Bad Andy: Dominos’ Worst Ad Campaign
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- Опубликовано: 19 окт 2024
- If you thought the Noid was too much, say hello to Bad Andy!
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At least the Noid was a Wile E Coyote clone that had a motivation and somewhat of a charm in the 80’s. Bad Andy on the other hand takes away any of the Noid’s redeeming qualities and makes it worse.
I think bad Andy's character design looks very cute lol. I don't know why
I hear you, brother; the Noid before and the Pizzahead show after were *_far_* better. I esp. liked Pizzahead because it was an adaptation of Mr. Bill. Oh Noooooooooooo!...
@mariodd I didn't expect you to be here. What's up?
ayyyy it's an owl house fan
True. I loved the Noid lol
“Good Andy. Bad Pizza”
There. Now you’ve got the most obvious joke for this campaign.
But there pizza is the best in america, right?
@@Scav-Goblin No some of the worst
@@Scav-Goblin
It's one of the better nationwide chains, but you're almost always better off going to a local or regional pizza place instead.
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@@knightmare39 Being from Long Island, NY I feel this.
When Pizza Hut using an actual slice of pizza to advertise their stuff works better than a puppet made by one of the most famous puppet studios on the planet....
I know; Pizzahead is so much better as a Domino's mascot.
@@edgardeitz5746 "HEY! He's not a mascot!"
"SURE HE IS!"
I never bought into the “comedy is based on misery” thing. It’s based on expectations. Plenty of comedy doesn’t involve any misery at all.
Comedy is based on being funny. Knowing a joke doesn't take away from it. Also you can make misery into comedy but it's not based on it.
My thoughts exactly. I *HATE* when people say that. It gives off the unfortunate implication that miserable situations shouldn't be taken seriously, which is a horrible thing to imply. It also kind of makes whoever said it look like a sadist when you think about it.
In other words, the Nostalgia Critic is a sociopath. Already with ya on that one...!
@@blackheartzerotheundergrou3225 I mean, there was a mass exodus of content creators who left Channel Awesome and accused Doug, Rob, and Mike Michaud of some pretty serious allegations.
What doesn't sell it for me is the puppet itself, which is kind of sad considering it is a Creature Shop creation, but to me it looks kind of like a generic carnival prize. I wonder if it got reused for anything, I can just imagine Andy as a background character in Happytime Murders.
Since it was just a mascot for a fucking domino's commercial, the creature shop probably didn't want to bring their A game.
These commercials feel like when you remove the laugh track from a bad sitcom.
Someone should tweak this INTO a sitcom that _works._ Something like "Alf" or "Scorch", or even like 'Roland Rat" or "'Round the Bend". I see some possibilities; all they need is the hero character, and they're set...
agreed
So what you're telling me is Andy was literally so bad at his job that it transcended the meta of the commercials and manifested as actually harmful to the business itself?
Damn. Andy really IS bad.
Back when Domino’s needed a noid replacement.
Why are you in every comment section?
I see you in every videogame channel I watch.
Domino's doesn't need the noid because their pizza is already disgusting and unappetizing (I am Italian)
@@blackstar044 I like how no-one pointed out that I am in every almost single comment section.
@@Spongyboi897 Same here and people used to point me out as being another guy commenting everywhere
Honestly, Domino’s should’ve just had Mr. Bean be the spokesman for the company during this time.
I don't even eat Domino's pizza. But if they did have Mr. Bean be a spokesperson for their adverts, they would be hilarious to watch. And I'm saying that as someone who's been a fan of Mr. Bean since 1999.
now do the arbys oven mitt next, as a kid i used to be scared of that mascot
I liked the oven mitt. Of course I like junk so take that as it may.
Wait Arbys had an oven mitt mascot? I have a brief memory of it and I thought it was a hamburger helper commercial when I was a kid. Man this explains a strange memory in my mind.
Comedy derived from misery is the most nostalgic thing that nerd knows.
