Comments on: Abstinence – the cure for incontinence in advertising http://brandingbrief.com/2009/03/30/abstinence-the-cure-for-incontinence-in-advertising/ Blog on branding for small businesses, startups and up-and-coming companies Thu, 07 May 2009 22:53:16 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Dave http://brandingbrief.com/2009/03/30/abstinence-the-cure-for-incontinence-in-advertising/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Dave Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:16:17 +0000 http://brandingbrief.com/?p=64#comment-7 Enjoyed your words Jeff. (Best to read right now, since conversations are still not registering through my ears after my ear-plug-less Friday fun with MY BLOODY VALENTINE!) To your point, I recently saw a disturbing Burger King commercial where the "King" is dancing to some awful rap about "square butts", seemingly unaffected by the inappropriateness of their marketing depts.' BAD idea in the first place. Not that B-King was ever any type of "earmark" for good advertising, but certainly, this could be sited as living proof that some companies had just better forget about their silly TV ad idea, and work on improving the health and public affect of their products on the masses... Streets of London, for curry, soon! Best~ Dave Enjoyed your words Jeff. (Best to read right now, since conversations are still not registering through my ears after my ear-plug-less Friday fun with MY BLOODY VALENTINE!)

To your point, I recently saw a disturbing Burger King commercial where the “King” is dancing to some awful rap about “square butts”, seemingly unaffected by the inappropriateness of their marketing depts.’ BAD idea in the first place.

Not that B-King was ever any type of “earmark” for good advertising, but certainly, this could be sited as living proof that some companies had just better forget about their silly TV ad idea, and work on improving the health and public affect of their products on the masses…

Streets of London, for curry, soon!
Best~ Dave

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