Herb! That was one of the first national marketing campaigns I remember experiencing first hand. I didn't realize until just a few years ago what a flop it was.
Your very first commercial shown was "Where's Herb?" That campaign was a colossal failure! For those who don't remember, the point of the campaign was for people to be on the lookout for Herb, who would appear at random Burger Kings nationwide. Anyone who spotted Herb would win $5000. In addition, customers were instructed to say "I'm not Herb" when ordering, or if their name was Herb, to say "I'm not the Herb you're looking for" to get a Whopper for 99 cents. The obvious problem with the campaign: how were you supposed to spot Herb if, as the commercial showed, NOBODY KNEW WHAT HE LOOKED LIKE?! This no doubt led to a lot of annoyed men at Burger King being asked if they were Herb. Second, the prize money was a paltry sum for a grand prize, even in 1985. Third, by the time Burger King did put a face to the name during the 1986 Super Bowl, it was too late. Customers had already lost interest. To make matters worse, a 15-year-old boy who spotted Herb in Alabama was denied the prize money because he was just shy on the minimum age requirement, which led to his parents complaining to their representative and Burger King's actions being declared consumer fraud. So yeah, not exactly your best foot forward on this one.
Music for the NBC "Love is Not Silent" promo is a portion of the Hagood Hardy instrumental song called "The Homecoming" (the first I found out about it was learning on the SouthernMedia News Music Search Archive site that my local ABC affiliate, WVEC in Norfolk, VA; used the song as closing music for the Friday 6:00 p.m. newscast). Regarding the Opium spot; surprised the name wasn't changed by this point considering this was well into the "War on Drugs" (though this was far from that perfume's lone link to controversy) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_(perfume)
Chun King had a line of canned "chow mein " with vegetables on the bottom and a small can of sauce attached on top ; you mixed together and served over rice or crispy noodles, very popular in the late 70s and early 80s- you can still get it under the LaChoy brand, but I wouldn't. I don't know if I didn't know any better as a kid, but I tried it recently out of a sense of nostalgia, and it was truly awful. Like not finish it and throw it out awful.
Brut commercial-So she apparently likes wearing mens clothing lol "Love Is Never Silent"-i guess the husband went off to war and was k.i.a(never read the book the fiilm was based on..) Late Show w/ David Letterman-wonder if Don actually took the caller up on the date offer That Opium ad kind of reminded me of the video for Sade's song"Smooth Operator"
I love the V-8 ad with the rabbit! Such a cute bunny!
Herb! That was one of the first national marketing campaigns I remember experiencing first hand. I didn't realize until just a few years ago what a flop it was.
Your very first commercial shown was "Where's Herb?" That campaign was a colossal failure!
For those who don't remember, the point of the campaign was for people to be on the lookout for Herb, who would appear at random Burger Kings nationwide. Anyone who spotted Herb would win $5000. In addition, customers were instructed to say "I'm not Herb" when ordering, or if their name was Herb, to say "I'm not the Herb you're looking for" to get a Whopper for 99 cents.
The obvious problem with the campaign: how were you supposed to spot Herb if, as the commercial showed, NOBODY KNEW WHAT HE LOOKED LIKE?! This no doubt led to a lot of annoyed men at Burger King being asked if they were Herb. Second, the prize money was a paltry sum for a grand prize, even in 1985. Third, by the time Burger King did put a face to the name during the 1986 Super Bowl, it was too late. Customers had already lost interest. To make matters worse, a 15-year-old boy who spotted Herb in Alabama was denied the prize money because he was just shy on the minimum age requirement, which led to his parents complaining to their representative and Burger King's actions being declared consumer fraud.
So yeah, not exactly your best foot forward on this one.
lmao that sounds stupid x.x
Tidbit: megarich fiction writer James Patterson was head of the ad agency that came up with this campaign
Mike Troncin wow, did he decide the idea or all of the actions during the campaign?
+mattw the article I read wasn't clear, but as the head of the company, he has to take a bite of that shit sandwich on some level
Mike Troncin xD yea highly likely
06:30 HA! It took me awhile, but I just got the single rolling tear/ anti litter psa joke
I love the V-8 commercial! Then again, I love anything that has a cute fuzzy in it (there there are some exceptions).
Music for the NBC "Love is Not Silent" promo is a portion of the Hagood Hardy instrumental song called "The Homecoming" (the first I found out about it was learning on the SouthernMedia News Music Search Archive site that my local ABC affiliate, WVEC in Norfolk, VA; used the song as closing music for the Friday 6:00 p.m. newscast).
Regarding the Opium spot; surprised the name wasn't changed by this point considering this was well into the "War on Drugs" (though this was far from that perfume's lone link to controversy)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_(perfume)
Hmmn...the new version of the YSL Opium perfume is called "Black Opium"...that sounds kind of controversial too like a street drug name.
I only ever heard of Chun King from the Strong Bad E-mail "Date".
"I'm twying to order the Chun King!"
Chun King had a line of canned "chow mein " with vegetables on the bottom and a small can of sauce attached on top ; you mixed together and served over rice or crispy noodles, very popular in the late 70s and early 80s- you can still get it under the LaChoy brand, but I wouldn't. I don't know if I didn't know any better as a kid, but I tried it recently out of a sense of nostalgia, and it was truly awful. Like not finish it and throw it out awful.
Wow...I remember that Chun King crap now!
+MsFarzee I did however like the 'big john's beans and fixins ' that came with the small can and the big can, but they stopped making them :(
The black guy in the Armed Forces commercial is Corey Glover, lead singer of the rock group Living Colour ("Cult of Personality").
14:16- because even ninjas need support.
09:47 - and apparently pirates need dress shirts...
The eyepatch really confused me when I saw that, I guess it's a very old advertising campaign: i.imgur.com/KvbWIZw.jpg
I honestly don't get it
is Burgess Meredith narrating the Honda accord commercial?
Yes, he did voiceovers for them
5:45 - Yeah, they're totally ripping off the opening to the movie Airplane! here.
6:19- were they doing a Mae West tribute 5 years later? Shed died in 1980...
All of the bumpers here are of old movie stars of the 20's and 30's, it's not a tribute to any one person.
Brut commercial-So she apparently likes wearing mens clothing lol
"Love Is Never Silent"-i guess the husband went off to war and was k.i.a(never read the book the fiilm was based on..)
Late Show w/ David Letterman-wonder if Don actually took the caller up on the date offer
That Opium ad kind of reminded me of the video for Sade's song"Smooth Operator"
wow a store that specialized in microwaves