Dominos charges 7 dollars for delivery, even tho I'm 1 minute away and can basically smell the store on a breezy day. Now that's comedy.
Charges for delivery since you can't hoof it to their store.
If its a minute away, I say you deserve to pay 7 bucks to have them drive to you.
@@WerewolfEmerson I agree lol
Perhaps OP has mobility problems or other issues that make it difficult or even impossible to go pick up even if the store is only a minute away. Don't be so quick to judge when you don't know anything about the person.
As someone that loves Domino's Pizzas (yes, I like their pizzas, fight me), I actually never heard of a second Domino's mascot, I just only knew about The Noid because of Electricdragon505 / AniMat's Animation Lookback: The Best of Stop Motion on where he gave a segment to Will Vinton's Stop Motion (may he rest in peace)
And honestly, the way they made Bad Andy does feel more like meh, just another forgettable mascot that just came and went and tried to be funny, which of course, it didn't
It was an interesting look to another food mascot, like last time with Jack Box, good luck with any future video
You are not the only one who likes Domino's Pizzas. I mean, the buttered crust with garlic powder makes them delicious.
I love it as well lol
They are bringing the Noid back kinda of its on their ST boxes I love them cause my dominos has better costumer service than my local pizza hut that age discriminated against me just assuming I was under age cause of my baby face and the store nor corporate did anything that's basically the long and short of that story
@@elizabethsmith3374 also that one time they made the noid a boss in crash bandicoot run
I wonder where the Andy puppet ended up after this. But really. This campaign had SO much potential. I love puppetry, and I love Jim Henson workshop projects.. but they didn't do much at all with him. His design could use some work but like you said that's the least of the problems, but his entire schtick needs so much work too. If they really tried with him, he could still be around to this day. But they just dropped the ball.
I'd love to see a revival and upgrade to this ad campaign if I'm honest. It could be SO great in the right hands! Though admittedly I'd PAY to see the return of the NOID. It was slightly before my time, but it would be amazing to see again (tho if you see the newest boxes from Dominos from the Stranger Things advertisting, the NOID was mentioned on the boxes right on the side. Small, but I spotted it and it made me smile!)
Honestly, Bad Andy looks really cute for some reason, lol
I think it got set on fire
I'd 100% pay for Bad Andy to make a comeback somehow, 'cause it's adorable.
I agree the idea had potential but it wasn't executed properly and poor Andy just didn't quite hit the mark and he ended up being forgettable
bad andy sounds like a made up version of Jerma created by chat where he's a devious robber who steals candy from babies and litters all over the place
Did Andy fight Crash Bandicoot? No he didn’t, he is already terrible. Noid stay winning
Thanks for the comment shout-out guys! It really made my day. Also, what a coincidence that the two restaurant mascot videos that you guys did just so happened to be on the two restaurants that my family are regulars at.
Andy turning his head around to look at the monster trucks is nightmare fuel. He looks terrifying
Domino's seems to have a thing for mascots with mixed messaging.
“Have you heard of Hatsune Miku?”
7:35-7:58
And here I thought Rax's Mr. Delicious was the most hated mascot...either him or Happy from McDonalds.
The same firm that did the Bad Andy campaign did the Mr. Delicious campaign. Srsly, Deutsche is a firm where companies go if they want crass ad campaigns
Avoid the noid! Is it sad I'd prefer Quiznos ' subs weird rat thing?
Its more striking and memorable so makes sense
Spongmonkeys
We love da suuubs!
i used to have frequent nightmares about bad andy as a child. one i very specifically remember was him living under my bed out at my grandparent's home in northern montana. an instance in the dream where my grandad lifted the bed sheet up to look under it and andy came darting out from under and leaped onto my neck. i remember his eyes looking very visibly angry. odd as he doesn't ever emote.
so i'd like to add 'oddly terrifying' to your bullet points.
I forgot for years that thing existed until now, really I just kept thinking it was only the Noid. Must had memory block it without even trying.
