I’ve got a **LONG** list.
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### Author:  [@SkySlash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkySlash)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2000, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominos-bad-andy-commercials/34800/37 "2000-09-28T17:40:09Z")
There is a music video that pre-dates these commercials by at least a year that has that little Andy fella as the main character. Throughout the video the character is sitting at a desk listening to whatever the song is thats playing. Its like a dance type song but its mainly just a strange Wah-Wah type bass line with some different sounds mixed in.
I can’t recall the name of the song or the group, but I saw it on MTV last night so it still gets air time.
There was also a clip from this particular video going around the net a few months back…I probably have it saved in email somewhere. It shows Andy in a car, thrashing his head to the beat of the music as he does in the MTV video.
Its rather interesting when it accompanies the video…
-SS
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### Author:  [@Estrella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Estrella)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2000, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominos-bad-andy-commercials/34800/38 "2000-09-28T17:54:27Z")
SkySlash, I think you’re thinking of the Levi’s Stay Prest commercials.
When I saw the Bad Andy commercials, my first thought was, “They ripped off Levi’s!”. The little puppet in the Levi’s commercial is [I forget his name], a monkey that digs trance. He and his human pal are driving in a Gremlin filled with Levi’s merchandise and get pulled over by a cop in one version of the commercial. Those commercials rule.
Never saw the one with the monkey at his keyboard though, sure you aren’t confusing it with that freaky Sony Walkman blue alien?
I’m ambivalent about Andy. I just want more [Pets.com](http://Pets.com) commercials.
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### Author:  [@Aglarond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aglarond)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2000, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominos-bad-andy-commercials/34800/39 "2000-09-28T19:34:55Z")
Here’s the link for you. I’d never seen this before, but for some reason it cracked me up.
[http://www.adcritic.com/content/levis-flat-eric-car-dance.html](http://www.adcritic.com/content/levis-flat-eric-car-dance.html)
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### Author:  [@Sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2000, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominos-bad-andy-commercials/34800/40 "2000-09-28T20:29:55Z")
All right…I HATE Domino’s.
That said, I **LOVE** Bad Andy.
And I love the little squeeky noise he makes. Hee hee!
I, too, pine for the day when a stuffed Bad Andy is available so I can take him home with me! (But even though I love Bad Andy so much, he still doesn’t make me want to eat Domino’s.)
Also, what the Bad Andy commercials are advertising is the nifty “Heat Core” that Domino’s is now using. There’s the one where he uses them to make a sauna, and another where he unplugs them all so he can set up all his tv’s and vibrating chair, etc and the employee yells at him that they need the outlets to keep the cores hot. Etc, etc.
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