First time I saw the ad was during American Idol, and I swear…Simon had just said, “that is the worst thing I have ever heard” to some contestant and then they cut to this commercial.
I turned to my SO and said, “guess Simon has never heard this commercial then.”
I mean, I get the idea Quiznos is trying to get “hip and young” attached to their brand, but for me the brand is now, “crap and rats”.
(Slight hijack: The young Jimi Hendrix Pepsi ad, however, had me laugh out loud.)
Name recognition is probably what they’re going for. It’s the old “no bad publicity” maxim. Look how much people are thinking about Quizno’s, just from that one ad.
How long until their publicity department gets as ridiculous as PETA’s?
Yes, but with the one exception of Who_ME, most of the people are thinking about never eating there…I’ll say it again. Ads are meant to get people to buy your product.
I love it! It’s so weird!
Did they actually hire the people from rathergood to do the commercial?
I think they must have. The original We Like the Moon video is much older than this commercial. For those who actually saw WLTM first, it’s somewhat of a shock to see the work of some random flash animator out in the middle of cyberspace on national television. That’s its appeal for me. And I agree that Quizno’s tastes good. The ad doesn’t make me want to eat there any more than I already did, though.
The lyrics are “We love the subs, 'cause they are good TO us”. At least, I’m pretty sure. I tried to verify, but the video clips on the Quizno’s site are down. I had an episode of Good Eats with one of the commercials recorded, but it turned out to be the “Dollar Off” commercial.
Quizno’s is overrated. Most of their sandwiches are OK but they cost too much and they take forever to go through the oven they ripped off of Burger King. They don’t know how to make a proper au jus sandwich at all. Their version is pretty much take some regular deli roast beef, dip it in the sauce for a few picoseconds, put it on the bread and stick it in the Super Express Oven[sup]tm[/sup]. When I asked for a cup of the sauce for dipping, they looked totally suprised that I could conceive of such a ridiculous thing. Imagine, au jus, to go with an au jus sandwich! Preposterous!
If I want a hot sandwich I’ll find a proper hoagie stand.
It is, indeed. They even have speech balloons.
While I’m not familiar with RatherGood, the commercial did make me think of the countless Flash pseudo-music videos I’ve seen online (“Gonads and strife,” anyone?). Which, I’ll admit, I find funny.
However, as an advertising campaign, albeit one that tries to play off the “underground” aspects of the Internet, I’m unimpressed. Exactly what makes the original Flash movies so funny is that someone did them with their free time for my amuseument. Now some corporate honcho has claimed that to sell subs. Color me annoyed.
Also: I don’t think I’ve watched any of the Flash cartoons/music videos more than five times. I’ve already seen the commercial more than that, and it wears thin.
Call them whatever you want, but they definately look like dead, mutated rats; an image that goes hand in hand with appetizing, healthy, and tasty fast food.
Hmmm… I noticed that they have taken the commercials down from the Quizno’s website. Flood of complaints, perhaps?
Mission Accomplished 
I’m not insane! I thought so too, but haven’t mentioned it to anyone because I know they would stare at me like I had three heads. I can’t quite see the elongated third finger, and of course you can’t see the real eyes, but it definitely lookes like a tarsier.
Yes there is! In fact, there are six Quizno’s in NYC.
And you are right…it is the weirdest commercial I have ever seen! Seems to me the ad men were smoking crack when they thought this up! But, it has a certain appeal…being so different from anything I’ve ever seen!
I thought it was rather funny, myself. I don’t know where the company is trying to go with it - but I laughed my ass off.
It doesn’t change that I don’t like Quiznos, though.
I choose…
They immediately reminded me of Mr Hanky, the Christmas Poo from South Park. I fully expected them to leave little fecal trails behind them as they danced across the screen.
I’ve only eaten at a Quiznos once, and was very underwhelmed. After I got my sandwitch (thankfully) I saw an employee sneeze into her hand and then continue making sandwitches. Even funnier, she was wearing plastic gloves. Guess no one explained to her the gloves aren’t for her sanitary protection. Idiot.
Haven’t been back since, and wouldn’t even consider it now that they have dancing singing poo as their mascots.
Annoying and replusive- nice move. But Quisno’s seems to have a long track record of marginal sandwhichs and stupid ads.
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