I worked at Domino's in high school and I had no idea about this. Although one of the delivery drivers was also a tattoo artist and he told us that anyone who got a NOID tattoo he'd do it for free.
I worked at Domino's here in Canada from 1992-2001 and would TOTALLY have gotten a Noid tattoo if offered even though the Noid was pulled right before I started working there. Tonight was the first time that I heard why.
Oh shoot, I think I actually saw part of one of these when I was younger! I remember seeing some kind of ad with a puppet briefly, but I didn't see what it was for (I think we were changing the channel and planning to watch something else), and all I remember was seeing one frame where the puppet leapt out of his seat or something (our old CRT would freeze frame when changing channels and fast-forwarding on DVR), though if it really was Bad Andy, it might've been the ad with the vibrating chair. I dunno, I thought it looked like a pizza ad.
Man, if the Andy puppet was a nice character and had his own Nick Jr. show, 3 year old me would probably love it.
Andy’s eyes look more like *nose nostrils* (facepalm). I don’t think they thought that design well. I don’t remember ever seeing these ads at all. I might’ve been too young to remember them or might’ve never even saw them.
Ngl these commercials are the worst, but Andy is the cutest??? I love his design. I want to make him out of fuzzy brown yarn
I agree. His design is the only redeeming factor
Kinda wanted to mention something about the Noid.
uhh
no they didn't retire the Noid because of the Killer named Noid.
in fact it actually happened LONG before they retired the character.
the reason they retired him was more because the whole gist of "Free Pizza if not delivered under 30 Minutes" thing kinda became dated, since the Company doesn't make it free like that nowadays.
I had forgotten about Bad Andy…but…I liked him 😂 I was also like 13-14 when he came out, so I guess that sophomoric early 2ks humor was right up my alley
This is just The Noid and Flat Eric’s disgruntled love child
Mr. Delicious was such a bad mascot that the Rax company released a mini-documentary saying Mr. Delicious is a revolutionary character that'll go down in history as one of the world's greatest mascots... And he was one of the nails pounded into Rax's coffin.
Domino’s pizza was the pizza my elementary school got for Tuesday Pizza days.
I think there's a reason why he was called Bad Andy because the ads were bad
Bad Andy was canceled prematurely because viewers hated him, but Lemo Emo and Doug still haunt our devices for some reason.
0:45 They've experimented with bringing the Noid back for a few times lately
Bad Andy looks like a rejected Pokémon.
Quoting the nostalgia critic as a reliable source for comedy is like quoting Jeff Bezos as a reliable source for employee rights
Lmao ikr
At least there one other different that the Noid had, that Bad Andy lacks.
It has Yo! Noid! Although that's a reskin of Kamen no Ninja Hanamaru that was published in Japan by Capcom.
A friend used BadAndy in his AIM screen name. He usually went by Drew.
tbh your VHS collection is like my Comic Collection gotten over 20,000 Comics and still Climbing from Marvel, Timely, DC, Pre-DC, Looney Tunes etc. imo i'd say keep at your hobby lol
The second worst pizza mascot, papa John's is the worst
As a man who has a massive cassette and VHS collection, respect
I remember The Noid from when I was a kid but I don’t even remember Bad Andy. Gives you an idea of how good and impactful the ads were
Your VHS collection looks pretty cool :)
Unrelated to the video i know but is it ok if i ask you guys to make a "svtfoe vs the network" in the future?
Or is it "star vs the network" huh? lol
I remember these ads and I remember there was a Dominoes by my house for my entire childhood. To this day I have never eaten a Dominoes pizza. We would go to Pizza Hut all the time though. I remember going to Pizza Hut after seeing the Phantom Menace and all us kids got star wars toys with our pizza. There was a salad bar and it was really good. We also got free Pizza Hut PC games that were prepackaged with America Online on CD Roms. They were actually really good. Great memories at Pizza Hut. I remember see the ads from Domino's and remember passing the store but also remember never going inside.
