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Gross Out Advertising

Posted on | February 29, 2008 | 1 Comment

I’ve been seeing a new Carl’s Jr ad lately, I think the product was a chili cheese burger. The script has a girl telling her companion he has a little something on his face. When he asks, “Here?”, she replies. “More in this area”. Then they show him as he asks, “Did I get it?”
And it looks like he has thrown up all over himself.
Were they hoping to make potential customers lose their appetite? Because I sure did.



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Category: advertising, General

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One Response to “Gross Out Advertising”

  1. Special Agent Johnny Utah
    March 2nd, 2008 @ 1:15 am

    For years now, they’ve also had a microphone seemingly planted inside the mouths of their commercial actors as they bite into their food and chew it. When my nieces and nephews make that much noise while eating, I say, “Hey, that’s rude. It’s also gross. Chew with your mouth closed.” I’m not sure why Carls Jr. thinks this is supposed to be appealing.