It's Okay to "Bonk" on Billboards
A Dummy's Puppet's Ramblings - from Chip Martin, Puppet
Mannequin American views and guidelines on marketing/PR trends, news from the world of puppets and ventriloquism, bits of humor and other interesting but useless information. I post every Tuesday and Friday. For information on this puppet's background, go to http://www.dale-brown.com/.
Truth in Advertising
You gotta love "truth in advertising," when it happens. This ad for Belgium's Organ Donor Foundation offers just that. I know some people will undoubtedly find it offensive. Those people need to "get over it." The ad is attention getting, informative and brilliant. The fact that it's sexy and controversial adds to its effectiveness. Most of all, the ad is for a very good cause ... organ donations.
Copy at the bottom urges readers to sign up now at www.myspace.com/reborntobealive which is a MySpace site ... that I found confusing. (I wonder if they take wooden hearts from Mannequin Americans?)
Entertaining Interactive Web Sites
An Entertaining Banana ... Really
Okay, this interactive site for Chiquita Banana is worth a look and a laugh. Roll your mouse over any of the icons to get information, play games, etc. My favorite is the "How to Guide" which offers tips on how to use your banana. For instance, did you know that the natural oils in a banana peel can keep your lips smooth and moisturized for hours? So long Chapstick, hello banana. It'll be a little tougher carrying it around in my pocket though. You can also use a banana peel to shine your shoes! The natural lubricant works just like shoe polish. And the vitamin B6 in bananas keeps your blood glucose levels in check ... which is supposed to help get rid of PMS ... I can't verify that; I'm only repeating what I read on the site.
It's also fun to take the Banana Quiz and test your banana knowledge. I got two wrong.
Best of all, you can click here and see what I look like as a banana. The video options are plentiful and funny! You can put your friends' faces in the videos and email them. Really, go to the site and have some fun.
Guitar Hero Partners with KFC
KFC partnered with the highly-addictive Guitar Hero World Tour for a cross-promotional something-or-other. You can redeem codes for branded Guitar Hero cups from KFC Rocks.
More importantly, try your hand at this "crowd surfing" game. Hit the arrows to the beat, and keep your rocker dude or dudette from falling to the bottom of the mosh pit. All I got was "boos" from the mosh pit crowd ... so apparently I really sucked at the game. Maybe you can do better.
Dawn Web Site Demonstrates New Version of "Jazz Hands"
Dawn Hands Have Talent is a Web site contest that promotes Dawn Hand Renewal, a dishwashing soap that "improves the look and feel of hands in just five uses." The site also includes a special offer for the soap and a dancing hand game you can play.
The image above is from an entry titled "Handtasia," though I much prefer the vivacity of "Fingerlina."
Bonk Longer? Really?
An Australian erectile dysfunction company placed a billboard with the headline "Want Longer-Lasting Sex?" The headline didn't sit well some people. So the company changed the billboard to this:
I think the second billboard is hilarious ... not to mention that we can now make even more funny jokes about co-worker, Leslie Bonk's last name! The reasoning behind the second billboard is that "Kids won't ask about the word 'bonk' as they would about 'sex.' If they do, parents are free to just gloss over it and say it's nothing important." A funny result that apparently satisfied all concerned.
Dunham Makes History
It's not even Thanksgiving yet, but COMEDY CENTRAL received its first gift of the season this past Sunday in the form of "Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special. The ratings were unwrapped this morning and proved to be everything the #1 comedy channel could have hoped for with Jeff's special drawing 6.6 million total viewers to become COMEDY CENTRAL's most watched telecast in the network's history. For the night, "Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special" was the #1 basic cable telecast in Prime Time in both ratings and delivery among total viewers.
Congratulations to Jeff and his Mannequin American side kicks. Click hear to see clips of Jeff's Bubba J from the Christams Special.