“The Noid tries to ruin Domino’s pizza!”
That’s the definition of redundant. Domino’s pizza is already terrible.
So I’ve been watching a lot of old commercials since 2012
I was more into the video games commercials from 2000s the launch of the Xbox GameCube and ps2
Do you remember the GameCube commercials or the ps9 and of course the green Xbox ball teaser for Microsoft’s new console!?
Yeah keep trying for that Bad Andy plush but it usually goes for around 300$+ since it's so rare, who knew someone could pay so much for Bad Andy.
The problem with Bad Andy was pretty simple - Domino’s had thrown themselves so hard at the Noid that they were “the pizza place the Noid commercials and games are about”. Any time they could talked about retiring him, they didn’t because their wagon was hitched to his horse.
And then K.L. Noid did what he did, and they had to expunge a character whose impact can’t be overstated. Andy was an attempt to recapture lightning in a bottle. He failed, miserably. And that’s part of why I saw a Noid ad in 2021.
What do you think of the arbys oven mitt?
Bad Andy was no Noid.
12:14 WOOPDOO?! Isn’t they made The Fifteen Minutes Object Show?
Dominos didn't understand just how impactful the art style was in the Noid's success.
Great video! I look up bad Andy every few months bc I was named after him lol
Andy's no Noid. He's just Bad
What a coincidence! Dire Trip's just released a video on The Noid incident.
Andy's so adorable!❤🥺
I thought Andy was a riot, it was the corny shtick theme and his intolerable foul ups that had me in stitches. For contrast, I never found Seinfeld to be that funny, ever. 🤔🤔🤔🤔😉😉😉
Are the Noid and "Bad Andy" prototypes to the minions (Despicable Me series)? Is there any relation with the McDonald's Happy Meal Box characters? Or the Playdoh Cannisters characters? I really wanna know...
(Jerry Seinfeld impression ends here)
I remember these commercials
Sounds like a nickname for a twitch streamer
What's snuggles bear doing in a dominoes pizza commercial?
Why does Andy look like a Canadian from South Park
Second mascot? So we're just going to completely ignore Donny Domino from the 90s?
Bad Andy was Awesome.
While everyone else was working hard to get you your pizza hot, fresh and on time, Bad Andy was relaxing and snoozing away, loving life.
The Noid Is Back Tho but Imagine All the Dominos Pizza Mascots Team Up
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure Domino's was the pizza product placement they had in the original TMNT movie from 1990. I'm kinda surprised they didn't work out some kind of on going business deal to keep advertising through the Turtles movies, anf maybe even do some commercials. I remember the second movie started with the Turtles rescuing a pizza delivery boy. It's too bad Domino's didn't get in on that. They could have even made some commercials with similar ideas. I know it might not have much longevity, but this was back during Turtle-Mania! Fans would have loved ads like that back then, and we'd have been nostalgic for them now.
Ironically Dominos is the pizza that's used in the actual movie, yet for the original vhs release they had an ad for pizza hut right at the start before the movie so it seems pizza hut became the pizza place most associated with the turtles.
@@BriSand1993 That makes sense. I remember seeing pizza hut ads with the more recent movies (I.E. the crap ones we don't talk about) so its not too odd to think Pizza Hut has some history with the franchise. I actually forgot about the 1990 movie's VHS ad. My parents were super strict back then, and didn't want me to watch the first movie because of the swearing. I only saw it once back then, and later I would fast forward past the ads so I could watch the movie faster.
@@joshhacker8503 Yeah but you're right in that Dominos really dropped the ball by not capitalizing on what they had.
Plot twist he works for little Caesars
I can't see Bad Andy's puppet and not immediately think of the former Levi Jeans mascot turned Plunderphonics icon Flat Eric. I know he's more well known for the latter, but still
You're The Media Critic, you remember it so we don't have to :)
Bad Andy looks like his normal eyes fell off and they just used his nose holes as his eyes
Wow, I had forgotten this campaign even happened. But it all came flooding back. Yeah, I hate commercials in the first place, bad commercials are insult to injury.
