Showing posts with label what were they thinking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label what were they thinking. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Halloween Twilight Candies?



We just noticed these popping up in local grocery stores as of late and color us puzzled by this odd Twilight merchandising cash in.  Going under the Sweethearts: Forbidden Fruits line these candies are supposed to appeal to the 'Twi-hards' with weirder inscriptions on the hearts.  Among some of these Twilight revised messages are:


Bite Me
Bad Guy
Always
My Love
U R My Life
True Love
I Trust You
Lamb
Live 4 Ever Secret

This is probably the laziest attempt at cashing in on this Twilight madness that we've seen yet(the amount of junk with Twilight on it popping up as Halloween approaches has been mind numbing).  Guys, give it a few minutes and try to do something with y'know, some originality rather than slapping some actor faces on a box of Valentine treats and calling them Halloween candy.  And the slogan?  "The Forbidden Fruit Tastes the Sweetest."  Innuendo much?  Sheesh.

-Sirio

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

What Were They Thinking? Awful Tabasco Ad!

We just had the chance to see this ad as of late.  I've always been a fan of Tabasco and all the different things it could be paired with, including pizza of course.  To add that little bit of tang, spice or kick to any snack.

This recent ad is currently running on  US networks and is unfortunate enough to feature a really disgusting treatment of one of our favorite snacks: pizza.  We stand up and say no thanks to shrill, singing Pepperoni  infused with  chubby human heads.  It's terrifying on Youtube, and even more disturbing on an HD TV.  Please Tabasco, never again.  It'll take days to unsee (and unhear) this awful, retina searing ad.  We had issues with the gross out tactics of some of the recent 'What would you do for a Klondike' ads, but this takes the cake.

Nonetheless, we have space in our hearts to forgive you guys.  Your hot sauce is still good,  but your ad just came close to ruining pepperoni pizza.