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McDonalds in Japan Uses Skinny Models to Sell the McSalmonella

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 at 8:31 am by Jami

I can’t believe I haven’t posted these before! These are a few months old, but AZM regular Kevin Bahrt sent over these Japanese ads for the Salmonella McDeath, also known as the Tomato McGrand. Okay, so tomatoes weren’t trying to attack us when these ads ran, but it’s kind of funny to think of them that way.

I understand trying to sex up McDonalds to appeal to younger crowd, but honestly, these commercials creep the hell out of me. The McLady is especially creepy. You can’t fool me with your McCamelToe (the fuck is up with that one-piece?). No woman would ever look like that if they ingested the McSalmonella on a regular basis, not without working out 24/7 and a stomach pump on standby. And it looks like the McLad is pulling the McShit right out of his McAnus.

I’m kind of curious to see if these ads actually worked and how well the Tomato McDeath was received. Certainly if they ran here in the U.S., most of us would throw up whatever we were eating at the time and never go to McDonalds ever again. But Japanese audiences seem to enjoy quirky commercials. It might speak to them more positively than us.

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6 Responses to “McDonalds in Japan Uses Skinny Models to Sell the McSalmonella”

  1. AvatarJustin
    Posted: Jun 11th, 2008 at 8:52 am
    1

    What has been seen cannot be unseen!! THIS IS AWFUL!!
    What is the new sandwich anyway? A bunch of tomatoes on a bun and meat? . . . .; ;

  2. AvatarVonKraut
    Posted: Jun 11th, 2008 at 9:04 am
    2

    That Ronald MacDonald chick is just creepy to me. The emo Ronald MacDonald is hilarious to me. Nothing conformist about working for a multi-million dollar corporation. On the other hand that’s probably where most emo kids will end up working.

  3. AvatarCortharis
    Posted: Jun 11th, 2008 at 10:27 am
    3

    ROFL!

    The first one is more like a Clown fashion ad than it is a Hamburger Ad. Then again, if you want to see kookie, look up the 1960s McDonals ad with the first Ronald McDonald.

  4. Avatarkaze
    Posted: Jun 11th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
    4

    hmm the add fails to interest me in a sandwich, but i want to go pick up a skinny clown girl now for some reason *_*

  5. AvatarVortigar
    Posted: Jun 12th, 2008 at 6:08 am
    5

    MacDonald’s, now with random Hamasaki songs… I know the music, it wasn’t written for this. That music so does not gel with the Mac’s image the world over.

    The marketing department had a bit of money to spend apparently. They simply mashed two (well known?) models together with a popular idol’s music, inserted a Mac logo and Ronald’s clothes. Should be a hit right?

    Right…?

    Dang, now I’d like to see Doutzen Kroes in red/white/yellow clothes, with a hamburger, underlined by a Britney Spears song. See how that mash-up’d work.

  6. AvatarChirri
    Posted: Jun 12th, 2008 at 11:03 am
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    So I’m confused about what they were going for - glam? sophistication? their usual oddball humor or a combination of all three? It wound up closer to The Song That Never Ends.

    Honestly, while I wasn’t really turned OFF by the ads, they obviously don’t speak to American audiences. On the other hand, they were such short clips that all I got out of them was the burger image, and McD’s colors, and something that will forever be stuck in my head because it’s so out of the ordinary. Which is the entire point, I suppose.

    If they’d been pimping the fries, I might have payed more attention, though. =x

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