Never thought Two Rivers would be mentioned
Dire Trip just uploaded a video on the situation around The Noid. Y'all's videos are 30 mins apart in upload, and right next to each other on my subscription feed. Was this planned??? 😂😂😂
I remember the noid
This was a really great video that was right up my alley. This guy Deserves more views and subs
I think Bad Andy is cute.
That's all.
In defense of the Noid, he was still an interesting character; and not a lot of fast food mascots that aren't Ronald McDonald or the Burger King were really memorable back then and now. Honestly Dominos should rip off the bandaid and actually bring him back, I don't think a lot of mainstream consumers even remember _why_ he was discontinued anymore.
Bad Andy though? Yeah he's just a bootleg Noid.
Malicious Andrew was the Noid if he was working from the inside
Andy just reminds me of those no David books that were hilarious as kids, but not really as when your older
this is like a very meticulously created jerma bit
I got a Hungry Howie's ad for this video
Dominos is still what it is but they made massive improvements in quality
Well I'm glad that I wasn't part of whatever region this bad Andy was supposed to be from. You said he was in the UK right? Anyways glad I didn't know about bad Andy but I'm glad hear your explanation of how terrible he was.
Am I honest opinion I thought the worst ad campaign ever was actually by Little Caesars. The reason I say this is because in the early 2010s they had these ads that were like anti internet. They would say things like it's too complicated to order pizza on the internet and make it look really hard to do and try to convince people that they should just come to Little Caesars. There was even a really insulting ad where some guy was like standing up on stage talking about Little Caesars and then showing a video clip of some robotic legs stepping forward and him explain that you can just walk the little caesars. I mean seriously they were talking to us like we were stupid when they put shit like that in their ads.
And honestly I think everybody knew that this was all a sham and this was all stupid just to try to make them seem like they were better and of course we all knew that they were going to have to cave into having to do pizza ordering on the internet as well and that's exactly what they do nowadays and they won't even acknowledge that they had incredibly stupid ads that were attacking that very premise.
Monkey and Al was later used for PG Tips, a brand of tea
"Bad andy" sounds like something jerma would get called
i had this dumb idea for a different take on Andy, what if instead he was a wacky inventor or just a smart alleck who loves pizza using his inventions to make Domino's' better but messes it up. Like for the heat pads he forgoes them and instead uses a car with a built in pizza oven to cook a half baked pizza only to return after the deliveries drenched in sweat claiming there was a bug or two. Or uses some sort of fake arms for making pizzas faster by hand which worked well until they malfunction due to the amount of pizzas.
Nothing spectacular but I thought it was funny
I personally prefer the Noid IMHO but (fight me though) I love both Dominos and Pizza Hut throughout my life.
0:40 I used to love Domino’s CinnaStixs they were so delicious 😋 especially when dipped in the icing I miss the CinnaStix at Domino’s I wish they’d bring ‘em back one day
I don’t care, this guy is adorable
I forgot about these, and I think they were out when I was like,7 when they were out
bad Andy sounds like something twitch chat would call Jerma
Imagine if Domino's used Andy in their UK advertising material.
Andy's kinda cute though
Like a little Blorbo
the noid is making a little bit of a comeback, the noid even had a video game crossover with crash bandicoot last year
Your voice sounds so familiar, like I’ve heard it somewhere else.
Don’t remember these but I do remember how HORRIBLE dominos was then. Had I seen these I had would’ve been all for trying that cardboard pizza again. Awkward is awesome.
To be fair, Domino's could have the funniest/cleverest commercial in the world but it still wouldn't entice me to eat there. Literally nothing could make me want to eat that restaurant.
You should cover Rally's/Checker's "Mr. Bag" ad campaign. My father actually called the station to complain about it. They aired them constantly and they were just so darn stupid.
... It will be a quick video.
The Noid: and I thought I was evil!
Didn't they bring the noid back?