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February 9, 2005 10:28 AM
Broken: Jimmy Dean tag line
Suffice to say:
"The eggs come from real chickens, the cheese comes from real cows, and the sausage comes from Jimmy Dean."
Whole commercial is recounted here.
Thanks to Phoebe for the pointer.
Florida's Natural orange juice tag line is even better:
"We own the land, the trees, and the company."
We *don't* own the land or trees, we just sneak on to other people's groves and pick their oranges.
This reminds me of line penned by poet Charles Bukowski:
"Just heard a commercial which told me Farmer John smokes his own bacon. Now, there's a tough son of a bitch."
- Charles Bukowski ("Yeah")
The truth be known, Jimmy Dean doesn't have anything to do with Jimmy Dean Sausage, except for them using his name.
Many people think that he actually produces it, now that IS broken.
Last time I saw Jimmy Dean he looked a little "too grisly" to be whipped up in the sausage maker. I hope they took his boots off pre-cooking.
The broken part is actually the second line. "The eggs come from real chickens, the cheese comes from real cows, and the sausage comes from Jimmy Dean."
The chickens produced the eggs. Jimmy Dean produced the sausage (there are different recipes). The cows did not produce the cheese. They produced the milk for the cheese.
My brother commented on this to me several months ago -- but added a twist.
As he says, it became a running joke between him and several of his friends, but they were all wondering: How can they make that much sausage from just the one man?
And then they put out a commercial that answered that question. It was, he says, just like the "I am Spartacus" thing -- a tour through the (nicer parts of the) factory, and all of these various employees introducing themselves as "I am Jimmy Dean," "I am Jimmy Dean," "I am Jimmy Dean...."
I just rolled over laughing, .........after, that is I realized whatit seemed like it does. sausage from Jimmy Dean *shakes head while smiling*
For the Cheese from cows thing:
"We put special formulated bacteria pills" holds up a red pill"That turn the cown milk into cheese. And, we invented a special dispenser."Points to one of the poor cow's mouths.
For the Cheese from cows thing:
"We put special formulated bacteria pills" holds up a red pill "That turn the cown milk into cheese. And, we invented a special dispenser."Points to one of the poor cow's mouths.
it just sounds way, way wrong if u think about it for a while, i mean everyone sitting around eating mr. deans sausage, EWW!!!
LOL
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Well... I suppose it's slighty better than the eggs and/or cheese coming from Jimmy Dean. Make up your own lactation joke.
Posted by: Citizen Of Trantor at February 9, 2005 10:37 AM