SFist: Most Annoying Ad Campaign Ever Lampooned?

rajbot

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:45:21 -0800

YES

jerekeys

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:57:37 -0800

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tyreseus/2360724719/ At the corner of 24th and Harrison - it's apparently connected to http://antiviral.wordpress.com

bohamians

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:11:31 -0800

outbound 47 bus stop at north point and jones: http://flickr.com/photos/hami/2359638401/

katerose26

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:53:49 -0800

It must suck to actually be named Sarah Marshall right now. OR it could be really cool, depending on how lame you are.

The Angry Young Man

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:43:25 -0800

I was in LA last week and the advertising for this movie is far worse down there than up here. I keep writing things like "Your breath is stanky, Sarah Marshall" all over the whiteboards in my office. It was funny the first ten or so times I did it. I have to admit it has been an effective ad campaign. I actually went to website just so I could find out who this fat Sarah Marshall is. I was dissapointed.

miss

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:55:46 -0800

I'm so over your ad campaign, Sarah Marshall.

sf_bikebike

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:39:45 -0800

yeah the METH ad's are my favorite right now!!! They need to combine (Im so over Sarah Marshall's meth problem)

Brock Keeling

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:24:08 -0800

Annie Bell is a better name.

polkaroo2

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:22:19 -0800

I grew up with Kristin Bell (back then she was Annie Bell) and one time she was really rude to me when we were walking home! In conclusion, f her and f these dumb ads.

DJTennessee

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:08:41 -0800

Oftentimes when I see the similar-font'ed "I lost my job/spouse/life to meth" ads, my peripheral vision thinks for a second that they are Sarah Marshall ads. That is all.

Brock Keeling

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:48:11 -0800

i recommend their 2008 SUVs. stunning!

jwb

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:43:52 -0800

The Toyota-brand cancer that has taken over SFist is far more annoying than this movie campaign.

KatyG

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:30:14 -0800

Hmmm. I thought this was a high school movie; I go to the website and I see it's all about some stalker hating his ex. Someone in advertising is trying to tell me that tidy handwriting belongs to a man?

troymccluresf

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:58:59 -0800

banning all Jason Segel and Kristen Bell entertainment from our lives. Someone's gonna miss out on "Undeclared" and the first season of "Veronica Mars." I actually kinda like the fact that this campaign lends itself to parody pretty well. The name on the McDonald's bus shelter in the Haight was replaced with someone else's name, too.

NicoNico

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:56:20 -0800

I looove this campaign! My fave: "You DO look fat in those jeans Sarah Marshall." Ahahaha!

pantsgolem

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:55:33 -0800

Possibly the most annoying part of those ads for me is the "handwriting" font. If the text were a small part of the ads, I could overlook it, but since the whole point is supposed to be that this dude actually wrote them, the fact that he obviously didn't write them is completely distracting.

TeamAwesome

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:51:26 -0800

I puke when I get migraines. Looks like a movie even the best weed wont make at least watchable....

Leanne

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:32:22 -0800

Nothing beats the ol' Blair Witch guerrilla marketing campaign. Too bad the film made half the audience puke or gave them migraines...

serg0007

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:25:04 -0800

Awesome!!

the_absentee

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:24:29 -0800

I saw the preview for that movie this weekend. This ad campaign doesn't really seem to match the style of the movie. Wait, what am I talking about - yes it does. Low budget.

Shawna

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:22:47 -0800

Genious

Joel

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:03:56 -0800

I don't find the campaign all that annoying, although last week I got a hee-hee from someone who'd scrawled over one of the ads at a Masonic and Geary bus stop, "Who the FUCK is Sarah Marshall?!?"

Brock Keeling

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:02:55 -0800

banned! j/k yeah. that's it.

kimmie kim kim

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:00:53 -0800

i think it's parodying the ad campaign for the new movie: forgetting sarah marshall. ads that say, "you suck sarah marshall" or "i'm so over you sarah marshall" are on cabs all over the city. http://www.flickr.com/photos/exhibit5c/2351544408/