The list for April 4, 1997
The Top 15 Slogans That Never Quite Caught On
- Charmin: “Butt… Wipe… Err.”
- Microsoft: “How much are you going to pay today?”
- Eggs: “The Incredible Edible Ovum.”
- MTV: “Loud and easy to spell.”
- Saks 5th Avenue: “You Could Shop Here if You’re Poor, But That Would be Stupid!”
- Iguana: “The other green meat.”
- Penis Enlargement Specialists: “It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing!”
- Nike: “Just buy the damn shoes, you flabby spineless lump!”
- Daisy Air Rifles: “Keeping kids off your lawn for over forty years.”
- Canon Photocopiers: “Quit calling them Xeroxes, dammit!”
- Pepto Bismol: “Squash the Squirts!”
- Trojans: “Just add meat.”
- Apple MacIntosh: “Hey, we thought of it first!”
- Radio Shack: “You’ve got questions, we’ve got geek losers!”
And the Number 1 Slogan That Never Quite Caught On…
- Professional Bowling on NBC: “Oh, why don’t you just go ahead and kill yourself instead?”
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CREDITS
Selected from 118 submissions from 40 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:
- Jason Anderson, Birmingham, AL — 1 (2nd #1)
- Sterling Smith, Houston, TX — 2
- David G. Scott, Kansas City, MO — 3
- Matt Loiselle, Detroit, MI — 4, 8
- Christopher Troise, New York, NY — 5
- Cathie Walker, Victoria, BC, Cananda — 6 >
- David W. James, Los Angeles, CA — 7
- Sam Evans, Charleston, SC — 8
- Lev L. Spiro, Los Angeles, CA — 9
- Clint Berquist, whereabouts unknown — 10, Topic
- Jeffrey House, Detroit, MI — 11
- Spike Jones, Atlanta, GA — 12
- Doug Johnson, Santa Cruz, CA — 13
- Bruce Ansley, Baltimore, MD — 14
- Mitch Patterson, Atlanta, GA — 15
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