# Quiznos subs commercial. What The Fuck? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 26, 2004, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiznos-subs-commercial-what-the-fuck/231241 "2004-02-26T04:51:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiznos-subs-commercial-what-the-fuck/231241/1 "2004-02-26T04:51:25Z")
What the hell is that thing? A singing fucking rat? Why do I want to eat somewhere that uses a singing rat in it’s commercials? A singing rat with a scratchy voice no less! “We luv the subs…” Blech. Take any coupon, huh? Heres one for a disposable enema. Now get rid of the singing rat (or what ever that annoying thing is). Someone in marketing needs to be _[beaten until he begs for death and then]_ fired! ---
**Author:** ![Tinkertoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f19dbf/32.png) [@Tinkertoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinkertoy)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiznos-subs-commercial-what-the-fuck/231241/2 "2004-02-26T05:07:50Z")
They just opened a quiznos here and the first comercial I saw was this one. My first thought was why would I want to buy food at a place who’s spokesman is a Mutant one-eyed zombie rat. ---
**Author:** ![LeeshaJoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LeeshaJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeeshaJoy)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiznos-subs-commercial-what-the-fuck/231241/3 "2004-02-26T05:12:36Z")
It’s a variation of [We Like The Moon.](http://www.rathergood.com/moon_song/) Dunno what brain-damaged marketing exec decided that this would be a good idea, though. “Perfect! Nothing whets people’s appetites like snaggle-toothed, bug-eyed, singing rodents in bowler hats!” 😕 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiznos-subs-commercial-what-the-fuck/231241/4 "2004-02-26T05:20:34Z")
[I’m the Zoology Dragon](http://www.rathergood.com/zoology/) ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiznos-subs-commercial-what-the-fuck/231241/5 "2004-02-26T05:25:12Z")
[QUOTE=LeeshaJoy] It’s a variation of [We Like The Moon.](http://www.rathergood.com/moon_song/) QUOTE] So, exactly what the fuck is that thing? A rat with false teeth? As if the image of [some sort of] rat isn’t bad enough, the vocals are worse than finger nails down a chalk board. Brrrrr! Annoying! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiznos-subs-commercial-what-the-fuck/231241/6 "2004-02-26T05:32:24Z")
They’re SpongeMonkeys, NOT rats. An important distinction. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiznos-subs-commercial-what-the-fuck/231241/7 "2004-02-26T05:38:39Z")
Spongmonkeys. Only one e. ---
**Author:** ![Wrenchslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/94ad74/32.png) [@Wrenchslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wrenchslinger)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiznos-subs-commercial-what-the-fuck/231241/8 "2004-02-26T06:59:02Z")
Yeah the Quizno’s asd is wierd, but let’s not be too harsh on the man who created it. After all he is the man who brought you the [viking kittens](http://www.rathergood.com/gaybar/). Say it after me class: “Viking Kittens Rule!” ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiznos-subs-commercial-what-the-fuck/231241/9 "2004-02-26T08:14:39Z")
I hate that ad, and I won’t eat their damn sandwiches as long as they run it. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiznos-subs-commercial-what-the-fuck/231241/10 "2004-02-26T08:17:16Z")
I love the commercial. I think it’s an unexpected bit of absurdist humor injected into the otherwise predictable commercial landscape, and that’s the point. That’s why it works: We’re all discussing it now, using the name Quiznos over and over and over again, because it’s so different. It doesn’t matter if a few of us take stands against it, as long as it isn’t offensive enough to turn away more than a few. Someone mentioning the product’s name in your hearing over and over again is, according to Advertising Dogma, enough to encourage you to buy that product. Quiznos rides a llama. Quiznos loves cats. _Really_ loves them. Quiznos is a one-eyed sloth. Pronounced `SLOW-th’. QUIZNOS QUIZNOS QUIZNOS. What restaurant are you thinking of now? The next time you think of hoagies? ---
**Author:** ![CMScoby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@CMScoby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CMScoby)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiznos-subs-commercial-what-the-fuck/231241/11 "2004-02-26T08:18:53Z")
> [@Wrenchslinger](#): > > Yeah the Quizno’s asd is wierd, but let’s not be too harsh on the man who created it. After all he is the man who brought you the [viking kittens](http://www.rathergood.com/gaybar/). > > Say it after me class: > > “Viking Kittens Rule!” I thought I had seen it somewhere! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiznos-subs-commercial-what-the-fuck/231241/12 "2004-02-26T10:53:06Z")
I think those things are quiznos. They’re cool. I want one in a cage. ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiznos-subs-commercial-what-the-fuck/231241/13 "2004-02-26T10:59:47Z")
i LOVE that Quizno’s commercial. I sing the little jingle all day long. I never ate at Quizno’s before, and last week I went because the commercial was so damn funny. They are quite tasty sandwiches. /they are tasty they are crunchy they are warm because they toast them!/ ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiznos-subs-commercial-what-the-fuck/231241/14 "2004-02-26T13:36:11Z")
I want a singing rat tattoo. It definitely makes me remember Quizno’s. It worked on me. ---
**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiznos-subs-commercial-what-the-fuck/231241/15 "2004-02-26T15:50:22Z")
I’m not a subscriber to the “any publicity is good publicity” school of thought, but man, I will _never_ in my life forget that Quizno’s has a pepper bar. Or that they accept oil change coupons. And “We Like The Moon” is up there with “[Your Roommate Plays the Indigo Girls](http://www.brunching.com/yourroommate.html)” as the most annoying song to have infinitely looped. Put it on a co-worker’s PC, lock the workstation, walk away, and let hilarity ensue. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiznos-subs-commercial-what-the-fuck/231241/16 "2004-02-26T15:52:54Z")
Wow. How many threads are we going to devote to the Singing Testicles? ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiznos-subs-commercial-what-the-fuck/231241/17 "2004-02-26T16:07:09Z")
> [@](#): > > What restaurant are you thinking of now? Quiznos > [@](#): > > The next time you think of hoagies? Jimmy John’s. No singing rats, no dudes sucking on wolf teats. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiznos-subs-commercial-what-the-fuck/231241/18 "2004-02-26T20:19:52Z")
This commercial is the first commercial that I ever went to download from a company’s website. (Haven’t seen it on TV.) We don’t even have Quizno’s in our state, but I looked up their other locations when I was on the website. Someday I’ll go out-of-state just to make a trip to Quizno’s and Krispy Kreme. In other words – the advertising worked on me! They have a pepper bar! ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiznos-subs-commercial-what-the-fuck/231241/19 "2004-02-26T22:46:13Z")
> [@Mojo](#): > > …man, I will _never_ in my life forget that Quizno’s has a pepper bar. Heh heh heh… that’s for damn sure. There’s a Quiznos across the street from my work. I tried a turkey sandwich, wasn’t impressed. I hate Subway. But dammit, I like the spongmonkeys. (I pronounce that spung-monkeys, with a hard G.) _THEY GOT A PEPPER BAR!!!_ ---
**Author:** ![Ray\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ray\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ray_Walker)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiznos-subs-commercial-what-the-fuck/231241/20 "2004-02-26T23:17:09Z")
Every time I see that commercial, I laugh my ass off, beause it’s so absurd. Great stuff. I’m laughing just thinking about it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiznos-subs-commercial-what-the-fuck/231241.md?page=2)