| Advertiser |
The Pitch |
| Southwest Airlines |
"Two for one" special. Their advertisement shows Noah at his ark, ticking
off the animals two by two. |
| Bud Light |
The "Yukky Mouse with the Goggles" invades a young lady's apartment. She
takes comfort in the guy across the alley, complete with Bud Light. |
| ESPN/Nike |
In conjunction with the 1999 NCAA Basketball Tournament. One of their ads shows what
happens when two rats are injected with the blood of basketball players, one from Duke,
one from North Carolina. |
| Nextel Cellular Phone |
April, 1999, radio advertisement ran in the Bay Area. The pitchman talks to owner of a
company who uses rats as their interoffice communications devices. |
| Hanby Carpet Service |
Local carpet cleaner on local radio station, cleans mess from "Dogs, Kids,
Husbands, and Pet Rats". Hey, they're cute and lovable. Good housekeepers, they're
not! |
| Sun Microsystems |
Info World ad about using Sun machines for internet access. the "DOT" in
".COM" is a picture of a PEW running in a wheel. |
| Apple Computers |
A mouse sitting on (what else?) a mouse. Thanks to IvysLily@aol.com
for this one. |
| Mitsubishi Automobiles |
Discussion of how people find squirrels "cute" but rats "ugly".
The catch is that the looks of their car is what gets people to buy. |
| Sprint PCS |
Guy in donut shop in which he's invested sees rat eating donut and immediately
sells his stock. Thanks to graye79@juno.com for
this one. |
| Cheez-it |
Two enterprising mice (whose colors look a little like our Remy & Jack) invade the
kitchen for a midnight snack. Cats beware! |
| Earthlink |
TV ad for their ISP shows the Hampster Dance. BTW, this has been changed
a bit and is now called "the Rodent Dance." (http://nuttysites.com/rodent/). |
| Dell Direct |
Mouse takes the direct route through a maze by burning it down! Thanks
to Ruby Tuesday (rubenette@yahoo.com)
for reminding me of this one. |
| Horsepower.com |
Ad for farmer's co-operative web site talks about moving huge amounts of
alfalfa with a mouse (complete with pooped squeaker!) |
| Stainmaster Carpets |
A rodent (can't decide if it's a rat, a mouse or a hamster), cat and dog
team up to get their master to trip over an ottoman. The rodent's victory
dance is a real trip. |
| Energy Australia |
Ralph the PEW rat shown running in a wheel (I hope it was a Wodent
Wheel!) to manufacture energy for the land of the Olympics. Thanks to
Judee Anderson (judeeanderson@yahoo.com)
for the tip! |
| RealNames |
Ad for a simpler form of Internet addressing shows a mouse taking the
direct route though a maze for his cheese. |
| 2000 Campaign Ad? |
BIG flap going on here in the US, as a Bush ad on Senior Drug plans
shows a frame with the word "RATS" in large letters on it.
And the problem is...? |
| Dodge Caravan |
Ad says that the new van is as quiet as a PEW. |
| Promomart |
Ad in Business Week for imprintable gifts. They claim "Ok, so we
can't imprint everything..." showing a standing rat with "Pete's
Pet Shop" imprinted on her belly. |
| Jeep Cherokee |
Cherokee escapes an elephant stampede started by, you guessed it, a
mouse. |