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more about #badads more comments → DoctorEcks: How can you all forget their CLASSIC! more » i'm a bottle: Leave it to Quizno's to fail miserably to be funny even with all the archetypal elements of perfectly good comedy in place: sex with machines (for exa... more » Smitros: They may instead have to settle for variations on the classic attention-getting technique of two (D) cups, one girl. more » BullfightsOnAcid: I just blew a dollop of Hellmann's. more » SaraRueful: While meanwhile, Dov Charney is kicking himself for not appropriating the idea first ... more » ArnoldJulisa: all the quiznos in my area have closed. no surprise really, they're always filthy. the sammies sure are tasty though. also, I thought the oven commerc... more » Aaron Altman: So, shit sandwich then? more » Cheap Shot: I watched that as I was ravaging my turkey and swiss sandwich. thank! more » Colonel Mustard: You have to remember, HamNo, that this is the same sandwich company who (for a while, anyway) adopted as their mascots a pair of freaked out, deranged... more » Eve Summers: Does the fact that this turned me on make me homosexual or herosexual? more » contradicto: This is hilarious because everytime I eat one of their sandwiches, I get the runs. more » Mount_Prion: What can I say. It's lunch time, and the ad just made me hungry. more » AndIAmTellingYou: I don't get it. Is "coming guy" supposed to mean toddler... as in, "about to be a boy"? Like some kind of literal Swedish translation..? more » thundermonkey: In case anyone is wondering, it makes most sense that "Coming" is used in the same sense as in "coming attractions". I think the Swedish term would be... more » Dr. Nick: I know a guy from Sweden whose last name is Orje. His license plate says "BIG ORJE" His English is much better than he lets most people believe. more » -
#no
Quizno's: Taste the Poop
Yes, Quizno's Submarine Sandwich Shoppe is run by oven-lusting sex pervs, but guess what, Quizno's: you have crossed the line by allowing 2 Girls, 1 Cup to be associated with your sandwiches. Think, you fools. More » -
#imagefile
Dirty Swedes Welcome Pedophiles
A tipster sends us this photo of an actual advertisement in Sweden, which, she explains, is a result of the stubborn Swedes' tendency to believe their fancy schools actually teach them proper English. Psht: More » -
#heroes
Kenneth Cole's Clever Wordplay Saves Economy
Professional designer and amateur writer of excruciating ad copy Kenneth Cole knows times are tough as leather. Maybe it's not fashion-able, but he's optimistic America will design a solution to sew up all these problems! More » -
#badvertising
Fire-Haired Demon Child Demands 'Big Girl Car'
In this age of fossil fuel depletion, economic meltdown, and a dying US auto industry, how should consumers pick an automobile? By bowing to the demands of the world's most terrifying screeching red-haired brat: More » -
#advertising
Microsoft Ad and Product Advertised Could Both Conceivably Make You Want to Kill Your Family
If you thought Microsoft's Seinfeld ads were bad, then you really don't want to see this new four-minute Microsoft "Songsmith" pseudoinfomercial. Because it is a descent into child karaoke hell, is why. Very bad. More » -
#polls
Pick the Most Annoying Commercial of 2008
Voice your choice! Earlier we showed you three of the year's most annoying TV ads; now we've added two more, and made a poll—of infamy. Vote below for the year's worst ad: More » -
#sarahpalin
Sarah Palin's Contextual Ads Don't Lie
While doubtless in pursuit of some important story yesterday, angry ad blogger Copyranter came across this adventure in contextual advertising on the dedicated Sarah Palin web page of Alaska's Anchorage Daily News: ads for SHRED ALASKA onsite document shredding. Ha, can they shred Yahoo accounts, ha? A new ad on the Palin page today also seems appropriate, in its own way: More » -
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#spain
Some Of Spain's Best Friends Are Asian!
It was quite an embarrassment for the nation of Spain yesterday when an ad surfaced showing their entire national Olympic basketball team posing in the "Slanty-eyed Asian" position, pulling their eyelids back. We imagine the photo shoot was followed by several minutes of mimed karate moves and Enter The Dragon reenactments, only adding to the awkwardness. So the entire nation of China has been waiting expectantly for an apology. And today they got...outrage that anyone would think Spain is racist! Why, some of their closest friends are from China or somewhere like that! More »
