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Re: PYF marketing silliness

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Re: PYF marketing silliness

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hasbro: monopoly sucks

but what if we made it worse
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Re: PYF marketing silliness

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I always liked Monopoly. I guess I'm a horrible capitalist :evil:
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Re: PYF marketing silliness

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Re: PYF marketing silliness

Post by Mr. Big (?) » Wed May 13, 2020 3:42 pm

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There's a thread on twitter about the content of that board game.

it's bad.

like "You watched a movie with a female super hero! Get $100, if you're a man, get $150" is an actual card from that game
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Re: PYF marketing silliness

Post by Ragnar (?) » Tue May 19, 2020 1:49 am

Gloomy Rube wrote:
Wed May 13, 2020 12:58 pm
There's a thread on twitter about the content of that board game.

it's bad.

like "You watched a movie with a female super hero! Get $100, if you're a man, get $150" is an actual card from that game
I keep rereading that sentence and the stupidity hurts anew every time. Is that a typo, or do you actually get more out of that card if you're male?

Or wait, I get it. The idea is that female super hero movies often ultimately represent a continuation of the same social inequalities because it's one more instance of a bunch of rich white men cashing in on performative wokeness. A valuable insight from Hasbro, Incorporated.

What charity are they giving the proceeds to again? Hasbro didn't happen to promise a minimum donation, did they?
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Re: PYF marketing silliness

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Ragnar wrote:
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I keep rereading that sentence and the stupidity hurts anew every time. Is that a typo, or do you actually get more out of that card if you're male?

Or wait, I get it. The idea is that female super hero movies often ultimately represent a continuation of the same social inequalities because it's one more instance of a bunch of rich white men cashing in on performative wokeness. A valuable insight from Hasbro, Incorporated.
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Re: PYF marketing silliness

Post by Adiwan (?) » Tue May 19, 2020 3:54 pm

In the twitter thread there are plenty of Chance and Community Chest cards that benefit women.
Women also get more money when the pass GO! and have more starting money.
Conceptually it's interesting to have unequal ruling on some elements that benefit sometimes the one or the other party, however the "fluff" that has been added is cringe-worthy or plain wrong.
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Re: PYF marketing silliness

Post by Pocket (?) » Tue May 19, 2020 10:18 pm

It's like there were two different teams designing it: one that wanted to make it empowering and one that wanted to make it satirical, and they started from opposite ends.
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Post by Octavia (?) » Tue May 19, 2020 11:52 pm

I'm not sure whether people who fall outside the gender binary feel upset or relieved that they can't play this stupid game.
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Re: PYF marketing silliness

Post by Perpetual Motion (?) » Wed May 20, 2020 1:41 am

:idea: Actually, those cards just hinge on man/not man, so we nonbinary peeps would get the same effects as women.

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Re: PYF marketing silliness

Post by Gloomy Rube (?) » Wed May 20, 2020 4:56 am

That's logic for ya! Reminds me of how games would often have bugs caused by a check being "this or not this" and they didn't account for some instances of "not this"
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Re: PYF marketing silliness

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That's both computer bugs and, uh, rules bugs. I've seen many a physical card game have that kind of issue.
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Re: PYF marketing silliness

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Gloomy Rube wrote:
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That's both computer bugs and, uh, rules bugs. I've seen many a physical card game have that kind of issue.
Computers are just rules engines made out of rocks and lightning! :spike101:
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Re: PYF marketing silliness

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and that's why computers are magic
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Re: PYF marketing silliness

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Post by Mr. Big (?) » Thu May 21, 2020 1:03 pm



You know, it's probably a bad idea to give people nightmares when marketing your product.

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Re: PYF marketing silliness

Post by Jill (?) » Thu May 21, 2020 4:25 pm

oh god i've seen that one before

i like how they just re-used and overlapped same scream

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Re: PYF marketing silliness

Post by Fizzbuzz (?) » Thu May 21, 2020 6:33 pm

Let me guess, that was from 2005 or something, when content that was so ugly it's edgy was "in."
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Re: PYF marketing silliness

Post by DaikatunaRevengeance (?) » Fri May 22, 2020 6:35 am

the uglier somehting is the cooler
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Re: PYF marketing silliness

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DaikatunaRevengeance wrote:
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the uglier somehting is the cooler
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Re: PYF marketing silliness

Post by Mr. Big (?) » Sun May 31, 2020 12:58 pm



An early Toucan Sam commercial. Mainly posting to show that Mel Blanc was the character's original voice actor.

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Post by PonyHag714 (?) » Sun May 31, 2020 1:15 pm

His look there beats the heck out of his current style.
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Post by Octavia (?) » Sun May 31, 2020 4:53 pm

That song uses pig latin and also implies that hay is one of the flavors. :ponder:
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Re: PYF marketing silliness

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horse propaganda
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Pig Latin was Toucan Sam's gimmick in these early commercials for some reason :-I


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Getting an early Barney vibe from Mel's Toucan Sam voice there. Image
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Remember when Sonny had a grandpa?

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Kids back then were so easily amused Image
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Post by Mr. Big (?) » Fri Jun 05, 2020 1:13 pm



You know what would be a great way to market your product? By having its mascot assault a random stranger :v:

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Post by PonyHag714 (?) » Fri Jun 05, 2020 2:45 pm

I remember wondering if that was hair on his head or some kind of head dress :ponder:
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Post by Octavia (?) » Fri Jun 05, 2020 2:57 pm

They had those commercials in the 90s too

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Re: PYF marketing silliness

Post by Mr. Big (?) » Fri Jun 12, 2020 1:53 am



Before Cookie Monster was really into cookies, he was really into Munchos.

I may have bought some Munchos because of this ad :liarjack:

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Re: PYF marketing silliness

Post by Pocket (?) » Fri Jun 12, 2020 2:20 am

PonyHag714 wrote:
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I remember wondering if that was hair on his head or some kind of head dress :ponder:
I think it's supposed to be a straw hat of some kind?
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Post by Mr. Big (?) » Mon Jun 29, 2020 10:54 am



A rather freaky anti-drug PSA produced by Hanna-Barbera. Directed by Art Babbitt.

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Post by DaikatunaRevengeance (?) » Mon Jun 29, 2020 11:06 am

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Post by Mr. Big (?) » Fri Jul 03, 2020 7:10 pm



A commercial made at Warner Bros. that doesn't feature any of the regular Looney Tunes cast, instead featuring Rory Raccoon, a now-forgotten cereal mascot. They still retained Mel Blanc for voice, though.

The animation's interesting because it looks like they combined Chuck Jones and Friz Freleng's styles, even though neither directed it, rather Phil Monroe, who was hired specifically to direct commercials at the studio.

Post really commissioned a lot of ads from Warner Bros. back in the day.

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Re: PYF marketing silliness

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where did that raccoon get a crowbar
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