It may be old news, but this article was new to me. I suppose it makes more sense than the more common interpretation, but may be a smidge less popular with the militants.
In other grape related news, there’s this fun game. My favorite part is that Wine-Opoly is meant for ages 8+. Granted, this isn’t beer pong or that new Wii Orgy game that puts a new spin on swapping games, but still, I’m not sure I’d let an 8-year old play a booze themed board game.
First off, Burger King’s brand is > McDonald‘s
You can argue about the actual food, but I’m talking branding, here.
Next up, I was enjoying a mightily tasty late night snack last night when something ruined my appetite. It appears, after a several month hiatus, the Symbicort pitching AstraZeneca lady is back.
Finally, as I was searching IMDb for a few of the links inserted into this post when I came across an ad for Gnomeo & Juliet (in 3D, no less). Now, I haven’t seen this movie but I know it sucks. Why? Because the whole screenplay was written based on the name of the movie. They came up with an entire script based on a pun.
The most interesting part, however, was when I clicked on the ad on IMDb it took me here.
I’m sure you’ve wondered what it’s like to work on all the new designs at Hot Wheels. Well, here’s you’re glimpse into an actual pre-production meeting.
Randall: “Good news! The latest designs and molds have been approved for production. That’s our third this week, great job everyone.”
High fives all around.
Mark enters the room: “Bad news… I just heard from Legal, we just lost the rights to use the Lotus name and brand.”
Cheryl: “Shit.”
Randall: “Don’t panic, we’ve gone through this before. Let’s brainstorm some new product names. What are the characteristics of this car?”
Allen: “Well, it’s part of our ‘New Classics’ collection with designs from the early 80’s. This car is based on the Lotus Esprit from that time.”
Randall: “What else do we know about this car? It’s foreign, right? Where’s Lotus based, Italy or something?”
“Sounds French, to me.”
Randall: “OK, so it’s French and fast… what’s French for fast?”
Blank stares…
Randall: “Let’ get Steve on speaker phone, he speaks French I think.” Calls Steve.
Steve: “Hello, this is Steve.”
Randall: “Steve, Randall here. You took French in high school, right?”
Steve: “Yeah.”
Randall: “What’s French for fast?”
Long pause…, “La Fasta?”
Manager #1: “That’ll work!”
La Fasta
Flash back to the ’90’s… Flannel, grunge, stained dresses, yada, yada, yada, etc… The State of Maine was, I think, trying to curb underage tobacco use… or maybe they were secretly trying to encourage it? Here’s the ad campaign they launched with signs at retail outlets, ads, etc…
So, the State of Maine is saying, “No Blocking Underage Tobacco Sales for Kids Here.” Hey, that’s great. This is a classic case of acronym backassery. Rather than come up with a slogan and creating a clever acronym (like the ever annoying NORAD… seriously, that’s a stretch), they came up with the acronym and had some rad-tards (older marketing types that think they understand kids… my own Sniglet) come up with the words that make up said acronym.
If you’re interested, you can check out the state’s page here.
