# Who Did JibjabDotCom Have To Blow To Get This Free Publicity? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 16, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689 "2008-07-16T15:16:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689/1 "2008-07-16T15:16:46Z")
A few years back, JibjabDotCom had a hit with a political Flash cartoon on the Internet. Suddenly they have become an American icon?! Last night was the grand premiere of their newest (re: same exact format and style as usual) political Flash animation cartoon on Jay Leno’s Tonight Show, and this morning, they had another special viewing at the top half hour of the Today Show! Mildly amusing, perhaps…warranting a full blown roll-out as if this were the trailer for The Hobbit? I don’t think so. I don’t know who is doing what to get them this free publicity, but I want to hire that slut PR person Jibjab has to do some work for my next website. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689/2 "2008-07-16T15:39:22Z")
That one huge hit makes the news agencies think every new release is worthy of press. I agree that it’s not. My favorite of theirs is still the rapping founding fathers. I can’t find the original interactive one anymore, though, just the video version. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689/3 "2008-07-16T15:53:13Z")
Good question. They had one amusing video that made the rounds on the interent over 4 years ago and everything since (all 4-5 of them) have been lame. Now they pop up on Leno and are a top story on [MSN.com](http://MSN.com)? Must be somebody in the biz’s relative. ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689/4 "2008-07-16T17:07:58Z")
Not a big fan of flash cartoons (or Leno or the _Today Show_) so I don’t even know the original, much less the new stuff. Presumably they’ve got a good marketer on payroll. Speaking of which, funny thing is when I saw this pit title, I figured you work for them as a viral marketer. Clever way to put their domain in the public eye! Hey, if I pay you five bucks can you try to pit “skyfalls dot com” for me next time? ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689/5 "2008-07-16T17:10:37Z")
[QUOTE=Revtim] My favorite of theirs is still the rapping founding fathers. [/QUOTE] I misread this as _fapping founding fathers._ :eek: See [rule 34](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Rule+34) ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689/6 "2008-07-16T17:18:09Z")
> [@](#): > > I misread this as fapping founding fathers Ha! Gotta admit I misread it as _raping_ founding fathers. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689/7 "2008-07-16T17:24:43Z")
FWIW, it was the featured video on MySpace Video today. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689/8 "2008-07-16T17:48:26Z")
[QUOTE=DMark] Who Did JibjabDotCom Have To Blow To Get This Free Publicity? [/QUOTE] Me ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689/9 "2008-07-16T19:18:32Z")
Yep, it’s amazing what a difference YouTube has made in the last 4 years. JibJab was fresh then but today it’s gone the way of dancing babies and chimps passing out from smelling their own farts. [The Video, btw.](http://sendables.jibjab.com/sendables/1191/time_for_some_campaignin) ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689/10 "2008-07-16T20:06:17Z")
Lame. Lamelamelamelamelame. Just like in 2004. Oh, and :rolleyes: :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689/11 "2008-07-16T20:19:36Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] [The Video, btw.](http://sendables.jibjab.com/sendables/1191/time_for_some_campaignin) [/QUOTE] srsly? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689/12 "2008-07-16T20:21:07Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] srsly? [/QUOTE] “?!\*” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689/13 "2008-07-16T20:39:45Z")
Several JibJab cartoons have made The Tonight Show. I suspect it’s in large part because it fills in the few minutes and is relatively inoffensive, and it doesn’t cost the Tonight Show anything. And they know people will watch it and even preferentially tune in. I can understand their continuing to run them. I’d just like to know how they placed the first one on The Tonight Show. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689/14 "2008-07-16T22:19:55Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] I’d just like to know how they placed the first one on The Tonight Show. [/QUOTE] IIRC, after the inital success of _This Land_, the Tonight Show commissioned them to do a second one, which was _Good To Be In DC_. (One of their weaker ones, in my opinion, but that’s probably because it was treading the same ground as the first.) This new one is entertaining, and it’s somewhat clever they put their personalizing aspect into it, too. (Some of their personalizable stuff is hilarious when used correctly- animation historian Jerry Beck, who’s a big fan of JibJab’s and makes a cameo in their Weird Al video, did an extremely disturbing personalized video with himself and Walt Disney as hula dancers.) ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689/15 "2008-07-16T23:34:13Z")
I thought it was hilarious. Skewered everybody equally. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689/16 "2008-07-16T23:38:01Z")
I hate how inoffensive they are. [airheaded housewife] “They make fun of _both_ sides!” Fuck off, jibjab. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689/17 "2008-07-16T23:48:27Z")
I liked it, but I’m particularly fond of seeing Bill Clinton get smacked around. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689/18 "2008-07-17T02:33:47Z")
That was lovely. I liked my [Barack Oblinga](http://image.blingee.com/images15/content/output/000/000/000/3ba/206016269_1578934.gif?4) better though. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689/19 "2008-07-17T02:48:50Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] That was lovely. I liked my [Barack Oblinga](http://image.blingee.com/images15/content/output/000/000/000/3ba/206016269_1578934.gif?4) better though. [/QUOTE] I loved it too! Especially Snoop Dog on top of the Capitol! ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689/20 "2008-07-17T04:55:19Z")
I thought it was mildly amusing, but not really insightful or edgy or meaningful. Obama says “change” a lot. Hillary smacks Bill with a frying pan. McCain is old and militant. Take away the animation and it’s Mark Russell and the Capitol Steps. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689.md?page=2)