Friday, December 9, 2011

F'd Ad Fridays: McSploitation advertising

Do you find the really awkwardly targeted funk-era McDonald's ad charming, or painful?

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Although McDonald's efforts to reach diverse American consumers haven't become much less awkward in  the last 40 years.

Found in that 1973 Ebony magazine that just keeps giving...
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2 comments:

  1. Andrea L. ColeDecember 9, 2011 at 8:27 PM

    Man.. a case of LESS IS MORE. If they had just had the picture, and maybe the logo without the horribly embarassing attempt at ebonics in the copy, this might have been a cool ad.

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  2. Tom MegginsonDecember 9, 2011 at 9:44 PM

    Good call, Pickles.

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