The only thing that's "good to go" is your worthless existence
My hatred of Taco Bell's advertising campaigns is well-documented. Aside from Toyota, I don't know if any other major company has struck out so poorly for such an extended period of time. Most commercials suck, but Taco Bell consistently bottoms out the playing field so deeply that it ceases to exist as a vertical axis and actually transmogrifies into a black-holed vortex of suckitude.I didn't think it could get any worse than complete ass-hats screaming "I'm full!" to no one in particular, as if engorging oneself on Taco Bell represented the epitome of human ecstasy. But that clever T-Bell marketing team isn't sated with one terrible idea, and seemingly won't rest until the entire nation is summarily flogged with retarded horse carcasses. As such, we have been deluged with ads featuring the spectacularly awful "good to go" guy, complete with quite possibly the lamest hand gesture of all time.
This brilliant piece of advertising places three kids in some sort of bizarre exhibition in which they have no business attending unless they are drunk and/or stoned, which would explain why they are rapt by this ridiculous-looking hipster hosting a presentation called "Classics Made Modern." Hipster douchebag explains how all the old shit you thought was cool is now new shit with even more useless features, punctuating each crappy new invention with his patented "good to go" brand of loserdom. One of the kids finally asks hipster about his food, because they are high. This prompts hipster to once again launch into his "good to go" routine, and after the announcer lies to you about how awesome Taco Bell is, the kids get the hell out of this creepy expo, giving us one more glimpse of the hand gesture. Only this time it's performed silently, because at this point we as the audience know that it is, in fact, "good to go."
It's difficult to determine what's worse - the fact that presumably adult humans excreted this tripe out and convinced someone to finance it, or that T-Bell clearly hopes the masses will start saying "good to go" punctuated by that wacky hand gesture in what will surely catch on as the next big fad. Unfortunately what T-Bell didn't anticipate was the serendipitous boon to the medical industry due to the outbreak of catchphrase regurgitator beatdowns.



21 Comments:
Taco Bell is sucking it's ad campain into a black hole! I was struggling to find the right words for how much they suck. Thanks!
Lots of advertisers need a whole new ad campain, there is a lot of suckage going on.
There's plenty of shitty ads out there--I targeted one myself today, before I read you today.
Dont you have anything better to write about? The world is engulfed in poverty, terrorism, and nepotism, and you are complaining about taco bell ad campaigns?? you have got to be kidding me. Is this because you are so lazy to find something real to write about that you wait around till 2 am and see a taco bell commercial and go on a 3 page rant about it? god forbid you write about something intelligent. Besides.... WHO GIVES A SHIT? I know what taco bell is and i dont need some idiotic commercial (good or bad) to tell me about it. Does the McDonalds "jingle": "dah dah dah dah dahhh," rise high above the unsophisticated taco bell level? No, but who gives a shit anyway.
I like it...mmm, a meal that's easily consumable while walking down the street.
Is that wrong?
Please. As far as I'm concerned, engorging oneself on Taco Bell does represent the epitome of human ecstasy. Well, that and sex.
Taco Bell's campaign sucks ass. That "good to go" guy also sucks and deserves a swift kick to the face.
As for you anonymous, I don't appreciated your tone. Some people in this realm of blogging dont give a shit about poverty and nepotism.
I mean, isn't the blogosphere made for the average working guy or girl to right about WHATEVER THEY WANT, especially if they maintain their own personal website?
I for one will be making millions one day within this world of marketing/advertising. So I enjoy talking about how shitty ad-campaigns are. You suck, and if you want to read about such things, go to CNN.com. You can read all about this war that is only going on because of one family, and im not talking about the Bin-Ladens.
Secondly if you haven't noticed, this is a dog eat dog world, so I say take care of yourself before you take care of anyone else (unless of course you have the resources to do so).
To put it bluntly Anonymous, you suck and should take your stupid comments and shove them right up your ass.
- Craig
You're full of yourself Larry, but that's another matter entirely.
This ad campaign is completely effective, and your blog only proves it.
- Richard
Of course I'm full of myself - what could be more narcissistic than having a blog?
If your definition of effective is individuals spewing vitriol, then sure, the Taco Bell ads are working wonders, but it still doesn't make them any less cloying.
Exactly what Richard said.. the point of a commercial is to advertise their product.. and an extremely good way to do that is to make it stupid as hell so you remember it. If that kid was just sitting in his room and ate it then said, "Mmm, this tastes good" and then the TV went back to the fucking Laguna Beach you were watching you would have never remembered it. I would have never remembered expedia's site if it wasnt for their stupid ass jingle. And no, an effective commercial isn't "individuals spewing vitriol", it is individuals remembering it. Obviously it was effective if you're here writing about it. Congradulations on proving they got exactly what they wanted. Why don't you write a paper next on how annyoing it is when dogs bark?
PS: that thing is delecious
This thread sucks.
who gives a flying fuck about taco hell
no shit you need to find something better to do. I can't believe i wasn't a minute reading the first little bit. Damn, get outta your house and find something better to do with your waste of a life!!!!
Taco Bell commercials are genious, is there any other ad campain that can get the whole country doing crazy hand gestures? no. exactly. And they are certainly better then the shitty burger king commercials that scare me every time.
We dont EVEN have Taco Bell in this country......:-)
Haha. You have nothing better to do than blog about crap like this and belittle other people, and you have the gall to talk about someone else's meaningless existence? Take a look at your own.
Taco Bell rejected your ad idea, didn't they?
I'm sorry. Did you just imply that the whole country is going to pick up that dumbass hand gesture? I agree that one way to make an effective commercial is to make it stupid enough to remember. I just wish they didn't rely on that tactic for every commercial.
To everyone who seems to be flamming this poor blogger,
If he/she is waisting their life writing a blog about Taco Bell then why the fuck are you waisting your time flamming about it? Are you so mother fucking brain dead that everytime you see someones witty way of blasting a conglomerate, who couldnt give a rats ass what anybody else thinks, you feel obligated to blast the blaster? Do you feel you need to protect Taco Bell's sterling reputation of customer service? What the fuck is wrong with you? Do you live in fucking Canada or something? Fuck! Ok, ok...Im done...FUCK! Sorry that was the tourette syndrome talking.
i for one think the taco bell commercials are amazing. they make me giggle and are the only reason y i wake up in the morning. =]
oh and to all you people who are all " do you have nothing better to do than to write about taco bell commercials blah blah blah" ur the ones reading about the taco bell commercials...so um yeah.
Taco Bell Sucks at the Internet too
Even harder than they suck at advertising.
WTF??? If you have nothing better to do than rip Taco Bell commercials, I bet your 320 lbs. no life except to sit in front of your computer with 20 oz. Mountian Dews, and Twinkies. Get a life.
The time is right for someone to spoof the talking lions Tacko Bell commercial ... this time using rats with thick NY accents. It would be a YouTube instant hit!
John in Sacramento
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