The 7-Up/baby ad is fake (so is the "Start cola early" ad).

According to this article, Old Yeller Dog Food was the result of a collaboration between Disney & Kroger.

Bathia_Mapes: The 7-Up/baby ad is fake (so is the "Start cola early" ad).

According to this article, Old Yeller Dog Food was the result of a collaboration between Disney & Kroger.

apparently the 7up ad is legit

the 'start cola early' ad is a well-documented hoax.

I noticed Old Yeller dog food back when I lived in Anaheim, Ca.

I was in a grocery that was about 3/4 of a mile from Disneyland. They had a big stack of bags of Old Yeller. I just scoffed at the stupidity of the brand, but I doubt a lot of folks would even think twice about it.

Old Yeller.....good to the last shot.

Hey buddy, I liked Crystal Pepsi.

I fully believe that "New Coke" was a fully calculated move by the Coca Cola
corporation to simultaneously increase their brand awareness and allow them
to substitute HFCS for sugar without telling anyone.

Boston WILL bow before the awesome might of the Mooninites!

Andre's Baby (whatever) wine-pop series.

Old Coke was losing shares, so Coca Cola decided to taste more like Pepsi.

Oh, we were livid.

The brought back the original with HFCS, so it still sucks, but not as bad as NC.

I was at a Kroger in Louisville two weeks ago and saw the Old Yeller dog food.

Pepsi Max > Diet Pepsi > Pepsi > Coke >>>>>>>>> Diet Coke

There is no disputing this, it's simply a fact.

Dogs go rabid for Old Yeller

The funny thing is, New Coke actually WAS successful: when they swapped the sweetener and changed it's name to Diet Coke. Same formula, different sweetener. And isn't Diet Coke more popular than regular Coke? Think I read that somewhere.

/And Coke Zero is regular Coke with aspartame (or whatever it is now).

animal900: Pepsi Max > Diet Pepsi > Pepsi > Coke >>>>>>>>> Diet Coke

There is no disputing this, it's simply a fact.

blasphemy

DjangoStonereaver: I fully believe that "New Coke" was a fully calculated move by the Coca Cola
corporation to simultaneously increase their brand awareness and allow them
to substitute HFCS for sugar without telling anyone.

Never blame malice when you can blame incompetence.

I was JUST in Kroger about half an hour ago and saw Old Yeller on sale.

The McDonald's 'I'm Lovin' It' campaign makes me want to kill a baby.

I used to use Crystal Pepsi as a mixer for drinking clear schnapps in the middle of class in high school.

animal900: Pepsi Max > Diet Pepsi > Pepsi > Coke >>>>>>>>> Diet Coke

There is no disputing this, it's simply a fact.

Good quick way to tell if a restaurant is a cheap, shiatty place is if they serve Pepsi products instead of Coke. Also, Pepsi sucks.

animal900: Pepsi Max > Diet Pepsi > Pepsi > Coke >>>>>>>>> Diet Coke

There is no disputing this, it's simply a fact.

One major problem with Pepsi Max is that it's gawd-awful when warm. I love it when it's cold, but to try drinking it warm? Forget about it. Love the extra caffeine in it too. Also, it has aspartame in it (it was initially called Diet Pepsi Max when it came on the market, but then Pepsi decided to drop the Diet moniker), which a lot of people do not like.

animal900: Dublin Dr Pepper >>>>>> Pepsi Max > Diet Pepsi > Pepsi > Coke >>>>>>>>> Diet Coke

There is no disputing this, it's simply a fact.

Fixed, but sadly, no more.

loveblondieo: Crystal

You and me both. I'm sure I am wearing an extra thick pair of rosey colored glasses, but if Pepsi ever did a limited time thing for Crystal Pepsi I'd buy them by the case load

HotDogDay82: loveblondieo: Crystal

You and me both. I'm sure I am wearing an extra thick pair of rosey colored glasses, but if Pepsi ever did a limited time thing for Crystal Pepsi I'd buy them by the case load

I loved Crystal Pepsi and would do the same.

/and 7-Up Gold
//and Josta

Edward Rooney Dean of Students: The funny thing is, New Coke actually WAS successful: when they swapped the sweetener and changed it's name to Diet Coke. Same formula, different sweetener. And isn't Diet Coke more popular than regular Coke? Think I read that somewhere.

I think you have it backwards. Legend goes that after the launch of Diet Coke, Coca-Cola's focus group data was showing that people preferred the sweeter taste of Diet Coke to the regular version. So they figured that reformulating regular coke to be as sweet as Diet Coke would further improve sales.

I thought the Old Yeller Dog Food was part of Disney's Ironic Marketing Department along with the Little Nemo Fishing Pole.

(Both of those products are real.)

