Designing Women S4 E5 Extra Sugar - Silly Sales

In this week’s episode, Anthony, our favorite recently-licensed contractor hung out his shingle and promised to “eat a bug” if the job wasn’t done on time! What other kinds of wacky stunts do companies pull to sell their products? Well, by golly, let’s find out in this week’s edition of “Extra Sugar.”

Here are some references, if you just need moooooooore:

• Ranker article about the Cartoon Network marketing fiasco of 2007

• New York Times’ coverage of the great Snapple disaster of 2005

• Ads of the World showcased the Romanian pickpocket marketing campaign

• Thrillist article about “mobile massages” (and more about the response)

• Background on LEGO’s MRI scanner effort (and even a bit more)

• Background on Snickers’ and Hershey’s 2020 Guinness World Record competition

• Background on McDonald’s logo flip

Come on, let’s get into it!

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