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June 3, 2009

Jack In The Box Advertising Almost As Bad As Jack In The Box Food

Look, I don't want to get all Jezebel over here, but fuck you, Jack in the Box. I don't even understand what this ad is for. Isn't the point of advertising to convince a group of consumers that your product is appealing to them? To whom is this targeted? The coveted "people who hate women, love smoothies, and are confused about how menopause works" market? In that case, this ad could sell smoothies to a drowning asshole.

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"I don't want to get all Jezebel on you"?

ENOUGH WITH THE BLOG ON BLOG CRIME!!!!

Posted by: MsQuinn profile link at 06/03/09 2:38 PM  | Reply
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Jack in the Box: Fast food for your heavy flow days.
Done. Check please.

Posted by: Josh is like Germany Ambitious and Misunderstood profile link at 06/03/09 2:44 PM  | Reply
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I think they knew that NOBODY would want a smoothie from Jack and the Box so they let one of the custodians have a go at advertising just this once.

Posted by: CarolineA profile link at 06/03/09 3:00 PM  | Reply
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Like all custodians are stupid and would be shitty ad writers? Can somebody please get all Jezebel on CarolineA?

Posted by: mtobey profile link  in reply to  CarolineA's comment at 06/03/09 3:11 PM  | Reply
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I's say it's safe to assume that the majority of Jack in The Box store employees have no experience in advertising, and would write pretty shitty ads straight off the bat. You can substitute "janitors" with "drive-thru attendants" and the effect is the same.

Posted by: stacey profile link  in reply to  mtobey's comment at 06/04/09 12:38 AM  | Reply
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Being in the ad game myself, I can safely say that this ad is for no one. People don't want a smoothie from Jack in the Box so I guess they don't need to advertise it to anyone. So job well done, Jack. Job well done.

Posted by: MediaGay profile link at 06/03/09 3:15 PM  | Reply
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This is obviously a miss for Jack in the Box, but most of their ads are tolerable and in some cases even good. Better than Wendy's pathetic stab at the Lonely Island aesthetic.

Herdin' cows the size of schnauzers but they're cattle....

Posted by: Meth Face profile link at 06/03/09 3:19 PM  | Reply
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Heidi Pratt in 25 years. Both looks and what-she'll-be-doing-for-money-wise.

Posted by: Detroit Dutchgirl profile link at 06/03/09 3:25 PM  | Reply
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yeah but except for the whole making fun of little people thing that commercial is adorable

Posted by: martin profile link  in reply to  njoy's comment at 06/04/09 10:09 AM  | Reply
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Riff-raff, street-rat, I won't buy that!

Posted by: MusclesMarinara at 06/03/09 3:41 PM  | Reply
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Jack has the best fast food commercials since Clara Peller.

Posted by: Decker at 06/03/09 5:28 PM  | Reply
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Jack has the best fast food commercials since Clara Peller. The point of this commercial is that we can have fun laughing at crazy people. I would think that's something Videogum can get behind.

Posted by: Decker at 06/03/09 5:29 PM  | Reply
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thank god you didn't get all Jezebel on us. Jezebel is the worst.

AND, I say this a a liberal, queer woman. Jezebel should be sent to jail.

Posted by: your girlfriend at 06/03/09 5:38 PM  | Reply
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This commercial seems to have led to some discrepancies as to wether or not Jack in the Box has good commercials. Let me just put the 99 tacos for two cents and the Jack getting hit by a bus commercials as evidence that Jack actually has some great commercials. This one may be lame, but that doesn't change the fact that Jack in the Box owns both the late night and the ad campaign.

Posted by: hlebtastic profile link at 06/03/09 6:37 PM  | Reply
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"To whom is this targeted?"

I'm pretty sure saying that and then using "fuck you" two sentences earlier makes you look like a pretentious ass, who can't decide between unnecessary literary perfection and trying to be "hip with the young'uns."

Posted by: FunnyAsCancer at 06/03/09 6:44 PM  | Reply
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I didn't know people could be anti-grammar.

Posted by: langford profile link  in reply to  FunnyAsCancer's comment at 06/05/09 6:56 AM  | Reply
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Was I off drinking a Jack in the Box tropical fruit smoothie the day that "street-rat crazy" became a well-known phrase?

Posted by: Nazhgalia profile link at 06/03/09 7:18 PM  | Reply
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Yeah, usually Jack in the Box has pretty good ads. And 99 tacos for two cents.

Posted by: pat3537 profile link at 06/03/09 8:47 PM  | Reply
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Jack in the Box: Cools Your Hot Vagina.

Posted by: inglorius basTURD profile link at 06/03/09 10:03 PM  | Reply
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That's what menopause it?! Ew. Gross.

Posted by: Anono profile link at 06/04/09 12:55 PM  | Reply
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Was it directed by Douglas Sirk?

Posted by: alzh profile link at 06/05/09 6:56 AM  | Reply
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