I don’t want to know what that one thing is but…

… I thought I’d throw in an end-of-day post with some levity. Remember that Burger King mascot that kept the playgrounds empty? Yikes. You can’t always have a literal mascot. That’d be like Facebook having, well, something that looks like this:

“Let’s reconnect.”

WatchMojo produced a highly entertaining compilation of marketing stink bombs. The humor ranges from politically incorrect to flat-out tragic. These ads should be seen by any marketing student, perhaps especially the ones who regard themselves as “edgy.”

By the way, I wish I could have tried “New” Coke back in 1985. Bill Cosby endorsed it!

Video Source: Top 10 Marketing Failures.

Image Source: Face Book, Literally.

Image Source: Burger King Mascot.