Advertising Icon Hall of Fame (Vote Here)

[Spurminator]

http://advertising.yahoo.com/advertisingweek_06/icon_poll.html

I gotta go with the Colonel or the Bunny...

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

WTF? No Tony the Tiger. That's a load of crrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrap!

[sa_butta]

WTF? No Tony the Tiger. That's a load of crrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrap!Maybe once they win they are removed.

http://advertising.yahoo.com/advertisingweek_06/gallery.html

[Pistons < Spurs]

Energizer Bunny or Burger King

[midgetonadonkey]

Snap, Crackle and Pop should be in there. As well as the Colonel.

[DirkAB]

Kool-Aid Man.

[cherylsteele]

What???
None of these:
Ronald McDonald
Mr. Whipple
Where's the Beef lady
Sugar Bear
The Brawny Man

[1Parker1]

Sugar Bear

He's over-rated :angel

I voted for Mr. Clean, I like me a tough man :eyebrows

[SpursWoman]

Kool-Aid Man.

:tu

[Brawny Man]

What???
None of these:
Ronald McDonald
Mr. Whipple
Where's the Beef lady
Sugar Bear
The Brawny Man

I was disappointed as well. But I have dried my tears on a paper towel and sent an invitation to the head of the selection committee to come attend our camp. He just needs some feminization.

[ShoogarBear]

Fuck all y'all except cherylsteele.

[ShoogarBear]

He's over-rated :angel

I like me a tough man :eyebrows
Obviously, you are really confused about what you like. :fro

[midgetonadonkey]

Toucan Sam would've been a choice of mine if I liked the cereal.

[ShoogarBear]

Besides, somebody WHO PUTS MILK IN THE BOWL BEFORE THEIR CEREAL is someone whose opinions can't be trusted, anyway.

[1Parker1]

Obviously, you are really confused about what you like. :fro


I love Shaqbear

Obviously not.

[1Parker1]

Besides, somebody WHO PUTS MILK IN THE BOWL BEFORE THEIR CEREAL is someone whose opinions can't be trusted, anyway.

That's what NORMAL PEOPLE do! :flipoff

[ShoogarBear]

Notice my reply to your post before you even posted.

[CuckingFunt]

It's got the creepy Burger King, but not Count Chocula? Nertz to that!

And, what the fuck is Twinkie the Kid?

[CuckingFunt]

That's what NORMAL PEOPLE do! :flipoff
Further proof that I am, apparently, not normal.

Ceral first, then milk.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

I would think the Malboro man would be there.

[ShoogarBear]

Further proof that I am, apparently, not normal.

Ceral first, then milk.
Ssssh, don't disturb her already-tenuous grasp on reality.

[CuckingFunt]

Ssssh, don't disturb her already-tenuous grasp on reality.
But, dammit, that's my favorite thing to do.

[ShoogarBear]

Chester Cheetah? What TF is that? What product is that even for?

Travelocity GNOME????? I didn't even know there was such a thing.

[ShoogarBear]

The Jolly Green Giant RULED back in the day:

From the Valley of the Jolly . . .HO-HO-HOOO . . .Greeeeeen Giant!

Now, sadly, not so much.

[1Parker1]

Chester Cheetah I believe is that Orange Tiger/Panther thingy for the Cheetos brand Crunchy Cheese Puffs.

[PM5K]

You are a bunch of fucking racists if you don't vote for Aunt Jemima....

[sa_butta]

Chester Cheetah? What TF is that? What product is that even for?

Travelocity GNOME????? I didn't even know there was such a thing.You have not seen those annoying commercials. I used to work for Travelocity.com.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=zn9kE6SwNfE

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Maybe once they win they are removed.

http://advertising.yahoo.com/advertisingweek_06/gallery.html

Ah, I see. TexDOT's up for best slogan for "Don't Mess With Texas."

Still, there's some weak entries in the HOF already. The Aflac Duck? That stupid Gecko? To hell with that! No Little Debby, no Budweiser Frogs or Lizards, and the creepy Asian guy from the Nissan commercials in the 90's got jobbed!

[ShoogarBear]

You are a bunch of fucking racists if you don't vote for Aunt Jemima....

She should be paired with Uncle Ben.

And what about these guys? I smell payola:


http://www.lubbockonline.com/images/072000/taco_bell_chihuahua.jpghttp://grip-n-balance.com/images/Michelin%20Man.jpg

[Spurminator]

The chihuahua was such a success that Taco Bell's sales plummeted and they dropped him from their campaigns. It also cost them $30 million in a law suit.

[ShoogarBear]

:rollin

I hadn't heard that. Beautiful.

But you gotta admit everyone remembers that little bastard.

[Gatita]

http://www.houstonvoice.com/2004/6-18/view/actionalert/action.jpg

[1Parker1]

What was the law suit over?

[Gatita]

http://www.adaholic.com/fullaccess/315_I1.jpg

[1Parker1]

^Doesn't that dog have his own Kid's TV show now on PBS? Wishbone or something?

[CosmicCowboy]

It's gotta be Ronald McDonald. Took a totally crappy burger and turned it into a billion dollar corporation because the kids extorted their parents to go there.

[cherylsteele]

Fuck all y'all except cherylsteele.
Wrong Sugar Bear.:D :lol

[ObiwanGinobili]

That's what NORMAL PEOPLE do! :flipoff


no it's not. :lol

thats freaking strange.

cereal first, milk second. Thats the only way it makes sense.

sometimes you are real backward. but I love you anyway.

