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UK Ad Predicts Feline Evolution, Rise To Power
Fans know that The Consumerist is the place to go for consumer advocacy, money-saving tips, and news about the oddities of global capitalism. But we also work hard to prepare our readers for the coming...
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Today In Commercial Oddities, Rob Zombie Directs Terrifying Woolite Ad
Remember that time you couldn’t fall asleep because you were afraid of the big bad monster coming to tear your guts out in some creepy, tumbleweed-blown field, all because you’d just watched a Rob...
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Need Cheap Wheels? Rent A Rolling Ad From Budget In Atlanta
If you want cheap car rentals this summer, Budget Rent a Car in Atlanta might have a deal for you. That is, as long as you don’t mind driving a rented car that seems more like a rolling billboard. The...
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Badvertising Hall Of Fame Store Moo & Oink May Have To Liquidate
Even if you’ve never lived near Chicago, longtime readers of Consumerist may remember Windy City grocery store Moo & Oink for its so-bad-it’s-friggin-awesome TV ad that launched our Great Moments...
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Will Ferrell Asks If He Can Star In Ads For Old Milwaukee Beer Free Of Charge
If Will Ferrell asks you if he can make ads for your oft-reviled product for free, the answer is always going to be yes. And that’s what Pabst Brewing Co. said when he presented the idea to do local TV...
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Roller Skating Is Definitely Better Than Using Crack
More than three years ago, comedy duo and self-proclaimed “internetainers” Rhett & Link set out to find great local businesses all over the country, and make great local commercials for them....
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Delicious Ice Cream Gollum Creature Eats Itself, Creeps Us Out
Here’s a marketing hypothetical that no one has ever posed before: does cannibalism sell ice cream? Philadelphia ice cream parlor mini-chain Little Baby’s Ice Cream has released two ads featuring an...
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Sugar Coated Rice Krinkles: Your Parents’ Favorite 1960s Racist Cereal
(SA_Steve)That handsome fellow at left is So-Hi, mascot of the now-discontinued Post breakfast cereal, Sugar Coated Rice Krinkles. The same product had another, strangely beautiful name: Sugar Sparkled...
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Vintage Food Ads: Nabisco Bacon Thins, Parmesan Fruit Salad, And Food Sticks
Over time, food tastes change. This happens both because of trends and normal evolution, and because marketers tell us what it is that we want. On both counts, the middle of the 20th century was a...
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In The ’80s And ’90s, Heisenberg Hawked Legal, Over-The-Counter Drugs
Before he entered our homes and hearts by portraying a vaguely anti-Semitic dentist, a bumbling dad, and an unlikely meth kingpin, Bryan Cranston of “Breaking Bad” was a guy trying to make a full-time...
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