11 Ads To Disgust & Disturb You
What is it with marketing people? Until recently I thought that us writers had the corner on being insane. Having worked in both film and television, I can pretty much say that the writer is the most crazy person on set (aside from some actors-but they're of a different species altogether).
However, after taking a look at these ads, I'm starting to wonder exactly how far advertising firms will go before they actually discover a deep-end to go off of.
I'm gonna start off gentle. But trust me... this ride's gonna get worse.
1. Hyundai
A little voice in my head tells me that my divorce would have never happened if I had a tongue like that...
I was once relegated to the back seat of a convertible while my (now ex-) wife's aunt's dog rode shotgun. That dog had a tongue akin to what you see above. And the amount of drool that flapped out of that tongue, whipped through the wind, and smacked me in the face could be measured in gallons.
2. Concordia Children's Services
Well... This ad could explain the child obesity issues here in the United States...
Um... Yuck. I don't really have a problem with the children suckling on the pig. But everything's just so... dirty!
In small print the ad states, "If you don't help feed them, who will?"
Arnold from Green Acres, that's who.
3. Lifebuoy Soap
I don't like my muffins to bite back...
As disturbing as this ad is (particularly with the tagline, "You eat what you touch"), I can't help but find the hamster-muffin cute. You can just imagine the little chirpy voice coming out of it, asking you to read it today's headlines. It would be a happy hamster-muffin, as its generous teeth would insure that you wouldn't dare try to eat it.
4. Keimling Vegetarian Restaurant
If you somehow did manage to eat hamster-muffin, this is what would happen. I think. It's sort'a like barfing up the food chain... Which I guess is the point. After all, it is an ad for a vegetarian restaurant...
5. McDonald's
Possibly the scariest thing I've ever seen.
Okay,
I'm just going to state this now: clowns scare the hell out of me.
They freak me out. I don't know why and I don't want to experience
intense sessions of psychoanalysis to find out.
That being said,
it's quite easy to see why this ad is just plain frightening to me.
The idea of a clown that is small enough to squeeze into tiny places
(just so it can slit my throat with a large knife) is enough to make me
curl into a ball and squat in a corner, rocking and making little
mewling sounds.
6. Thai Food Express
Take THAT clown baby!!!!!! I feel much safer...
Thank God for whatever ultra-hot weapon Thai Food Express has in their arsenal. I can sleep nights knowing that there is something to keep that clown baby from under my bed.*
7. Just Liquid Hand Wash
GAH!!!!
I warned you. This is the tip of the iceberg in freaky/gross stuff.
Where
to begin... Well, the maggots are bad enough, right? I mean... holy
crap. But what's up with the guy taking the medicine? He looks dead
already. Eyes all rolled up in his noggin and stuff. Why give him
medicine?
After years of research in this area, I can tell you that the undead don't need medicine. They're... well, zombies.
And
you know that the undead guy is making some horrific groaning sound
because somebody with maggots all over their arms is trying to force
medicine down his throat.
by T Goodman
You're not kidding!
great finds, John... I guess....
by John P. Barker
LOL
I'm gonna have nightmares... heh...
by Anonymous
5. McDonald's
That is too much!!! too much!!!
I hate Baby Mc Donaalds!!!!
by John P. Barker
Yeah... Baby McDonalds is scary...
All I can see is that critter that Craig T. Nelson puked up in Poltergeist 2--you know... the one the scurries under the bed. Only this one has a clown face and a big knife... AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
by Anonymous
Keimling Vegetarian Restaurant
Is that a pig eating a wolf?
Kidda
by Anonymous
Wonderful!
But don't feel bad about the clowns, John.
A study at Liverpool university a couple of years ago interviewed several thousand 12-20 year olds about clowns.
100% of respondends considered clowns frightening.
_100%_.
Clowns are frakking scary, man. It's official.
tumbleworld@gmail.com
PS: You just know that babyclown has a 12-inch stilleto knife hiding in its blankie...
by Anonymous
no offense
but your picture that you have when you post messages scares me a little.
by John P. Barker
LOL
All of your comments are great! I'm glad that 100% of those surveyed find clowns scary.
And yep--that baby clown had a stilleto. Rumor has it that the photographer has not been seen since snapping the shot--they just found the camera...
And yeah... my picture is scary/crazy. But accurate--though I have more hair now...
by Anonymous
The could have done a better
The could have done a better job with the photoshop of the human's face on the veg. restaurant ad. WTH is with his face obviously chopped and then just a random tan colored boxed places underneath to cover the gap?
by J. Barker
Yeah...
I noticed that too... It sort'a looked like a strap went around his head... Couldn't figure out what it was...
by Anonymous
the pig #2
is that a picture of the lady nursing her new-born octuplets??
by Anonymous
Playstation 2
I'll tell you what the most disturbing part of the last picture is: one woman drinking what could possibly be urine from a skull, the liquid then flows out of her ear and another woman drinks it from her ear.
by Anonymous
DrinkActSuccess.com
Just keep the consumers afraid with your FEAR BASED MEDIA, then they'll buy what you tell them.
What a joke.
by Anonymous
Fear Mongering and more
Guess these ads are cosidered "creativity at its best", or more realistically demented minds at work. Great example of mind control using fear as the decision maker.
Loved the pig comparison to Octupus mom. Never fear, she's not planning to date until her latest brood turns 18. Insanity at its best
by Anonymous
PS2 Nipple Ad
Why is no one commenting on that last one. All I see is dark nipples coming through that woman in the front's shirt. Not to be outdone the very small women on the right has managed to squeeze a little nipple herself with that very bold right hand of hers. Me likey. I don't care what the whole "message" was. Girl on Girl in any context is always welcomed round these parts.
by Anonymous
I didn't realize pigs ate
I didn't realize pigs ate coyotes...
by J. Barker
Yeah...
... I didn't realize it either. But from watching horror movies, I've found that pigs eat anything... blech...