That reminds me… McDonalds offered a new product – a pita wrapped thing. They called it the “McWrap.” I watched the commercial dumbfounded with my housemate, who finally said:
“What marketing genius came up with McCrap?”
“Nutrasweet: Why some things taste better than others.” It’s not a howler, but the ad campaign it was part of sure was! All those wholesome images about a kind of small-town life that no longer existed, even in the '80s . . . “milk and bananas have the same things we put into Nutrasweet” . . . even the brand name was a classic, pathetic example of trying too hard. It’s like they were terrified that people would figure out this shit comes out of a laboratory, just like cyclamates and saccharine and Agent Orange!
For the infamous Japanese soft drink:
“Your Body Demand Pocari Sweat!”
Bleh.
I find the new Las Vegas tourism spots disturbing. The slogan is "What happens on the road, stays on the road " and the spots show things like a guy picking up a hooker, a woman marrying a non-citizen and other “fun” things to do in Vegas.
I can’t remember the name, but a Canadian friend of mine told me about a cough syrup which sported the following logo:
“It don’t taste good, but it sure works!”
Principle ingredient? Ammonia.
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I always thought the truckers at G.O.D. (Guaranteed Overnight Delivery) were just asking for trouble.
Taco John’s (the Midwest’s answer to Taco Bell) slogan is “A whole lot of Mexican.” Cracks me up.
Differently is a word. Pinkly is not a word. Just thought I’d clear that up.
There’s a chain of liquor stores in the St Louis area called Dirt Cheap. The commercials are great - there’s a guy in a chicken suit chirping “Cheap! Cheap! Fun! Fun!” and the crusty old man who owns the place spouting off such gems as, “Remember, the more she drinks, the better you look!”
His tagline? “We’re the last refuge of the persecuted smoker!”
I hope he’s still around; I haven’t seen one of his commercials for a while, but I don’t watch a lot of TV these days.
And don’t forget: “SPOON! From the makers of Fork.”
KC’s soccer team is the Wizards, otherwise known as “the Wiz” my friend was on a marketing brainstorm where they were seriously considering the slogan “The Wiz- You Gotta Go!” (Without anyone considering the alternate interpretation of the word “wiz”)
Hometown favorite was from our local pancake house who advertised “We cook food to eat!” Thanks for the reassurance.
But if I have one axe to grind it’s all the endless “Got Milk?” rip-offs. I just want to scream “Got original f*cking idea?!” When I see any of the countless rip-offs of that ad campaign.
One more: My friend used to drive a Chevy Citation.
That’s right, the Citation. The car you recieve when you’ve done something wrong.
I worked for a month at BJ’s Wholesale club and didn’t realise for five years how bad that sounds until one of my friends said, “That’s a terrible thing to sell wholesale.”
And I was always amused by the signs over the back exit doors on Austin, TX city buses. They said, “Please do not enter through the rear.” I think that’s pretty good advice.
The tag line for the movie The Core is “The only way out is in.” I started yelling and foaming at the mouth when I saw that.
The slogan for BallPark Franks, “They plump when you cook 'em,” always seemed rife with double entendre possibilities to me.
“What comes between me and my Calvins? Nothing!” All right, Brooke, so you don’t wear underwear. Thank you for sharing that with us. (Thank you ever so much!) But what’s it got to do with those bluejeans?
“Preparation H: Helps SHRINK swelling of inflamed hemhorrhoidal tissues!” The slogan itself isn’t funny – but in the commercials the word “SHRINK” was always accompanied by a gesture, holding the palms parallel, about eight inches apart, and then pushing them together until they’re three inches apart. If I had an eight-inch hemhorrhoid, that would not be enough shrinkage to satisfy me.
“When I’m constipated, I want relief I can count on!” I always thought that one was refreshingly honest.
“Charmin: So squeezably soft it’s irresistible!” Look, I just want to wipe and flush, I don’t want an erotic relationship with the paper.
You’re thinking of Buckley’s. The slogan is ‘It tastes awful. And it works.’
http://www.buckleys.com/Child%20Pages/Our%20Products/taste_better.htm
Is Mazda a Japanese car company? They were probably alluding to Swift’s creation to evoke a magical feeling, like Hayao Miyazaki was when he created the movie Laputa: Castle in the Sky.
Disney is just calling it “Castle in the Sky.”
Just a friendly word of advice…read the entire thread before posting…psst…especially the first page
One that always gives me a chuckle when I see their trucks around locally…
Tourney Electric - “Let Us Remove Your Shorts.”
That army could still conquer France in time to be home for lunch.
The slogan of Iowa based MidAmerican Energy amuses me:
Obsessively, Relentlessly At Your Service 
Now who thought that “obsessive”, a word meaning “a persistent disturbing preoccupation” was a good marketing term for the power company?
2:10 am
ring ring ring ring
Huh? Whuzup… who’s this?
MidAmerican Energy calling… is your electricity working? :eek: