lucifer91 Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 This commercial infuriates me. The fact that a company could pay an ad agency to produce this steaming pile of dogsh1t is beyond ridiculous. I can see a bunch of people sitting around the ad agency table kicking around ideas. Well the commercial is going to air in the New York metro area. New York, eh? Brooklyn. Hip. New York. Let's get the most Lena Dunham looking annoying hispter clowns we can find and put them on the screen. They are going to just shout edgy stuff. Well mostly random stuff. Ok! Lets do it! Fuking horrible. This commercial boils my blood and the fact I see it seemingly every single commercial break makes me want to throw my TV against the wall. For every instance I see this commercial I am going to make a mark on a notepad. Every time I want a hamburger I am going to go to Five Guys and scribble one of those marks off the notepad. This commercial makes me never want to eat another Smashburger ever again. Not that I ate there more than a few times before but Jesus H. Christ. JOY JOY JOY JOY SHUT THE FUK UP! I'd rather watch 50 Hyundai Christmas carol commercials in a row than a single one of these.Leave the gate open, you want it you got it Freehold Hyundai, look for the next best thing, woo hoo Action Chevy come on down! Take care of your business, your family and your whatever. Give me all of them all night but please leave this garbage out of my life. Edit: I came back because I'm still thinking about it and steaming. Hey let's get this fat hipster broad with glasses to tell us how she likes her men. She'd be lucky to get a date with that greasy ass burger shes eating no one wants to hear your nonsensical line about how you like your men. I hope everyone you know gives you sh!t about this commercial and hounds you for the rest of your life. Let's get this other guy and put a hipster hat on him and make him say other dumb crap. You know what we need? Two random women going back and forth spouting so much random drivel you think they have a mild case of tourettes or are having a seizure. THIS IS NOT HOW YOU SELL HAMBURGERS YOU IDIOTS. Edit 2: Also the production quality of this commercial is mind boggling for 2014. Every time it comes on I get transported back to 1996. You may have wanted to use a bunch of hipsters for your ad but you didn't have to use the vintage (1990s) cameras they carry around to shoot this turd. Ray Catena's commercials have better quality and he's been airing the same one for 10 years it seems. One of my favorite posts on here Ever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagknife Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 good lord am I glad I'm not in the area anymore.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grcenter47 Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Ray Catena's ads are actually pretty helpful. I was planning to go to his showroom to seek help with my family affairs and life in general. But when I saw his ad, I realized he's only there to take care of my car, so I stayed home. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk my friend worked at one of his dealerships washing cars and one year Ray Catena gave all his employees these valuable Xmas gifts. My friend got a home stereo system. Another employee got 300 dollar gift certificate at Macy's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmann422 Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 my friend worked at one of his dealerships washing cars and one year Ray Catena gave all his employees these valuable Xmas gifts. My friend got a home stereo system. Another employee got 300 dollar gift certificate at Macy's. but... But...Ray only takes care of your car, not your home family and business... I've been lied to! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevsMan84 Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 my friend worked at one of his dealerships washing cars and one year Ray Catena gave all his employees these valuable Xmas gifts. My friend got a home stereo system. Another employee got 300 dollar gift certificate at Macy's. I had a co-worker who once worked for Ray years ago and he said the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devlman Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 This commercial infuriates me. The fact that a company could pay an ad agency to produce this steaming pile of dogsh1t is beyond ridiculous. I can see a bunch of people sitting around the ad agency table kicking around ideas. Well the commercial is going to air in the New York metro area. New York, eh? Brooklyn. Hip. New York. Let's get the most Lena Dunham looking annoying hispter clowns we can find and put them on the screen. They are going to just shout edgy stuff. Well mostly random stuff. Ok! Lets do it! Fuking horrible. This commercial boils my blood and the fact I see it seemingly every single commercial break makes me want to throw my TV against the wall. For every instance I see this commercial I am going to make a mark on a notepad. Every time I want a hamburger I am going to go to Five Guys and scribble one of those marks off the notepad. This commercial makes me never want to eat another Smashburger ever again. Not that I ate there more than a few times before but Jesus H. Christ. JOY JOY JOY JOY SHUT THE FUK UP! I'd rather watch 50 Hyundai Christmas carol commercials in a row than a single one of these.Leave the gate open, you want it you got it Freehold Hyundai, look for the next best thing, woo hoo Action Chevy come on down! Take care of your business, your family and your whatever. Give me all of them all night but please leave this garbage out of my life. Edit: I came back because I'm still thinking about it and steaming. Hey let's get this fat hipster broad with glasses to tell us how she likes her men. She'd be lucky to get a date with that greasy ass burger shes eating no one wants to hear your nonsensical line about how you like your men. I hope everyone you know gives you sh!t about this commercial and hounds you for the rest of your life. Let's get this other guy and put a hipster hat on him and make him say other dumb crap. You know what we need? Two random women going back and forth spouting so much random drivel you think they have a mild case of tourettes or are having a seizure. THIS IS NOT HOW YOU SELL HAMBURGERS YOU IDIOTS. Edit 2: Also the production quality of this commercial is mind boggling for 2014. Every time it comes on I get transported back to 1996. You may have wanted to use a bunch of hipsters for your ad but you didn't have to use the vintage (1990s) cameras they carry around to shoot this turd. Ray Catena's commercials have better quality and he's been airing the same one for 10 years it seems. But don't you get the joke? The fact that her men are all named angus is just so random!! Random = special = clever = unique = funny and relatable in the hipster world. Therefore, this is pure comedic gold! /sarcasm. Btw, your post perfectly sums it up. How senior marketing execs who make lots of money approved this thinking this was somehow relatable and clever makes me want to avoid smashburger til the end of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglejelly Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 But don't you get the joke? The fact that her men are all named angus is just so random!! Random = special = clever = unique = funny and relatable in the hipster world. Therefore, this is pure comedic gold! /sarcasm. Btw, your post perfectly sums it up. How senior marketing execs who make lots of money approved this thinking this was somehow relatable and clever makes me want to avoid smashburger til the end of time. The fact that we have a multiple page thread about this commercial means it works and serves its purpose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRASHER Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 The fact that we have a multiple page thread about this commercial means it works and serves its purpose. Sounds like it's created more a boycott than a buzz to the place....they ain't Chik Fil-A commercials for sure In fact they're as bad as those awful Local Car Dealer Spots..... Honda Boy can go climb the mountain so I can push his ass off of it....