Category Archives: Advertising

“What The Heck!” Ad #6

By MK | Published: December 30, 2004
I haven’t done a “What the heck!” Ad in a while, and now I have one that I find most disturbing. First of all, I look at these advertisements from a consumers perspective and I ask myself why I would want to purchase this product based upon the reasoning found within the [...]
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“What the heck!” Ad #5

By MK | Published: June 29, 2004
Product: TBS Cable Station Slogan: Very Funny I sometimes enjoy cable station’s self-advertising; they tend to just remind people what station they are tuned into. TBS’s new identity is nice (sure beats the old clip art looking logo), and the slogan is, how should I put it, simple, to the point. However, their promotional [...]
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Thinking Outside The Box

By MK | Published: March 18, 2004
It has become such a cliche to say “think outside the box.” Few ever really do “think outside the box.” Lately I haven’t seen any advertisements where they “think outside the box.” Designers and, particularly for advertising, marketing/creative directors are expected to “think outside the box”, and may profess to being experienced at “thinking outside [...]
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"What the heck!" Ad #4

By MK | Published: March 12, 2004
Product: Quizno’s Subs Slogan: They are tasty; they are crispy. Quizno’s Subs! Would somebody make the wierd looking mutated animated rodents shut up for Sarah. She writes: That Television Quizno’s Ad with the poorly done, animated hamsters(?) with upside down mouths singing about a salad bar? It makes no sense and with the nightmarish vision of those [...]
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