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Oh, C’mon, GrubHub!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on September 27, 2011 | 5 Comments »

There’s a new GrubHub ad in my subway stop: In case you can’t quite make it out, the freakishly anthropomorphic hot dog is offering a flower to the similarly grotesque female bun. (We know she’s gynecomorphous due to the employment of a convention tried and true since the time of Ms. Pac-Man: she’s wearing a [...]

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That’s Not Exactly What I Want—

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on August 12, 2011 | 17 Comments »

—namely, a Taco Bell commercial that includes a snippet of the Flying Lizards’s brilliant cover of “Money”: The commercial excerpts a few of the “That’s what I want” bits. I guess the song’s ironically naked avarice was lost on Yum! Brands?

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YouTube Delivers People

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on August 5, 2011 | 1 Comment »

A cute update on the classic:

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The Semiotics of GrubHub

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , on June 15, 2011 | 11 Comments »

For a year or so now I’ve been noticing GrubHub ads: …deliberately crude post-South Park pieces reminiscent of Tao Lin’s visual art. (GrubHub’s website continues the aesthetic; see, for instance, the About Us page. And it’s a good thing they made these new ones—their original, older ads were pretty boring.) Two-dimensional revels, they seem all [...]

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