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The Gap/Prince: Did you laugh when The Gap changed its logo to something 6th graders designed in the ’90s? Remember when Prince changed his name to a logo in the ’90s? Both goofs are what it sounds like when doves laugh their asses off.
Netflix/Keri Russell: New Coke all over again, the Qwikster episode was a fail in business 101. You should make it easier for consumers to use your product, not more complicated! Netflix pretty much killed the video store through convenience and ease of use. The Qwikster debacle was like hacking off their trademark quality, kind of like when Keri Russell butchered her infamous curly mane. No surprise Qwikster (and Keri’s hair) died a qwik death.
Bank of America/Charlie Sheen: Recently Bank of America instituted a $5 monthly fee to use debit cards for purchases, claiming that new financial regulations were stifling revenue. With $6 billion in profits (not revenues, profits), it’s clear the banking behemoth is living in lala land. They’ve gone totally off the deep end, much like our favorite bitchin’ rock star from Mars, Charlie Sheen. Only problem? Unlike tiger-blooded Sheen whose quixotic ramblings have amused the masses, Bank of America’s aggravating ‘woe-is-me’ rhetoric is driving away customers by the bushels. Not winning … duh.
SyFy/Diddy: The former SciFi network inexplicably changed its name to SyFy last year, annoying nerds, geeks, and science fiction aficionados the world over. Alright, we get it, you want to be edgy, just like Sean Puffy Combs aka Puff Daddy aka P Diddy aka Diddy. Can’t wait to see next year what’s on “CyPhi.”
Countrywide Financial/Mike Tyson: “This money train’s never gonna stop!” Wrong. Countrywide Financial (and nearly every other mortgage lender in the 2000s) should have taken a lesson from Mike Tyson. Personal pet tigers and lending to risky borrowers (not to mention bundling those risky loans into seemingly respectable but actually toxic securities) are both extremely poor financial decisions. As in, will-make-you-broke-ass-poor financial decisions. Bubbles always burst, folks. Always.
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haha – this is brilliant. so true. I wonder, could P&G Gas be channeling the Murdochs? “I swear, we had no idea about any problems with our gas pipeline… until the thing blew up”