Grrr...Finding Nemo, not Little Nemo.

I can't brain today.

The only reason the Aqua Teen Hunger Force ad could be claimed a disaster is because every cop and politician in Boston lost their shiat in a media fueled, paranoid "OMG, they're out to get us!" frenzy.

/Wait, is that a hair question?

The Quizno's rat commercial was pretty bad and that was a Superbowl ad. I liked it, though, even though Quizno's sucks swamp ass. I also have that commercial to thank for introducing me to rathergood. I still sing "we love the moon..."

Electric_Banana: The Quizno's rat commercial was pretty bad and that was a Superbowl ad. I liked it, though, even though Quizno's sucks swamp ass. I also have that commercial to thank for introducing me to rathergood. I still sing "we love the moon..."

yeah.. I'm not certain of the wisdom of using rats to promote your eatery

/doesn't mind Quiznos.. overpriced though
//and shreds the roof of my mouth

The funniest misguided commercial I ever saw was for DHL (a shipping service). It showed delivery trucks flying around with very stirring music by Wagner. The music was the overture to "The Flying Dutchman". I lol'd.

/A key plot point to the opera was that the eponymous Dutchman had been cursed and was doomed to sail forever without making port.

The Bestest: HotDogDay82: loveblondieo: Crystal

You and me both. I'm sure I am wearing an extra thick pair of rosey colored glasses, but if Pepsi ever did a limited time thing for Crystal Pepsi I'd buy them by the case load

I loved Crystal Pepsi and would do the same.

/and 7-Up Gold
//and Josta

7-Up Gold baby
Still trying to replicate that recipe. 7up, ginger ale, iced tea... and... allspice?

Your blog sucks.

/Had to be done.

Jekylman: 7-Up Gold baby
Still trying to replicate that recipe. 7up, ginger ale, iced tea... and... allspice?

try 7-Up, ginger ale, dash of cinnamon, splash of apple juice

Only half the list is really about bad marketing campaigns. The rest are products that failed or are questionable which also included a marketing campaign. And just naming a dog food Old Yeller, as stupid as it is to use that name, barely counts as I've never seen any ads for it but have seen it at Kroger stores.

Captain Steroid: Boston WILL bow before the awesome might of the Mooninites!

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I would like to argue that that was extremely successful marketing. It reached a national audience at virtually no cost except for the lite brite.

It's my dog's birthday today. I will be getting him a can of dog food. I will not be shooting him in the head.

/He's my dog. I'll do it.

Introducing the first dog food that gets foamy in water.

The Bestest: /doesn't mind Quiznos.. overpriced though
//and shreds the roof of my mouth


I agree. Their bread is very pointy.

To this day, there's still a Disney product of pig-ears, called Old Yeller , for dog consumption, sold at major grocery stores. I've bought it recently.

Fark late 1950's America.

The Edsel is cool.

Why does every "worst marketing campaigns evar" article include Crystal Pepsi? It was simply Pepsi without the caramel coloring, it tasted exactly like regular Pepsi. It's not Pepsi's fault that the average American consumer is a mouth-breathing short bus rider.

wtf, Disney actually marketed a dog-food called 'Old Yeller'?

Who knows, it might have appealed to rabid fans...certainly worth a shot.

Current Resident: Fark late 1950's America.

The Edsel is cool.

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I personally love the look of the 1960 model

McManus_brothers: Why does every "worst marketing campaigns evar" article include Crystal Pepsi? It was simply Pepsi without the caramel coloring, it tasted exactly like regular Pepsi. It's not Pepsi's fault that the average American consumer is a mouth-breathing short bus rider.

And didn't it come out at a time where pretty much every beverage manufacturer has jumped on the clear liquids bandwagon? IIRC, Zima was breaking huge at about the same time.

Current Resident: Fark late 1950's America.

The Edsel is cool.

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It was an example of an okay car coming out in the exact wrong circumstances. The late 50s saw a downturn in the postwar economy, people were getting tired of the chromed out, tailfin look, and the Edsel cost more than a Ford but wasn't much different than a Lincoln. It was a redundant Mercury.

Fun fact: Lots of pet food has euthanized animals in it.


FDA Dog Food Survey Results - Survey #1, Qualitative Analyses for Pentobarbital Residue
Truth about pet food

The stuff also ends up in livestock feed.

how about reverse subby when Purina diversified into the cereal market, and used the same logo as the dog food .

/also I liked crystal pepsi too
dont forget the commercial

Link

NEVER FORGET

verbaltoxin: It was a redundant Mercury.

That phrase itself is redundant.

The Bestest: verbaltoxin: It was a redundant Mercury.

That phrase itself is redundant.

Smarted and Funnied. I'm not sad to see that brand go the way of the Stegosaurus.