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldply123 Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 I had a co-worker who once worked for Ray years ago and he said the same thing. All paid for by customers getting ripped off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devlman Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 The fact that we have a multiple page thread about this commercial means it works and serves its purpose. Not at all. The purpose was not to infuriate and have people boycott your restaurants. If that was the intent then advertising would be really easy - just have someone in a Hitler costume and fake German accent tell you all about the 2015 Toyota Corolla, throw in a few bad puns like 'this deal deal will make you 'blitzkrieg' to your nearest dealer', and the ad would work and serve its purpose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Eco Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 The fact that we have a multiple page thread about this commercial means it works and serves its purpose. Nope. There's one about to open by my office in Financial District. I've been wanting to try it ever since I saw them put the sign out while they were constructing. I mean, hell, the burgers in the commercial looks GREAT. But I won't go there out of principle, their ad campaign is that annoying, that persistently annoying, that it's turned me off haha.. Not at all. The purpose was not to infuriate and have people boycott your restaurants. If that was the intent then advertising would be really easy - just have someone in a Hitler costume and fake German accent tell you all about the 2015 Toyota Corolla, throw in a few bad puns like 'this deal deal will make you 'blitzkrieg' to your nearest dealer', and the ad would work and serve its purpose? I think you're onto something there. I know a guy in Toyota's ad division.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazer Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 (edited) im pretty sure the rule that bad press is better than no press still stands. maybe you marketing guys are being taught differently but imagine: you may be pissed about the commercial but there may be at least 10 other people who like to see you get pissed. edit: now im thinking about how much i hate toyotas Edited November 14, 2014 by lazer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 I've already seen it twice tonight and we haven't even dropped the first puck yet. [emoji19] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devlin Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 And so it fvcking begins!! I can't take this much more Sent from my TAB2 using TapaTalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blown01NJ Posted November 15, 2014 Author Share Posted November 15, 2014 Another one is the Slomins shield commercial. Not nearly as annoying, but WTF does that guy say when they show the number to call. They bleep it or something. Nobody can understand wtf they are trying to say. If it's supposed to be funny it's a major failure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmann422 Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 But don't you get the joke? The fact that her men are all named angus is just so random!! Random = special = clever = unique = funny and relatable in the hipster world. Therefore, this is pure comedic gold! /sarcasm. Btw, your post perfectly sums it up. How senior marketing execs who make lots of money approved this thinking this was somehow relatable and clever makes me want to avoid smashburger til the end of time. marketing today is not about informing customers about your product, it's about getting something stuck in the customers head so they remember your product. It's kind of sad but hey I guess it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devlin Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 (edited) As the great George Carlin would say...."it's all bullsh!t and its bad for ya'" Sent from my TAB2 using TapaTalk Edited November 15, 2014 by Devlin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDevs26 Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 The fact that we have a multiple page thread about this commercial means it works and serves its purpose. I don't know where along the line marketing execs decided being annoyingly dumb helped sell products, but I agree with what others have posted - they probably lose more customers with the dopeyness of their ads than they gain because of being memorable. If they do gain any customers it's because of product placement (spamming it during a sporting event) more than the stupid ads themselves. It IS possible to be memorable without being dumb. I actually like the Brad Benson Hyundai commercials on the radio, they're funny and not annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 I just saw it, and I don't think it's particularly awful. It's nowhere near saved by zero. More like that Miracle Whip campaign which was just campy, but not irritating. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satans Hockey Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 While I've only seen the commercial once, that was enough for me to decide not to bother eating there. I get pretty stubborn about this stuff. There was a restaurant show on a few years ago and the owner of Chipotle was one of the judges and he was an absolute douche bag. I haven't eaten there and will never eat there because of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devlman Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 marketing today is not about informing customers about your product, it's about getting something stuck in the customers head so they remember your product. It's kind of sad but hey I guess it works. Sure, but when it crosses into this level of annoyance I dont believe it does a company any good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobilly45 Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 This isn't a good commercial but its not annoying. Nothing can be as annoying as the somebody left the gate open commercial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneax Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 I don't know man listen to that chick a bit more it's starting to drive me insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Dan 56 Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 This isn't a good commercial but its not annoying. Nothing can be as annoying as the somebody left the gate open commercial. Yeah I think people are overreacting a little on this one. It's stupid, but I don't see what all the rage is about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zubie#8 Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Ok it got to me... Life liberty and tbe pursuit of happiness, GTFO. Joy joy joy bite smash joy, just die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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