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CBS lays a rotten egg in its media plan

Eggs And we thought every surface on the planet (and some off it) was already graced (or is it sullied?) with ad messages. Remember the chucklehead who had a logo tattooed on her forehead for a measly $10,000? Or the money-grubbing couple who tried to auction the name of their newborn? (Sanity prevailed, and there were no takers there.) Now, along comes CBS with its own harebrained scheme: putting its signature eye logo and messages about its new fall shows on eggs. Yes, eggs. The ones in your refrigerator. What’s more, they’re referring to this incredible demonstration of ingeniuty as eggvertising. Oh lord, where does the silliness stop? OK, so maybe if there were clever lines on the eggs, we could tolerate it. But “Leave the yolks to us”? “The Class: New grade-A CBS comedy”? If it weren’t July, we’d have thought this was an April Fools’ joke. A CBS honcho is quoted as saying the best thing about the medium is that it’s intrusive. “You can’t avoid it,” he says. Wanna bet? It’s Egg Beaters for us from now on.

—Posted by Alison Fahey

Credit: CBS

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if i received eggs with these ads on them I would hurl the first half-dozen at the market where I bought them for even carrying food with marketing on it. The second half-dozen would be directed at CBS headquarters. First Katie Couric, now this. Good luck CBS.

Posted by: | Jul 18, 2006 11:51:11 AM

the idiocy of network executives knows no bounds. who in their right mind would think this is a good idea? especially love those horrible puns.

Posted by: pete best | Jul 18, 2006 12:29:09 PM

This is just pathetic. Darned few people have read J.G. Ballard's "The Subliminal Man", I suspect ...

Posted by: Len | Jul 18, 2006 3:25:55 PM

I kind of think this is a neat idea. I mean, it's unusual, surprising, and people will look at it because they'll see it and think, "What is that on my egg?" Plus, people look at eggs they aren't even buying to make sure they aren't cracked.

And the puns? They're just sticking to the theme.

Posted by: Carrie | Jul 18, 2006 3:44:02 PM

>>people will look at it because they'll see it and think, "What is that on my egg?"

Exactly.

Posted by: Tim Nudd | Jul 18, 2006 3:51:31 PM

"Plus, people look at eggs they aren't even buying to make sure they aren't cracked."

If, while checking for cracked eggs, I came across eggs with ads on them, not only would I not buy them, I would mistakenly drop the carton right there. It's a reprehensible idea and a pretty fair indication of why most advertising is universally hated. and generally bad. Moreover, it should be viewed as a deperate cry for help from an industry in distress.

Posted by: | Jul 18, 2006 4:50:35 PM

and wait til someone gets sick from one of these eggs.. Hell people are putting severed fingers in chili.. seems like CBS might be in line for a lawsuit from salmonella poisoning.

I say "Hire that Sales Intern!"

Posted by: | Jul 18, 2006 4:53:59 PM

I think this is an eggs-cellent idea.

Posted by: makethelogobigger | Jul 19, 2006 10:05:01 AM

It's a good idea. No need to get paranoid. If it's relevant, it's not spam.

Posted by: Eugen Suman | Feb 25, 2007 5:33:31 AM

The marketing society has just reached a new level of idiocy. Next thing there’ll be advertising on the inside of your bananas.

Posted by: Andrea | Apr 10, 2007 2:52:02 PM

The marketing society has just reached a new level of idiocy. Next thing there’ll be advertising on the inside of your bananas.

Posted by: Andrea | Apr 10, 2007 2:52:04 PM

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