Terrible Ads Podcast
1) Ep 6 - Peloton’s 2019 Holiday Ad
In late November 2019 Peloton, the in-home exercise bike company, released an ad to spur holiday sales. But by December 6th the backlash from the ad was so bad that it caused the stock to drop 15% and...Show More
2) Ep 5 - The Boston Mooninite Panic
On January 31st 2007 a guerilla ad campaign organized by Adult Swim to promote a new movie ended up causing a bomb scare in Boston, MA. This is the story of Boston Mooninite Panic.
3) Ep 4 - American Airlines' Lifetime Pass
In 1981 American Airlines was hurting for money. They had just posted a loss of $76 million the previous year, and were dealing with increased competition and lower airline ticket prices. In order to ...Show More
4) Ep 0 - Introducing Terrible Ads
Every year over $200 billion is spent on advertising in the U.S. alone. Most of these ad campaigns are wildly ignored or missed by the general public, and many of them still accomplish their goal of d...Show More
5) Ep 2 - 79 Days of New Coke
In 1985 the Coca-Cola company was losing ground to rival Pepsi. Coke had to do something drastic to win back consumers and in their mind that thing was taste. On April 23, 1985 Coke introduced the wor...Show More
6) Ep 1 - Quiznos' Singing Rodents
In 2004 Quiznos's Subs introduced the world to one of the worst, yet memorable ad campaigns, the Spongemonkeys. We explain what the Spongemonkeys are, and how they ended up on national television.
7) Ep 3 - Kendall Jenner Pepsi Ad
In April 2017 Pepsi released an ad called “Live For Now” featuring one of the most popular models in the world, Kendall Jenner. The ad was designed to show the world how even though we may be divided ...Show More