Run easy, and spell poorly, with Reebok
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somebody just lost their job..........
Posted by: | Apr 12, 2007 10:38:05 AM
That would be Gordon Bowen..
Posted by: | Apr 12, 2007 11:08:17 AM
.... Um, maybe too clever by half, but perhaps the dropped R was the point? That things done too quickly get done poorly?
Posted by: David | Apr 12, 2007 11:30:06 AM
It's non-NY-notions like these that are trying to turn our once fine City into cookiecutter-on-the-hudson.
Newflash: NYC is supposed to be fast, crazy, unpredictable. If that's not your bag, then don't go to NY, and don't try and change it.
Posted by: AnthonyBretolli | Apr 12, 2007 12:09:09 PM
It's not misspelled. It's written with a Brooklyn accent.
Yo, Vinnie, want some cawfee wit eveything? Fuggedaboutit!
Posted by: Bozo | Apr 12, 2007 12:56:27 PM
If they were really leaving the R out on purpose, it was a mistake to do so. Here's another NY themed ad from the campaign where they highlight the lovely NYC garbage smell:
http://shedwa.blogspot.com/2007/04/reebok-wants-you-to-smell-garbage.html
Posted by: shedwa | Apr 12, 2007 1:00:21 PM
I agree that even if the misspelling was on purpose it's not a very good campaign. Why would you want to stop and smell the garbage? I don't think it's nearly as clever as they thought it would be.
Posted by: | Apr 13, 2007 8:40:04 AM
Obviously Bozo was joking. It's clearly misspelled. Sloppy and bad. All those "NY-insider" campaigns always look to me more directed to tourist and people from somewhere else but New York.
Posted by: Anon | Apr 13, 2007 1:21:13 PM
maybe they're marketing to the uneducated community with this one
Posted by: bob-o | Apr 17, 2007 4:45:10 AM
Stop taking yourselves so seriously NY. Relax and laugh a little. It's not 'all about you'... Reebok posted these in major cities all over the World. NY is the only one I've seen whining about it...
Posted by: anonymous | Apr 17, 2007 1:35:24 PM
I just saw this ad on the subway this morning in another size and layout. The word 'everything' was spelled correctly in it. This one has got to be an unintentional mistake.
Posted by: shedwa | Apr 20, 2007 10:35:25 AM
