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• songspeak

  Where ice cream makes the meal

  posted by matt | 10.17.08 | permalink | 2 comments

  The latest “I wanna go to Friendly’s” commercials that have been airing lately are really catchy, and though I haven’t been to Friendly’s in a very long time (save for a recent experience in which my friends and I made a horrible horrible mistake), they ALMOST make me want to go. Then again, I’m not sure I want to patronize a place that encourages kids to break into their stores late at night.

  Just look at these lyrics…

  We snuck into friendly’s late last night
  I wanna go to Friendly’s, yeah-yeah
  We went to make the menu right
  I wanna go to Friendly’s, yeah-yeah

  Mini mozzarellas and dippin’ chicken too, cheeseburger sliders, and soda that is blue
  Sundaes we designed were in the deal for you
  Where ice cream makes the meal!
  I want to go to Friendly’s, yeah-yeah

  These little brats are so demanding!

  They would like to point out that some adults are way into going to Friendly’s also. Given the choice, though, this particular adult avoids Friendly’s most of the time. Still, I find myself singing “mini mozzarellas” over and over again whenever I’ve seen the commercial. Also, speaking of nuts (that’s an ice cream sundae joke for all youze out there), the song and vibe vaguely remind me of the five dollar footlong song for Subway.

  Tags: 00s tv commercials, cheeseburger sliders, dippin chicken, five dollar footlong, friendly's, i wanna go, i want to go, ice cream, makes the meal, mini mozzarellas, soda that is blue, subway

• don't insult our intelligence

  Don’t insult our intelligence, Subway!

  posted by jamie | 08.20.08 | permalink | 2 comments

  I know we’ve been posting a lot about commercials lately here at Songspeak, but Subway has raised my ire like my ire’s never been raised before.

  Last year, Subway ran a Scrabble promotion (similar to McDonald’s Monopoly promotion), and aired the following commercial for it:

  This year, Subway is running the same promotion. However, since the last time, they now also have their Five Dollar Footlong promotion. Instead of coming up with a new ad campaign for this year’s Scrabble promotion, or even shooting a new commercial, Subway gives us this:

  Do they think we’re not smart enough to realize it’s the EXACT SAME commercial? Or that they poorly photoshopped ads for five dollar footlongs all over the place?

  We’re not stupid, Subway, so don’t treat us like we are. I would expect this kind of behavior from Arby’s, but not you.

  Is my rage at Subway justified?

  • Yes, it is incredibly lame of them to use the same commercial again with obvious changes to make it seem "current"
  • No, this way the consumer can relate it to what they already know
  • Huh? It's the same ad? There's changes? I was so high I didn't even notice

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  Tags: 00s tv commercials, arby's, drenched in soda, five dollar footlong, mcdonald's, mcdonald's monopoly, monopoly, monopoly promotion, scrabble, scrabble promotion, subway, subway scrabble, subway scrabble commercial, subway thinks we're stupid

• songspeak

  Five… Five Dollar… Five Dollar Footlong

  posted by matt | 07.09.08 | permalink | 3 comments

  It’s cat-cat-catching on. The Subway five dollar footlong song is one of the catchiest jingles of late on the television. The repetition of the message, “five dollar footlong”, like Head On! Apply directly to the forehead, is key. Who are the ad wizards who came up with this one? Why, it’s MMB, who also has done ads for Meow Mix and Sam Adams.

  Catchy isn’t it? You won’t be able to get it out of your head now.

  Here’s a pretty amusing low budge vid from a guy trying to come to grips with the theme song being stuck in his head.

  Tags: 00s tv commercials, catching on, eat fresh, five dollar footlong, jingle, subway