Whopper of an apology

Burger King has been making headlines. Maybe not for the right reasons, but the fast food giant is getting attention for its Advertisements.

Burger King's new Texican Whopper AD shown in Spain says it is "inspired by the land where a man 'aint afraid to sink his teeth into something hot and spicy."
The AD depicts a squat Mexican draped in the country's flag next to a cowboy.
Mexico's ambassador to Spain complained and just hours ago, Burger King said it will change the Ads.

Here in the U.S, the company using the song 'Baby Got Back' to promote SpongeBob SquarePants kids meals to parents. The women in the commercial all have square bottoms in homage to Sponge Bob. Needless to say, some people are upset about the commercial.

In this country, lets say for argument's sake that the commercial did not violate any FCC rules, but it might be offensive to some people. Just don't buy the product. Isn't that more effective if you're offended than drawing attention to the commercial? Hurt the bottom line and Burger King will get the message.

Early Election Results

Here is Very Small Talk's snapshot of voting results for best Super Bowl Commercial, as determined by visitors to AdBlitz's YouTube channel.

The mean and median score was 4, so anything above 4 stars is doing better than average. Of the 44 commercials being voted on, 7 of them have perfect scores. The results may yet change! Voting closes on Feb 4th.

Score - Commercial Name
5 - Bridgestone - Astronauts Driving in Space
5 - Careerbuilder.com Official
5 - David Abernathy - Cars.com
5 - Free Doritos
5 - Hulu's
5 - Miller High Life 1 Second Ad
5 - Monster.com "Doubletake"
4.5 - "Mean Troy"
4.5 - Bud Light - Lime Sphere of Summer
4.5 - Cheetos - Spoiled Girl
4.5 - Coca-Cola Avatar
4.5 - Denny's - "Thugs"
4.5 - E*Trade Singing Baby
4.5 - Fast & Furious
4.5 - Power of the Crunch
4.5 - Teleflora's "Talking Flowers"
4.5 - The Undercover Negotiator
4.5 - thechase 2009
4.5 - UP
4.5 - YEAR ONE
4 - 3D HD SoBe Lizard Lake Game Day
4 - Bosses
4 - Bud Light - Drawing Board Skier
4 - Budweiser Clydesdale Circus
4 - Conan O'Brien Will Blow Your Mind
4 - Death and Taxes
4 - Land of the Lost
4 - Pepsi - PepSuber
4 - What if Roadies Ran the World?
3.5 - Angels & Demons
3.5 - Bud Light Meeting
3.5 - Cash 4 Gold
3.5 - Introducing Castrol EDGE, now with Grease Monkeys!
3.5 - Jay Leno is on his way!
3.5 - Pedigree
3.5 - Pepsi Refresh Anthem
3.5 - PepsiMax - I'm Good
3.5 - Race to Witch Mountain
3.5 - Scarecrow - GE ad focusing on Smart Grid Technology
3 - Budweiser Clydesdale Generations
3 - GoDaddy.com - Danica Patrick reveals "enhancements"
2.5 - Ashleymadison.com - Banned in US Ran in Texas
2.5 - GoDaddy.com - Danica Patrick showers
2.5 - Hyundai Assurance - Contract

Voting closes Feb. 4th, so there's not much more time for you to influence the results by voting at http://www.youtube.com/adblitz?feature=bltzhdr0 ....

Sexy PETA Commercial Banned from Super Bowl

When it comes to Television advertisement, sex is used to sell everything from jeans to deodorant to hair products. So, why not PETA? The Super Bowl (this Sunday) is known for its Ads. Some people only watch for the commercials. NBC banned PETA from the Super Bowl saying its Ad promoting vegetarianism is too sexy.

The 30 second spot shows lingerie clad women licking pumpkins, fondling asparagus and says vegetarians have better sex. I know you want to see 'Veggie love,' so here it is.

PETA is getting more publicity for this spot than it could have afforded. With s0me 30 second spots selling for $3 million, PETA is better off with the controversy.