You know you will come here just to see me. Do not resist it.

Here’s a fairly corny ad for El Pollo Loco. In Spanish than means the crazy Pollo. There isn’t much else of subtance to talk about here. On a personal note, I have not been to an El Pollo Loco since I lived in the southwest. And what happened to Po’ Folks? And why can’t I get no Tang no more? And God help me if I find the person who discontinued those Wacky Wall Crawlers.

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Unfortunate ad placement

This automatic ad placement into a cnn.com story about Supreme Court nominee Miers becomes a little too appropriate. A lot of people are taking shots at Miers right now, but you too Hydroderm?

Accidental ad faux pas are becoming common on sites that randomly generate ads from various sponsors amidst varied and constantly changing content. One of my favorite Internet-related ad goofs, though of a different nature, continues to be this McDonald’s banner ad.

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Those Smurfing Smurfs are gonna Smurfing PAY!!

UNICEF recently caused a furor by airing this ad, featuring the lovable Smurfs. The lovable Smurfs are bombed to hell and at the end you hear a baby screaming.

The ad aired in Belgium, and advertised a distaste for war, because everyone could go for a nice cold war from the fridge unless they get educated otherwise. The problem with this ad is that it could easily lure a young child in who would not understand the message, they would just see the Smurfs getting killed and hear them screaming like babies. It’s hard to say what UNICEF was thinking here.

Another graphic ad by UNICEF presents a similar problem. In it young girls are playing soccer and one of them is exploded by a landmine. Since the girls are so young once again you have the problem of luring young children into a commercial that feels secure, and then presenting content they are emotionally unprepared for.

The Osprey is like raaa-aaain on your wedding day

While on the subject of tasteless war ads, this print ad “mistakenly” published in several inserts by Boeing features the Osprey helicopter dropping troops down into a Mosque. “It descends from the heavens, ironically it unleashes hell.” Boeing claims this ad never should have run, and it getting printed was a mistake. Print ads aren’t like reply-all emails, someone knows it’s going to print. This ad miffed a lot of people by portraying America’s current military actions as wars against all Muslims.

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