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As you know, George Lopez is getting his own 10PM talk show on TBS this fall, because apparently 2009 is the year that TV finally tries to kill 10PM once and for all. Between this and The Jay Leno Show, it is only a matter of time before 10PM kills itself. (Correction: 11PM talk show. It’s like that REM song, “Everyone Confuses.”)
But as if the idea of George Lopez getting his own 10PM talk show wasn’t bad enough, now a reader, Jeff, has sent in this ad from one of his favorite magazines. WOOF. I hope the marketing meeting where they came up with this concept didn’t take them too long. Because if someone was up until three in the morning eating Chinese take-out straight from the container and tossing crumpled up ideas across the room into the garbage can as they made the sound of a roaring crowd, I’m going to pull a Duck Phillips and implode.
Seriously, is this the worst ad ever made? It might be the worst ad ever made. This is basically our generation’s horrifying Lyndon Johnson “daisy” ad in that it makes me fear for the future of humanity and it also fills me with disgust.
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Well, I *do* think “pee-pee head” when I think of George Lopez, so I say the ad is appropritate.
*appropriate. Did you guys know that I teach English for a living? That’s irony! I think. I’m not sure if that’s actually irony or not. More irony! Perhaps.
bad idea jeans are actually hugh jackman khakis
TBS no longer very funny.
Was it ever, though?
I am very sorry Gabe. You are wrong on this one. We could go into veeeery deep detail, but this is not even close to the seriously worst ad ever made. The first thing that popped up for me in an image search for “worst ad ever made”:
It only goes downhill from there.
But, to be more on-topic, no one lizzes to George Lopez.
I see nothing wrong with making this a “Bad Ad Idea Jeans Thread.” More please!
Aaaaand that’s definitely the Capitol, not the White House. That ad fails on SO MANY FRONTS
To be fair to that ad in reference to the wrong building in the background, I’m pretty sure it’s from Russia or Eastern Europe or something.
The first time I saw this ad it was in a language I could not even guess how to read.
I’ve never seen this ad in English until now.
I could be wrong, of course. I don’t know which version of the ad came first, nor which country is producing the ice cream treat.
To clarify, I meant the ad may be from another country, not the capitol building.
Freddie Rumsen got fired for this, and his peestain wasn’t even in the shape of some douchebag’s comedian face. What I’m saying is, why didn’t someone fire this ad?
Since Lois was able to chop a foot off and keep her job, they should’ve cut George Lopez’s foot off.
I think you might just be seeing this ad through apocalypse-colored glasses Gabe, because it appears the show is actually at 11. It still looks awful, but at least there won’t be the Leno-Lopez double team you so mightily feared (TWSS).
The person I feel the worst for in all of this is the random iStock.com white guy whose photo they used. He must feel deeply ashamed that his license-free image was so thoroughly abused.
Unless he happens to be a big George Lopez fan, because then it’s win-win.
“Hey, George, we’ve got some ideas for the advertising”
“OK, go for it”
“A man’s pants. A wet stain drips down his leg. The slogan reads ‘it’s really THAT funny’”
“But will they know it’s my show?”
“There’s gonna be a pretty big title”
“Hold up, ad exec #1, I see what Mr. Lopez is saying. How about the urine stain makes the shape of George’s face?”
“Promotion, right away. You happy with that George?”
“Only if I can be pulling a deranged fucking expression which shows how happy I am to be literally made of piss”
“Gentlemen. I think we’ve really hit on something special.” *Wipes away tear*
Oh, Gabe. You and your pee…
Are we working under the premise that this was created in a similar process as the Shroud of Turin? Which would make it supes gay. Or seeing the Virgin Mary in an underpass? Which makes it supes stupid. Either way I think I answered my own question.
Needs jazz hands.
This is so unflattering! Aren’t ads supposed to be flattering?
Well, it’s probably 100% accurate. You know how funny it is when you pee your pants? I bet it’s really THAT funny.
I think wetting one’s pants is the one common experience of the target Lopez Show target viewer. So this might be both an advertisement and a PSA in one.
I think Q needs to put humanity back on trial.
Q: “Picard, why do you think the human race deserves to be spared?”
P: “The potential in humanity is great, Q, can’t you see that?”
Q: “Really, Picard? How do you explain George Lopez, the vampire/Twilight phenomenon, or Seth McFarlane?”
P: “Well… damn. I have no rebuttal.”
Q: “Believe me, I’ll be doing the universe a favor.”
P: “Indeed, serves us right.”
I forgot to add:
P: “Make it so.”
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Gabe, in response to your query, yes. You are correct. Making a pee stain in the face of the comedian is the worst. Well, the Obama ice cream ad is much worser (not a word) but, they both out worse each other in so many ways. In other news, I friggin love the Videogum community. O RLY? YA, RLY.
Is anyone else still having to re-log in over & over? Should I clear my cache or just give up on life completely?
I am.
This ad is telling me something completely different: That George Lopez is into water sports.
When I piss myself it looks like Paul Rodriguez.
Why is “Lopez” written in the same font of Del Taco ads?
cism?
“Mr. Lopez, will you sign my pee stain?”
“How bout I just press my face into it until it leaves an impression?”
“That’ll do nicely.”
“Mmmppphh.”
His first guest will be Hugh Jackman defending interrupting an Oscar acceptance speech by peeing his pants.