[ObiwanGinobili]

What was the law suit over?


Chicano's/Latino's/Mexican-American's feelign that they were being stereotyped against, that the taco bell dog was a racist symbol.

utter crap.

[Condemned 2 HelLA]

I liked Dennis Hopper's Nike commercials from a few years back when he was a referee.
Anyone else remember those?

[cherylsteele]

http://www.kraft.com/art/profile/peanut.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8e/Trix_box_2005.jpg/180px-Trix_box_2005.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/07/Greyhound_A.jpg/275px-Greyhound_A.jpg

How about:
Juan Valdez
Joe Isuzu (David Leisure)....where he was always lying.
Stay-Puff Marshmallow Man....for those who saw Ghostbusters

[sa_butta]

http://www.kraft.com/art/profile/peanut.jpg
Already won in 2004

http://advertising.yahoo.com/advertisingweek_06/gallery.html

[cherylsteele]

Already won in 2004

http://advertising.yahoo.com/advertisingweek_06/gallery.html
I didn't see it.

[tlongII]

I voted for the Doublemint Twins because they're hot.


http://www.tvacres.com/images/twins_doublemint_2005_large.jpg

I'd hit it.

[Spurminator]

Chicano's/Latino's/Mexican-American's feelign that they were being stereotyped against, that the taco bell dog was a racist symbol.

utter crap.


I'm not aware of any suit for that, though I know it was a (minor) controversy at the time.

This was the lawsuit I was referring to...


http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2003-06-04-taco-bell-lawsuit_x.htm

Posted 6/4/2003 5:06 PM Updated 6/4/2003 11:34 PM

Chihuahua idea men win Taco Bell suit
By Theresa Howard, USA TODAY

A federal jury awarded two marketers more than $30 million Wednesday in their lawsuit claiming that Taco Bell took their idea for a talking Chihuahua to use in award-winning ads for the Mexican fast-food chain.

Taco Bell said it would appeal the decision. It also said it will take a special charge of 6 cents per share in the second quarter related to the jury's verdict.

The lawsuit, by Joseph Shields and Thomas Rinks, charged Taco Bell with failing to pay for use of the Chihuahua character they created.

They claim Taco Bell had breached payment on a contract after they worked with the restaurant chain for a year to develop the talking Chihuahua for use in marketing. They originally had come up with the character for a cartoon, they said. Taco Bell became interested after seeing it at a licensing show and asked them to turn it into live action, they said.

The plaintiffs will also ask for interest, which could add $5 million to $10 million to the award.

After some legal maneuvering, the lawsuit, filed in 1998, finally made its way to trial in U.S. District Court in western Michigan two weeks ago. One of the charges in the lawsuit — "misappropriation" — was dismissed on technical grounds the day before the trial.

"It was a roller-coaster ride to get here, but we survived, and a jury got to hear our story, which is all we ever wanted from the beginning," Rinks said.

Vada Hill, who was Taco Bell's chief marketing officer at the time of the successful campaign, which ran from 1997 to 2000, testified that he had sought a new ad agency for a new campaign and picked TBWA Chiat Day. The agency developed a campaign featuring a talking Chihuahua, Hill testified, saying he was unaware of the Chihuahua character until it was presented by Chiat Day. The agency was not a party to the lawsuit, and executives declined to comment.

The talking Chihuahua became a hit with the first ad, in which the character bypasses a female Chihuahua for a Taco Bell taco and declares: "Yo quiero Taco Bell."

Taco Bell dropped its $200 million ad deal with TBWA in 2000 for ad agency FCB, after the dog's appeal and sales began to wane.

[sa_butta]

http://adage.com/century/graphics/icon_elsie.jpg
Elsie (Borden) ??

[cherylsteele]

or Bartyles and James.....we thank you for your support.

[sa_butta]

http://www.grudge-match.com/Images/orville.jpg

[sa_butta]

or Bartyles and James.....we thank you for your support.those were good ads.

[Spurminator]

http://www.ewsonline.com/sports/penny/lpparty2.jpg

[sa_butta]

http://www.adweek.com/adweek/photos/2004/02/W2/12_N_News_sprite_L.jpg
Miles Thirst

[Spurminator]

http://www.adweek.com/adweek/photos/2004/02/W2/12_N_News_sprite_L.jpg
Miles Thirst


Lame knockoff.

He was the "Mac 'n' Me" to lil Penny's "E.T."

[ObiwanGinobili]

I voted Jolly Green Giant.

[Spurminator]

This one always used to come on Astros games when I was younger...

http://www.texasescapes.com/DEPARTMENTS/Local_Personalities/Belle_the_Cow/Bell_-local_personalities_copy_small.jpg
Belle the Singing Cow (Blue Bell)

[ShoogarBear]

^Doesn't that dog have his own Kid's TV show now on PBS? Wishbone or something?Spuds McKenzie with a kids' show? That would be funny. I guess he could have the Marlboro Man on as a guest.

[sa_butta]

Spuds McKenzie with a kids' show? That would be funny. I guess he could have the Marlboro Man on as a guest.They have the Budweiser Clydesdales on the list so why not Spud?

[DaSpurs#1]

I voted for the Doublemint Twins because they're hot.


http://www.tvacres.com/images/twins_doublemint_2005_large.jpg

I'd hit it.i voted for them for the exact same reason. :D

[ShoogarBear]

They have the Budweiser Clydesdales on the list so why not Spud?For a kids' show?