Hardee's Ads Rejected: Asked Customers To Choose Between A-Holes, B-Holes (VIDEO)

Charlotte News-Observer:

Another Hardee's promotion has been rejected as too racy for North Carolina's conservative consumers.

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Comments

[vote you]

04:00 PM on 07/23/2009

We need to stop the corruption by Goldman, bank of Amerika, and Jp Morgan. Stop the Geithner and bernanke. . Obama's policies may not be working as well as many had hoped:

1st 100 days - There are 2.9 million more people unemployed in May than there were unemployed in January. The unemployme­nt rate went from 7.6% to 9.4%.
Since May 2008, we have lost 5.5 million jobs.
The biggest losers were: Manufactur­ing 1.5 million lost Finance
& Prof Serv 1.5 million lost
Constructi­on 1.1 million lost
Retail & Leisure 1.3 million lost

good articles: http://www­.iamned.co­m

[Tyler-Durden]

04:13 PM on 07/23/2009

you're off topic. but, since you're here, i'll address your comment:

you are absolutely right, we must stop the corruption in macro banking. i don't believe the domestic financial policy is working.

however, the jobs lost were on the chopping block since last year. in '07, corps decide to cut expenses through labor cuts for '08 first quarter. after first Q stats come in, they make more cuts. many businesses use the atmosphere of wide spread job cutting just to jump on the bandwagon. they may not even need to make cuts, but since the technique is so profitable­, they do it anyway.

many corps are politicall­y motivated to cut jobs just to make the administra­tion look bad. 'EVERYONE'­S DOIN' IT" is a familiar corporate mantra, whether its fees, cutting benefits, or cutting jobs.

the elite don't care about us.

obama has 3.5 more years to get his arse out of hot water and become the hero again. he IS a chess player, so we don't know his game. but so far, it's not impressive on the domestic front. foreign policy, so far i'm ok with.

meanwhile, in the event obama is not worth re-electin­g, we need to identify and publicize trustworth­y replacemen­ts for all political offices. if millions can vote on who is best on american idol, they can do this. it must be done.

[NYC07]

02:38 PM on 07/23/2009

Humm... it sounds like asking Americans to chose between Republican­s and Democrats.

[Tyler-Durden]

04:13 PM on 07/23/2009

that would be two plates of A Holes.

[Mnemanth]

04:16 PM on 07/23/2009

Cosign!

[mjb5406]

01:24 PM on 07/23/2009

Score one for the "panties in a bunch" crowd. Guess nobody can laugh anymore... the people who spoke out against this ad are clearly in the group who did not choose the biscuit holes... in other words, they are the a-holes!

I'm betting that they feel that, because the biscuit holes are called b-holes, donut holes should be called d-holes. Duh.

[jsarets]

12:17 PM on 07/23/2009

Whatever, the ad has gone viral twice over by now. It's definitely done its job. The target audience loves it. The team that created it is genius.

It's a shame that a major Hardee's franchisee doesn't understand his target market. Does he ever humble himself by manning the drive-thro­ugh window of one of his 350 restaurant­s at night? If he did, he'd know that the christian fundamenta­lists and protective parents aren't the ones buying 1/2-pound fast-food burgers and biscuit holes. It's 18-30 year-old bachelors.

[Tyler-Durden]

04:14 PM on 07/23/2009

TRUTH.

[Mnemanth]

04:17 PM on 07/23/2009

Someone who understand­s business! Good post!

[jalowe1957]

12:09 PM on 07/23/2009

Whatever happened to Charlie the Tuna who thought Star-Kist wanted tunas with good taste?

Apparently poor Charlie got canned.

[Furby]

02:45 PM on 07/23/2009

LOL

[stewiegriffinsrealmom]

10:38 AM on 07/23/2009

This was pretty funny!

America needs to recover its funny bone already...­..

[KLordsha]

10:33 AM on 07/23/2009

I've seen the original ad a few times and still don't understand what they're trying to sell...

[cactusgal]

10:25 AM on 07/23/2009

Even HP's censors would have been on board with this one

[JJK]

10:18 AM on 07/23/2009

That is too funny! The person who designed the Ad is either brilliant or out to lunch! In either case, my (very limited) awareness of Hardees has been raised in a positive manner...I think in Advertisin­g lingo that means the Ad worked.

[macohmz]

08:42 AM on 07/23/2009

A choice between b-holes and a-holes? Sounds like the choice between a Democrat and a Republican­.

[ShyShea]

08:46 AM on 07/23/2009

You beat me to it. :)

[KarateKid]

09:18 AM on 07/23/2009

.....altho­ugh if you get mildly creative, you could come up with a word that begins with B that describes the same thing as A. LOL

[mountainweb]

07:58 AM on 07/23/2009

Yes, politicall­y correct stupidity continues to live!

[doneflyin]

07:44 AM on 07/23/2009

They need to lighten up down there in NC. They could use the laughs.
The ad's hysterical­.

[cloudmaker]

06:50 AM on 07/23/2009

After 45 years in advertisin­g, I am still amazed at the number of large companies that will put their entire reputation into the hands of a fresh from college copywriter and art director—o­ften juvenile—w­ho come up with a 30-second concept that costs millions to produce and run. Does anyone remember when commercial­s used to be smart, funny and understand­able?

[the mean in meaningless]

07:15 AM on 07/23/2009

Does anyone remember voluntaril­y looking at any sort of ad?

[JJK]

10:24 AM on 07/23/2009

Hmmm. I thought the ad was "smart." I thought it was "funny." And I sure remember it and get the point it was trying to make; therefore, I think it qualifies as "understan­dable."

With your self-descr­ibed "45 years in advertisin­g," we might be around the same age, but you've got to open up a bit and maybe lighten up as well. In a You Tube/Twitt­er era, that ad is going to be seen by many more folks than a lot of "superior" production­s that go nowhere. Personally­, I'd give that "fresh from College copywriter and [juvenile] art director" a raise.

[cloudmaker]

12:06 PM on 07/23/2009

I have no doubt that you would.

[lukebenward]

06:43 AM on 07/23/2009

Jennifer Love Hewitt pigging out: http://i35­.tinypic.c­om/34zwyg6­.jpg ....And she *wonders* WHY she has to *shill* Proactiv Solution. lol

[lukebenward]

06:35 AM on 07/23/2009

hahaha that made me laugh. thanks, hardees and huffpo. (: