Originally published at: This disturbing potato chip commercial suppressed my appetite | Boing Boing
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Apparently the ad team watched the “Evil Dead” movies too many times.
Hmmm, almost lunchtime.
The Eagle Snacks brand was from the late 80’s/early 90’s and was Anheuser-Busch’s attempt to diversify - it did not go well for them, and they sold it pretty quickly.
Not as disturbing as those Burger King ads with that creepy mask (multiple links in the article):
The ad may be considered benign to late-night, Big Gulp-swilling, marathoning hackers who like chips.
Anyone who usually swigs either a pack of dry pasta or a bottle of olive oil and is looking for a kinder medium, really. [Paris Hilton: “The Taliban’s price for free trade and a plural economy with China was all in the packaging.”]
I used to have a neighbor who was freaked out by this guy:
This potato chip ad is on an entirely different level, though.
Glad I never saw it while tripping… as a purely conjectural scenario, you see.
I may never eat another potato chip again
Doug Jones? A shame. Evidently he’s quite a pleasant person, and I suppose that would be an asset for the hours he spends in a makeup chair.
[checks earpiece]
Oh, the moon guy? Yeah, that’s straight up nightmare fuel.
He thought so. Didn’t bother me much, but then, clowns don’t bother me much, either.
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