Ad Creeps

Are you ready for some Spring Cleaning? This week, Courtney spins the tale of a man with a terrible dream, and how he created one of the most viral advertisements of the mid aughts, while Al muses over classic 90s jizz comedy and creates a potential new pandemic product to save us all some trouble.

Content Warning - Mentions of blackface, abuse towards sex workers, anti-Chinese racism and ableist language

Main Ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3lrhPeK6gU

Local Ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqMlmIsB8MU

Sources: https://www.adcreeps.gay/sources-1/013-vince-offers-shamwow

After listening to this episode, you’ll never trust a cartoon bear again. Al wakes Courtney up this week with a strange tale of aliens, cult literature, and the many unfortunate obsessions of John Harvey Kellogg.

Content Warning for eugenics, religious cults, brief discussion of historical child torture and misogyny.

Main Ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch/v0q-DrRbg9Q

Local Ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwEawqRMOTc

Sources: https://www.adcreeps.gay/sources-1/012-celestial-seasonings-sleepytime-tea

Hey Vern, what does Ernest have to do with Space Jam? Why is Ted Lasso better than a caveman? And what exactly is up with all these “sanitized” Looney Tunes the kids are watching?? In this week’s Ad Creep, Courtney takes Al through a masterclass in commercial adaptation so riveting that you’ll pay for the whole seat but buddy— you’ll only need the edge.

Main Ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QeG-noRMPs

Local Ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi3zUXpnEno

Sources: https://www.adcreeps.gay/sources-1/011-nikes-hare-jordan

It’s time to get BLASTED as Al explains the eXtreme events that led to Baja Blast’s madcap journey from Taco Bell fountains to the soda aisle. Do you have what it takes to carry out this mission? Pretty sure you do, so pop on those headphones and listen to us wax poetic about a hurricane named Josh, a man who drives very fast, and, for some reason, Ralph Nader.

Main Ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E2ALkvKYtk

Local Ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxGtnEhGpRk

Sources: https://www.adcreeps.gay/sources-1/010-mountain-dew-baja-breakout

Meowdy, pard’ners! We’re feline a little frisky this week as Courtney pulls out the history book and teaches Al about how cats have been used for spycraft and one particular repetitive earworm has been used for state-sanctioned evil. It’s not all fun and games but it is a lot of cats. A lot. Of cats. Tune in for chicken, liver and a big ol’ dollop of [REDACTED].

Content Warning: cat death, animal experimentation, war crimes, mentions of mental torture.

Main Ad:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PdD5_1sxas

Local Ad: https://youtu.be/4_BkDsNM9Fs

Sources: https://www.adcreeps.gay/sources-1/009-meow-mix-jingle

It’s a whopper this week as Al pulls Courtney headfirst into Burger King’s Burger Kingdom to meet the King himself, along with the more unsavory members of his court. Tune in for a lesson in fictional politics, an animated discussion on the nature of magic, and the saddest BK anecdote you’ve ever heard in your god damn life.

Main Ad:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0WFYOB22VA

Local Ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkFn7_3-ALg

Sources: https://www.adcreeps.gay/sources-1/008-burgerking-dukeofdoubt

We’re headed for adventure this week as Courtney explains the origin of Six Flags’ mascot Mr. Six, and just which flags he represents anyways. Get ready to learn about theme park hijinks, the mascot protection program, and the future of the vengabus.

Main Ad:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbXSbP-wEFU

Local Ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCGKSqoSSA0

Sources: https://www.adcreeps.gay/sources-1/007-six-flags-mr-six

Anyone remember salad bars? Dive into nostalgia for unfettered access to DIY dishes and dips in this ode to Wendy’s megalomaniacal Superbar. Al informs Courtney on the finer points of basketball, Rex Chapman’s pre-Twitter career, and some hot 80’s fashion.

Main Ad:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XRgzsigt9g

Local Ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Scu2iHXqLsI

Sources: https://www.adcreeps.gay/sources-1/006-wendys-superbar

This week Courtney tackles a heavy hitter and teaches Al a thing or two about advertising music history! Put on your funkiest white jeans and join us for a trip back to the early 2000’s when we were all “lovin’ it” to hear about JT secretly selling fries, and how the golden arches betrayed Pusha T.

Main Ad:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI-xHMM8wXE

Local Ad: https://youtu.be/seuvNA9Wtxw

Sources: https://www.adcreeps.gay/sources-1/005-mcdonalds-im-lovin-it

We’re still talking ‘bout that Big Game over here! This week, Al takes Courtney through the labyrinth of circumstances that caused this hot n’ heavy ad for a gay dating site to be rejected by the powers that be. Strap in for moral outrage, pigskin straddlin’ and a very exciting bowl of chips.

Main Ad:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwntg8xTnRE 

Local Ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPaQdhB5Fa0

Sources: https://www.adcreeps.gay/sources-1/004-mancrunch-make-out