Okay, first of all, I have nothing against vegetarians. My college roommate was a vegetarian and introduced me to a whole new world of greens. I am so pro-veggie. Carrots, lettuce, onions- how could food so tasty be so wrong? With a little help from PETA. Now, PETA and bad advertising are pretty synonymous already, so this was a little difficult to do but I have managed to come up with a Top 5 for Worst Peta Ads. Yes, believe it!
Number 5: KFC Blows Sex Dolls. This 2007 stunt in Asia was full of hot air from the start. PETA shipped over blow-up dolls imprinted with “KFC Sucks” to Sydney, Bangkok, Japan, and the Philippines. Supposedly the dolls signified that KFC treats chickens like inanimate objects just as blow-up dolls are treated. Too bad the dolls didn’t even make it through customs.
Number 4: Veggie Love Commercial. This 2009 commercial made for the Super Bowl barely made it out of post-production before it was given the ax by NBC. The racy commercial features a whole new side to aphrodisiacs. Ex-Victoria Secret model types were filmed “having a good time” with their veggies. As if that wasn’t enough, the commercial also claims that vegetarians have better sex… however, all I can think about when watching is that I hope the women rinsed everything off first.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFlHDlYs4c4
Number 3: Unhappy Meal Promotion. PETA introduced us to a whole new low this summer with its Unhappy Meals. Passed out in various McDonald’s in the U.S., these hearty meals are complete with a bloodied rubber chicken, a packet of ketchup blood, a “McCruelty” t-shirt wrapped in a blood-splattered chicken sandwich box, and a cardboard cutout of a knife-wielding Ronald McDonald. So what has this promotion taught little carnivores? That squirting mom with fake blood really isn’t worth the never-ending punishment they will receive.
Number 2: Fur Trim Print Ad. PETA struck once more right before the millennium with its Fur is Dead campaign. There’s not much explanation needed for this one. Basically, PETA says fur is bad. PETA does so in a disturbing manner. Everyone hates PETA. The end.
Number 1 (drumroll please): Milk Gone Wild Commercial. Another risque ad by PETA, this time trying to get the masses to stop drinking milk. Not only is milk hazardous to our health (I mean sure, we’ve only been drinking it since… well, forever) but we are “milking the life” out of our cows. Mm nothing like girls pulling their tops off to reveal jiggling utters to convince me to change up my breakfast menu.
PETA: People Eating Tasty Animals