Strange Lost Subway Commercial (1990s)
Jun 3, 2019 17:24:29 GMT
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Post by LSuperSonicQ on Jun 3, 2019 17:24:29 GMT
Things have been a little slow here on the Wiki lately so here's a mystery that might spice things up a bit.
I was browsing the Existence Unconfirmed section of the Wiki since there's a lot of interesting articles there, and I found a new one I had never seen before-
lostmediawiki.com/Unknown_Subway_advertisement_(lost_locally_produced_commercial_from_sandwich_franchise;_existence_unconfirmed;_mid-1990s)
This article talks about a cheaply produced commercial advertising Subway brand subs in a rather unsettling way, with biblical tones and all around poor acting. This topic comes accompanied by a video seen here-
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9reMUXuC8Y
What's most interesting about this ad is the fact that it was "locally" produced, meaning it's believed Subway themselves didn't create it but rather an ad agency who just licensed it out, which could account for its poor quality. This is also a big reason why it remains lost, is because the ad only aired in select parts of the country.
Even more odd is that while people on many different reddit threads seem to remember the commercial, some of them recall the ad playing for Quiznos subs and even Mr. Sub in Canada. This feeds into it's obscurity and the theory that it was recycled by many different companies and not just made for Subway.
The whole topic is really strange but I think it's interesting and fun, and it would be cool if we actually found multiple different versions to see the differences in the dubs from the different sub companies.
There is some speculation that OP is trolling and only did this for attention (cause he makes Lego stopmotions), but the random people on the reddit threads recalling this commercial back up his claims that it exists, and the topic is so odd it doesn't even make sense that someone would use such a niche thing to get attention from (the video only has 13k views)
If there's any interest in the search, I think contacting marketing people from the 1990s who worked at Subway, Quiznos, and Mr. Sub is the way to go, but also if anyone in the Lancaster Pennsylvania area has VHS tapes they recorded during this era, take a look cause that's where OP was when he said he saw it, although claims of it appearing in the Midwest have also been reported.
I was browsing the Existence Unconfirmed section of the Wiki since there's a lot of interesting articles there, and I found a new one I had never seen before-
lostmediawiki.com/Unknown_Subway_advertisement_(lost_locally_produced_commercial_from_sandwich_franchise;_existence_unconfirmed;_mid-1990s)
This article talks about a cheaply produced commercial advertising Subway brand subs in a rather unsettling way, with biblical tones and all around poor acting. This topic comes accompanied by a video seen here-
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9reMUXuC8Y
What's most interesting about this ad is the fact that it was "locally" produced, meaning it's believed Subway themselves didn't create it but rather an ad agency who just licensed it out, which could account for its poor quality. This is also a big reason why it remains lost, is because the ad only aired in select parts of the country.
Even more odd is that while people on many different reddit threads seem to remember the commercial, some of them recall the ad playing for Quiznos subs and even Mr. Sub in Canada. This feeds into it's obscurity and the theory that it was recycled by many different companies and not just made for Subway.
The whole topic is really strange but I think it's interesting and fun, and it would be cool if we actually found multiple different versions to see the differences in the dubs from the different sub companies.
There is some speculation that OP is trolling and only did this for attention (cause he makes Lego stopmotions), but the random people on the reddit threads recalling this commercial back up his claims that it exists, and the topic is so odd it doesn't even make sense that someone would use such a niche thing to get attention from (the video only has 13k views)
If there's any interest in the search, I think contacting marketing people from the 1990s who worked at Subway, Quiznos, and Mr. Sub is the way to go, but also if anyone in the Lancaster Pennsylvania area has VHS tapes they recorded during this era, take a look cause that's where OP was when he said he saw it, although claims of it appearing in the Midwest have also been reported.
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