Post spectacularly failed ads.

[Kellanved]

Number one: for a Dürüm Döner (Turkish/German Fast Food, served wrapped in a Tortilla) stand in Dresden:

[Bunny]

1. No homo-eroticism there! Nosiree!! n/t

[AndyTiedye]

2. "Not Your Father's Oldsmobile"

...and within a year they STOPPED MAKING Oldsmobiles.

Everyone knows that "nots" get lost, leaving the lethal "your father's oldsmobile" meme.

[Deja Q]

5. Which was only a petty marketing ploy... for within a year,

they churned out new ads saying "We're making them again because our sales had never been higher!"

Well, duh.

[420inTN]

3. New Coke

audio ad for New Coke featuring New Edition (requires RealPlayer): http://www.80stvthemes.com/ra/COKENEWED.ra

[LeftCoast]

6. Actually, New Coke was one of the most clever sleight-of-hand tricks

ever pulled on the American Consumer.

"New Coke" was entirely designed so that they could reformulate Coke. Coke was originally made with cane sugar but when they brought it back they were using High Fructose Corn Syrup and nobody noticed the difference. There is one though. Next time you're in a foreign country check the ingredients, they often still use cane sugar as the sweetner. Check it out for yourself if you can.

[CatBoreal]

8. When my sister was studying at MIT,

she would regularly ferry a case of Canadian Coke back to Cambridge for her roommate.

[AndyTiedye]

9. You can Get Coca Cola from Mexico Here in California

at some of the taquerias.

[Deja Q]

4. Thanks for the new porn! My current stuff was getting boring anyway. :-)

:crazy:

[JimmyJazz]

7. Nike's 1996 Atlanta Olympic ad - "you don't win silver, you lose gold"

What non-Olympian ad exec ever thought that one up? I'd give just about anything to even call myself an Olympian. Nike pulled the ad after a few showings - I think they had a few complaints.

[baba]

10. SO disrespectful to Silver and Bronze medal winners.

I hate that mentality: "winning is everything" or "there is no second place, you either win or lose." Stupid ad execs!

[JimmyJazz]

14. It's disrespectful to any athlete who even makes the Olympics.

Again, most people are honored to be able to call themselves an Olympian. I know - I dated one. He knew he'd never win a medal, but he went and was honored to represent this country. How many of us can say that?

[Aristus]

16. Or how about that stupid-ass meme: "Second place is the first

loser". I f**kin' HATE that one!

[JimmyJazz]

17. Absolutely - again, what stupid ad exec who's only work out

is on an EFX thinks of this shit?

[Jean Louise Finch]

11. SN Brussels Airlines

To be honest, I'm not sure whether this failed or not, but a friend saw the whole series in a Brussels airport, and it's just too weird to be believed. We're still debating whether it's belgian humor or what.

Fair enough:


So sweet!


Oh. My. God.

That's really just well above the call of duty.

[mac56]

12. Okay, I give up.

In the first one, what is the flight attendant holding?

[Jean Louise Finch]

13. hmmm...

i think just a napkin, she's just waving off her beloved passengers. That one's not the weird one.

[DrWeird]

15. Jesus H. Christ.

That's hilarious.

[Shadowen]

18. WWE's ads for WWE ThemeAddict.

It debuted at #38. In its second week, it plummeted to #131.