Brilliant Marketing

[DubiousComforts]

Here is an example of brilliant marketing: PETA designs a Super Bowl advertisment which NBC rejects for depicting "a level of sexuality exceeding (their) standards" and the story makes headlines thus saving PETA millions in actually having to pay for any airtime. Hot PETA ad banned from Super Bowl Screwing Herself with Broccoli NBC can't sell Super Bowl ads Hard to believe that GE has never broadcast a Victoria Secret commercial before. Wow, talk about a crackpot: "You are probably familiar with PETA. That's the organization that uses back door tactics to push its radical agenda that includes the banning of pet ownership; the group who sees a puppy snoozing comfortably on your bed and thinks the "ethical" thing to do would be to kill him rather than have him "exploited" so cruelly."

[slickwilly13]

I may not care for PETA and their message. But, I liked what I saw.

[DubiousComforts]

I may not care for PETA and their message. But, I liked what I saw. Obviously, the ad spot is tongue-in-cheek designed to upset the uptights. What part of the "message" don't you agree with? Does it sit well with you that the food we consume is being raised in the filthiest, most inhumane conditions possible?

[Chic Freak]

Haha. That advert's awesome. I love the way she throws the asparagus in the air at the end. Did you see Dita's ads for PETA? Another example of using sex to sell their message, although I always found her a rather odd choice of frontwoman as she openly wears fur and encourages others to do the same.

[DubiousComforts]

Did you see Dita's ads for PETA? Another example of using sex to sell their message, although I always found her a rather odd choice of frontwoman as she openly wears fur and encourages others to do the same. "Dita Von Teese"... is that a real name?

[Chic Freak]

"Dita Von Teese"... is that a real name? No, it's a stage name. Her real name is Heather Sweet. Which still sounds like a stripper name to me! Don't know why she bothered to change it.

[Publius]

What part of the "message" don't you agree with? Does it sit well with you that the food we consume is being raised in the filthiest, most inhumane conditions possible? PETA goes a little beyond that. They hold that the food we consume (or much of it) shouldn't be consumed at all.

[DubiousComforts]

PETA goes a little beyond that. They hold that the food we consume (or much of it) shouldn't be consumed at all. And perhaps they are correct as far as factory-bred meat is concenrned. Regardless, it's a far less radical agenda than the opposition: Food Disparagement Laws Her real name is Heather Sweet. Which still sounds like a stripper name to me!

[MaximusIncredulous]

It's amusing how PETA like resorting bimbos in bikinis to get their message across. How sexist

[Mike70]

this talk about one of my least favorite entities in the world has inspired me to out and have a hamburger. i'm not much of an animal lover at all beyond cats. in fact, some of you know this about me already, but i have a hatred for domestic dogs that borders on psychosis. i mean hatred not dislike, total and undying fucking hatred.

[SRP76]

The ad wouldn't work anyway. The ridiculousness of it just makes people laugh at it. It wouldn't sway anybody. So why bother with it?

[MikePizzoff]

The ad wouldn't work anyway. The ridiculousness of it just makes people laugh at it. It wouldn't sway anybody. So why bother with it? The point is to get their name [even moreso] out there. This way people will be like "Hm? What company is this that they refused to air the ad of? I'll check it out." The ad itself wasn't the point.

[strayrider]

It's a shame that the "content of the commercial" is the reason NBC chose not to air it. There are better reasons to shun this reprehensible group. http://www.petakillsanimals.com/ Animal lovers they definitely are not. -stray-

[AcesandEights]

Vegans, man...they freak me out. But the idea of purposefully floating a overly sexed up commercial to garner publicity, without having to drop hard currency for the airtime, is brilliant.

[bassman]

Vegans, man...they freak me out. I hear ya. I would flip out if I went a week without a steak, hamburger, or ribs. I didn't think the ad was all that bad. I enjoyed it, but I don't really see the need in banning it. Especially for the Super Bowl. I think there's been worse...