DailyDirt: Ads Gone Wrong
from the urls-we-dig-up dept
Commercials are always trying to get people's attention -- sometimes by being controversial and sometimes by being shocking. But even when a company tries to broadcast only sensitive and feel-good messages, there will always be some folks pointing out that companies don't really care about people as much as profits. Here are just a few advertisements that might have just missed getting their message across.- Why is it that car companies seem to have a hard time NOT making offensive ads? Ford India recently apologized for some terrible ads depicting bound and gagged women in the spacious hatchback trunk of a Ford Figo. But Ford wasn't the only example, Hyundai and GM also had some horrible commercials to retract recently. [url]
- Dr Pepper posted an ad on Facebook with a common geeky joke, showing the evolution of humans -- starting with a chimp-like ancestor and ending with a modern upright person holding a can of his favorite beverage. Poking the beehive of anti-evolution religious folks might be a fairly safe way of creating some controversy, but it probably doesn't sell that much more sugar water. [url]
- The Economist once ran an ad for itself, asking "Why should women read The Economist?" Maybe publications written by -- and read by -- mostly men should be a bit more careful when trying to step away from being a "Maxim for nerds"..? [url]
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Filed Under: ads, advertising, commercials, economist, failures, jokes, publicity
Companies: dove, dr pepper, ford, gm, hyundai
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Maxim for Nerds...?
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oh, that's a 'geeky joke' !!!!
and the Grand Canyon was carved out by the great flood of Noah.
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And why do you expect more?
When you view advertising with the respect it deserves (ie not much) there is no suprise when they get it wrong.
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Re: Bad terrorist
http://www.snopes.com/photos/advertisements/vwpolo.asp
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Re: And why do you expect more?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owGykVbfgUE
They've done a whole series of ads based on that one, and they are AWESOME. Still haven't bought Old Spice, but I love watching the ads.
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Re: Re: Bad terrorist
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexdroog70/2701038371/
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Re: Maxim for Nerds...?
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