Count the creepy advertising icons As a fitting, if off-color, run-up to next month's Advertising Week, YesButNoButYes offers this: the 10 Creepiest Icons in Advertising History. We were surprised to see that the harmless, domesticated Carvel Cookie Puss captured the top spot, when the King seemed to have cornered the market in terms of his ability to induce nightmares. But, hey, everyone suffers from their own idiosyncratic fears, and, as pictured here, there is something disturbing about Cookie Puss's mutant arms. As a list such as this should spawn countless write-in votes, we would like to add Herb the Nerd—strangely, a previous Burger King icon—to the list. Like his descendant, Herb packed enough creep-ability to cause children and adults to run for their nearest McDonald's. if you're not familiar, you can see a Herb spot here. —Posted by Catharine P. Taylor

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They seem to have forgotten that creepy dancing jack-ass Six Flags guy. That freak-show surely induced a nightmare or two.

Posted by: Mike | Aug 10, 2006 6:02:17 PM

i never realized those things on cookie puss's sides were arms. i guess i thought they were dimples...never noticed the tiny mittens. i was always a fudgie the whale girl, anyhow.

you know who else is missing? the creepiest thing of all (in my humble opinion)? those scary talking walls from terminex.

Posted by: Erin | Aug 11, 2006 9:48:38 AM

Cookie Puss has nothin' on his St. Patrick's Day version, Cookie O'Puss.
As Tom Carvel himself used to say, "thank you for buying my products."

PS/ Cookie Puss was also a great song by the Beastie Boys... "take me home and eat me, yeah!"

Posted by: Miniature Golf Pro | Aug 11, 2006 9:52:32 AM

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