Comments on: Here, kitty, kitty...

Here, kitty, kitty...

debralee — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 06:16:21 -0800

Here, kitty, kitty. Help control the pet population... buy a Sportka.

By: vito90

vito90 — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 06:29:11 -0800

Harsh! Did I miss something, or does that cat appear to die at the end?

By: t r a c y

t r a c y — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 06:43:27 -0800

uh yah, it's pretty clearly seen. the car decapitates the cat. it's head falls into the car, it's body to the ground. it's not funny or cool or hip, it has no edge... the ad just lays there like the dead cat. it also crosses the line with me in terms of the kitty abuse, and i'm not easily offended by shite like that at all. for instance, i own and regularly re-read the hilarious "1001 things to do with a dead cat". but this ad is just a lead weight turd, from any angle.

By: brownpau

brownpau — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 06:44:50 -0800

"Killing kittens" has certain ... connotations. And so do sport cars.

By: Dick Paris

Dick Paris — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 06:46:29 -0800

I was wondering when I would get to see that. Thanks debralee. I think. (Although I do like the way the cat's limp body slides down the windshield. On preview: missed the falling head. Yuck. When the cat does a double take, is it because he sees a pile of cat heads below?)

By: shoos

shoos — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 06:55:49 -0800

sick asshole

By: tippiedog

tippiedog — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 06:56:00 -0800

What's with the ads for fruits and vegetables on this thread?

By: rocketpup

rocketpup — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 07:09:32 -0800

For a little context, Snopes has the lowdown.

By: davehat

davehat — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 07:15:57 -0800

This has been exposed as a pretty idiotic piece of viral marketing (there was a piece about it on adage.com). I think there wass a link to it from boingboing a while back, but I can't seem to find it. Apparently, this ad was "not supposed to be released" after the client (Ford) viewed the ad agencies work and rejected it as being too tasteless. Yeah right.

By: davehat

davehat — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 07:18:40 -0800

Aha, it wasn't boingboing, it was snopes (thanks rocketpup). Don't know how I got those sites mixed up.....

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 07:31:36 -0800

This has been exposed as a pretty idiotic piece of viral marketing Viral marketing isn't idiotic. People who participate in it by posting things several weeks after they've been exposed as viral marketing are idiotic.

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 07:52:56 -0800

That came out harsher than I really meant it because of the adherence to the format. I don't literally mean that you're idiotic, debralee, but I've seen this discussed to death all over the Web (and, if I'm not mistaken, in Drabble), and couldn't believe it hadn't been here. I don't think people should be rewarded for launching these "bad publicity" campaigns by having MeFi's level of attention, and I just hope people will stop and think about that the next 50 times someone comes up with another one of these.

By: ed\26h

ed\26h — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 08:06:10 -0800

Reminds me of this one [wmv] from here. I thought at first the thing has just strangled the cat, which I found much funnier as it seems fittingly understated.

By: nicwolff

nicwolff — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 08:29:32 -0800

I found the bird-slapping-Ka ad hilarious, because I don't have a pet bird. I have a beloved pet cat, and find this one totally offensive and horrifying. I don't know any retarded people, so if they killed one of those in an inventive way I'd laugh and laugh. On the other hand, I totally want a SportKa.

By: LittleMissCranky

LittleMissCranky — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 08:55:10 -0800

Distasteful? Yes. Funny? No. Specifically, it's unfunny despite being distasteful. I think that the bird ad was much funnier, partly because it was shorter and snappier.

By: gottabefunky

gottabefunky — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 09:12:04 -0800

And here we are, talking about Ford and Sportkas. Mission accomplished.

By: emelenjr

emelenjr — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 09:36:52 -0800

BABIES EVERYWHERE!!! Oh, wait. I actually thought it was funny. I prefer evil cars and decapitated cats to farting horses.

By: papercake

papercake — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 10:26:21 -0800

ed\26h — thanks for that link; I missed it the first time around and just spent the last five minutes laughing my ass off. I need that.

By: purplemonkie

purplemonkie — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 10:26:43 -0800

I like ads where nothing dies, nothing farts, nothing is X-TREME!!!!, and nothing says "zoom-zoom." But anything is better than a giant armpit with feet.

By: Lynsey

Lynsey — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 11:04:06 -0800

Dude. That was horrible.

By: pfafflin

pfafflin — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 11:19:07 -0800

Dude. That was awesome. But sooooo three weeks ago. I'm over it.

By: Dick Paris

Dick Paris — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 11:30:40 -0800

The bird one is funnier. Just want to say that I love animals: pets, wild, whatever -- well, excpet humans.

By: kindall

kindall — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 11:41:59 -0800

No matter how many cats it decapitates, it's still a Ford, and thus lame.

By: Frasermoo

Frasermoo — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 12:34:59 -0800

It could have been funny if the chop had been quick, but the little bit of struggle in there makes it a tad uncomfortable for me, which is a shame coz i fancied a chuckle. I'm a dog person.

By: Dark Messiah

Dark Messiah — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 13:03:27 -0800

I winced. Then I laughed.

By: chicobangs

chicobangs — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 13:48:43 -0800

Oh, yeah, that's the kind of car I'd want. A Christine that I can easily parallel park. The ad is just real enough that you look at it twice. Whoever did it (and leaked it, and keeps showing it to people so it keeps getting talked about) did a great job. I'd never buy the car in a million years.

By: adamms222

adamms222 — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 14:15:25 -0800

Ford's not too happy about it.... they're so lame.

By: kavasa

kavasa — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 16:03:31 -0800

Hm. I remember reading about this a while ago and sort of wanting to see it. Was kind of limp though. Maybe reading the article ruined it for me - but maybe not, since I didn't really laugh at the first one either, and I hadn't read a description of that one before it happened. What I did like was the very nicely done fantasy illustration on the Ka's promo site, with the Ka leading a horde of demons and dragons as they chased down some fairies, pixies, unicorns, and what have you. Oh well.

By: ph00dz

ph00dz — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 21:59:36 -0800

People have funny looking cars in other countries.

By: ed\26h

ed\26h — Fri, 23 Apr 2004 02:06:22 -0800

Yes indeed... none of the cars in england have any wood on the exterior at all! :)

By: ph00dz

ph00dz — Sat, 24 Apr 2004 00:09:20 -0800

I think they save their wood for the interior over there.