Worst. Advertising. Ever.

[ijen0311]

Spirit airlines ---

http://www.businessinsider.com/spirit-airlines-tasteless-ad-mocks-the-oil-spill-2010-6

 

[Darth.Titan]

I agree that's in poor taste.

 

[dmr727]

Their pilots should go on strike again!

 

[ucfgrad93]

Yeah, that is awful.

 

[wheezy]

Sad. And I know the stock photographer who took that top photo. Sucks to see your work being used in tacky advertising.

 

[robotmonkey]

Meh people need to lighten up. I can see the humor.

 

[yg17]

This is Spirit Airlines, the same company that had a Hunt for Jimmy Hoffa Sale, a MILF sale, and a Muff Diving sale. They do ads like these so they go viral and get free advertising all over the internet. It's genius, really.

 

[dukebound85]

i thought it was clever actually

 

[ravenvii]

Spirit sucks anyway - they're the ones who's charging you for carry-on luggage.

 

[0098386]

i thought it was clever actually

Yea, I like it too. Well not like... I just don't dislike it.

 

[rdowns]

This is Spirit Airlines, the same company that had a Hunt for Jimmy Hoffa Sale, a MILF sale, and a Muff Diving sale. They do ads like these so they go viral and get free advertising all over the internet. It's genius, really.

I agree.

Now, for some of the BEST advertising ever.

 

[Zombie Acorn]

holy **** those are good.

 

[MattSepeta]

!!!

Trojan feels so passe all of a sudden....

 

[ijen0311]

Meh people need to lighten up. I can see the humor.

I get where they're going with it. But this is truly a huge tragedy - people lost their lives, their livelihoods, and of course, the environmental impact. I just think it's in poor taste. My $.02.


The Durex ones, on the other and, are HILARIOUS.

 

[darkplanets]

Now that we're mentioning awesome Durex ads, i present the following:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqt3Zb7BItA&feature=player_embedded

Outtakes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkCJ_oI87R8&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjHRNs4I5Hg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvIxTprofvA&feature=related

And for the more classic approach:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bizJWtJ0xXo&feature=related

 

[Flynnstone]

amusing.

I find ATT had terrible ads :
"Least number of dropped calls"

 

[citizenzen]

Sad. And I know the stock photographer who took that top photo. Sucks to see your work being used in tacky advertising.

Yeah. He was probably expecting that to be used for some intellectual, humanitarian cause.

 

[DoFoT9]

pretty darn cool

 

[belvdr]

Heh, my mind was focused on the word "beaches" as an alternate word some use for women. I wasn't thinking of the oil spill.

 

[iOrlando]

anyone else in South Florida? have you noticed it more crowded due to the florida panhandle basically a dead zone? I have noticed a slight uptick, but its hard to really make any overall conclusions.

 

[dXTC]

anyone else in South Florida? have you noticed it more crowded due to the florida panhandle basically a dead zone? I have noticed a slight uptick, but its hard to really make any overall conclusions.

I'm in Panama City Beach right now, and it's far from "dead". Oh sure, it's not shoulder-to-shoulder, but it's definitely not a ghost town. Then again, PCB hasn't been hit really hard by the Tarball Brigade yet.

 

[benflick]

i thought it was clever actually

Me too, I kinda liked them.

 

[bartelby]

I agree.

Now, for some of the BEST advertising ever.

You're obsessed with these ads!

 

[obeygiant]

I guess I would need some lube if I were to have sex with that tv.

 

[bartelby]

I guess I would need some lube if I were to have sex with that tv.

Because all advertising is literal...