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Fake ketchup ad from 'Mad Men' becomes a real ad 4 years later
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ReadingRambo
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It's unethical to eat steak.
With Ketchup
Razgriz-Specter
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Just to be clear.
Yup. Worcestershire for life.
bender
What time is it?
Nah. My family exposed me to that growing up in Texas as well. I still have a soft spot for a cheap, medium well cooked t-bone with some ketchup.
There's no CG explosions, combat or comic book level lol's (ala Breaking Bad) in Mad Men, so its going to put off some folks. It's a really slow burn. But its a great show if you can stomach that sort of pacing.
I'm surprised its not even lower ranked on a site like IMDB to be honest.
The hell? Only watch shows 9+?
Junior Mint
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That 0.4 score gap makes all the difference
Them be fightin words
STILLethal
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Yeh, figure if Im going to invest all that time in a show I need to set a standard - and making it only 9+ is reasonable to me
No, your standard is stupid. IMDB ratings are a pretty crappy metric.
Heinz doesn't make just ketchup y'all.
Their yellow mustard is also pretty iconic.
Would work with a pic of a Chicago dog with no mustard.
Heinz 57 ain't no A1 but it isn't terrible, but I had thought most people were aware of its existence. It's pretty much either A1 or 57 as far as steak sauce goes.
57 actually goes pretty well with chicken and pork whereas A1 does not. 57 is sort of like a mustard based BBQ sauce, much more versatile than A1.
Their yellow mustard is also pretty iconic.
Would work with a pic of a Chicago dog with no mustard.
Heinz 57 ain't no A1 but it isn't terrible, but I had thought most people were aware of its existence. It's pretty much either A1 or 57 as far as steak sauce goes.
57 actually goes pretty well with chicken and pork whereas A1 does not. 57 is sort of like a mustard based BBQ sauce, much more versatile than A1.
FWIW, no television show outside of maybe The Wire had/has as much critical acclaim as Mad Men did. Drama, comedy or otherwise.
Hell, it won more awards than The Wire or Breaking Bad too.
I fail to see the issue with this. I routinely dip a burger in ketchup even if it already has ketchup on it.
I mean...yeah
thestopsign
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Why not go by something like Metacritic instead?
One of the strengths of this ad is that it just directly associates the brand with images of food without needing to focus on an individual product.
Reagan's BR
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Watch this
It looks like there are less than 30 shows that have that ranking, several of which are documentary series. What else do you watch? I wouldn't base my viewing solely on IMDB-user rankings can often be skewed-a good general guide but certainly not gospel.
Mad Men is a great show. In my top 5.
Other shows I've enjoyed recently for reference:
Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, West World, Luther, Sherlock, Stranger Things, Broadchurch, Band of Brothers, Peaky Blinders, House of Cards Season 1
Still need to watch:
The Sopranos, The Wire (I know)
should have used peggy's ad
in the context of the show it was just ketchup. it was the mid to early 60's; people put ketchup on steak.
Just to be clear.
in the context of the show it was just ketchup. it was the mid to early 60's; people put ketchup on steak.
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Jpop
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George Oscar Bluth II
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According to IMDb the greatest movie ever is The Dark Knight soholy shit I just looked at imdb user rankings. the shows they're putting over Mad Men, lmao
RatskyWatsky
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Pineapple pizza is the goat
ElBoxyBrown
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It's selling me more on the food than the ketchup. Now I'm hungry.
holy shit I just looked at imdb user rankings. the shows they're putting over Mad Men, lmao
It makes me pretty mad that Firefly is 16 tbh. I usually don't care about rankings but fuck that show.
The whole desire for the ad, in the show, was to keep people buying ketchup. Rather than other, newer/different products.
With all of the alternatives nowadays, I imagine Heinz may very well be in that same position. Maybe not desperately. But the idea is good, to boost Heinz as a defacto.
With all of the alternatives nowadays, I imagine Heinz may very well be in that same position. Maybe not desperately. But the idea is good, to boost Heinz as a defacto.
A true connoisseur, sir
TemplaerDude
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Yeah, pass me the Heinz so I can throw it in the garbage where it belongs.
RatskyWatsky
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Humans are complicated beings.
You Are Viewtiful
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I'll forgive ketchup on steak (or ketchup in general) for the Mad Men tribute.
Spiral Insanity
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RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
If a steak is overcooked, wouldn't you want to dip it in a sauce though?
Sectorseven
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Is this supposed to be clever or lazy?
RecRoulette
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Heinz paid a company to come up with this huh, lol
NOLA_Gaffer
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Heinz makes more than ketchup.
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