“Conquistador Brand Instant Coffee Brings New Meaning to the Word ‘Vomit’.”
Forget France. Come to Greece, we’re nicer.
Volvo. Boxy but good.
Buy Sony. Because American factory workers are too damn tall.
All from the same wonderful movie RexDart loves.
“Jaguar: You know that we’ve improved quality when he fired half the workforce”
(I swear that they had a radio ad a few years ago making this arguement)
Eaten by rats.
The one that sticks in my head came from the pro-lifers about ten years ago: “Life: What A Beautiful Choice” Rather disingenuous of them to put “choice” in a slogan for a cause that is purely ANTI-choice, right?
Oh, and to continue NoClueBoy & RexDart’s thread:
Metamucil: It helps you go to the toilet. If you don’t use it you’ll get cancer and die.
AT&T: We’re tired of taking your crap.
Sony: Bony.
“I’m fat, got any ficus trees?”
Lord, I love that movie:)
What movie are y’all talking about?
Of course, there is the infamous Chevy Nova. My first week of Spanish class promptly taught me that no va literally translated means “it doesn’t go”.
Another one of my favorites (not necessarily advertising) is a local company that sells pipe organs to most of the area’s churches. The company’s founder was unfortunately named Johnson…which probably didn’t mean much. However, around 30-40 years ago, the company’s name, Johnson Organs, began to take on an entirely different meaning.
These banner ads are hilarious!
Hey, I had a Chevy No-Go! It went, mostly. Until it didn’t (repeatedly).
Ah, the No-vah.
I saw this in while shopping a couple of days ago…
Sam’s Choice Cereal: A Natural Laxative
I almost shit myself laughing when I read it…
see… it works
I’m sure it’s just a reflection of the tawdry morass which is my own mind, but everytime I hear a UPS commercial ask “What can Brown do for you?”, I find it scatologically evocative and distasteful.
It’s a bit too close to the commercial in the old movie “The Groove Tube” for Brown 79. (or whatever number it was)
Not an advertising slogan, but the name of a church I pass on the way to a friend’s house:
Christ Evangelist Free Church
I’m still trying to decide if they’re banning evangelists from attending, or if evangelists don’t have to put money in the collection tray.
The only unambiguous thing about that church’s name is the fact of its ambiguity.
Somebody might even think it’s a swear, only without the exclamation marks.
In years past, the Milk Board, of “Got milk?” fame ran with the slogan:
“Milk: It Does a Body Good.”
But then the lactose intolerant people began to get on their case to the point where they changed the slogan – to the inspired
“Milk: It Has Something For Every Body.”
An amazing recovery, and nobody could argue with them.
Sorry, the Chevy Nova thing is an urban legend.
url=http://66.165.133.65/index.html]Snopes
I’ve heard radio ads for Denny’s restaurants using this slogan: “A good place to sit and eat!” Not terribly inspiring.
Samual Adams: Always a good choice.
Funny, the arresting officer didn’t seem to think so…
Sorry; this should work:
Bloody hell. Just go to Snopes and search for “Nova”.