I do believe this ad is like one of those Mandela Effect cases where it probably never existed.
That's impossible, there's way too much proof that it aired. I understand getting burned out on the search though.
Seconded. There are too many contemporary accounts describing this for it to be a false memory or some kind of strange hoax.
More likely, I think we can create a plausible path of this getting "totally lost", reposting from an earlier post:
1. The ad had a relatively limited demographic target
2. The ad was received so poorly that McDonald's didn't air it for that long
3. Whatever services that had visual recordings of this ad are long gone due to link rot (looking at you, Photobucket)
4. YouTube recordings that might have existed are gone, either due to copyright claims (from McDonald's, a network, or a totally unrelated claim) or said accounts posting them going offline (which happens a lot)
5. Because this ad wasn't aired for long, VHS recordings containing it are probably limited.
It's like everything perfectly aligned for this ad to disappear entirely. It's not that crazy to be honest; remember the search for The Electric Piper? That was almost entirely lost for 13 years before it was uploaded on the internet. SpongeBob's "Got Milk" ad from that era was another example of something that was so well documented but was missing the final needle from the hay stack.
Yeah this is the third known variant of this for a different product (previously we've found Selects and the Quarter Pounder). First time seeing any of them in a break though so not a bad find.
That's impossible, there's way too much proof that it aired. I understand getting burned out on the search though.
Seconded. There are too many contemporary accounts describing this for it to be a false memory or some kind of strange hoax.
More likely, I think we can create a plausible path of this getting "totally lost", reposting from an earlier post:
1. The ad had a relatively limited demographic target
2. The ad was received so poorly that McDonald's didn't air it for that long
3. Whatever services that had visual recordings of this ad are long gone due to link rot (looking at you, Photobucket)
4. YouTube recordings that might have existed are gone, either due to copyright claims (from McDonald's, a network, or a totally unrelated claim) or said accounts posting them going offline (which happens a lot)
5. Because this ad wasn't aired for long, VHS recordings containing it are probably limited.
It's like everything perfectly aligned for this ad to disappear entirely. It's not that crazy to be honest; remember the search for The Electric Piper? That was almost entirely lost for 13 years before it was uploaded on the internet. SpongeBob's "Got Milk" ad from that era was another example of something that was so well documented but was missing the final needle from the hay stack.
Tying to your last point. Although this commercial and its infamy are pretty old, the actual search for it is both new and obscure, only being 6 months old and tied to these forums. Electric Piper was a huge Lost Media case for a while prior to being found and it also took a bit for SpongeBob Got Milk to resurface. Give it time and I'm sure this'll eventually turn up, it's just too infamous and widespread not to imo.
Not particularly relevant to the search but I managed to ID the filming location from the "Power of No" ad using the reflections in the street scene - it's North Alvarado Street in Echo Park, LA. The store he walks past with the orange banner in the window is the Echo Park Film Center. This Flickr photo was also a big help.
There was some purpose to this (location might have been a clue to which of the agencies produced this ad) but given it's LA that doesn't really narrow it down.
Post by sadeltriraidersfan on Jun 28, 2024 3:42:20 GMT
I've come up with a few ideas about finding this ad.
One path we can take is looking for corporate PDFs of McDonald's from about 2003 to about 2005. perhaps 2000 to 2008. While McDonald's itself may not have archived the ad, it's possible that individuals working in the relevant departments (such as marketing or video) may have a copy of the ad. Additionally, we might find the marketing agencies that they worked with named in those documents. We could also try to locate some individuals on LinkedIn from that time. These PDFs usually have specific details.
Another avenue we can take is contacting agencies such as PR Newswire and other companies in the PR field that document this type of stuff. Here's an example of a PR firm that did a top 13 "biggest PR fiascos" article: prlab.co/blog/13-pr-nightmares-revealed/
It makes me think if these agencies documented this during the time this commercial aired.
Post by ObscureMediaTV on Jun 28, 2024 3:59:01 GMT
Hey everyone, this is a pretty interesting piece of lost media to me. I may make a YouTube video on it to try and help the search. I'm not a massive YouTuber but I got a bit if a following and my channel specializes in lost media. You can check it out here if you want.
I will add this, but the more I think about the ad from my personal memory, the channel was MSNBC. That's solid because that was all I watched back around this time. I do think it was late but not too bad, like 19:00 to 21:00. The more I think about the ad, she didn't just say, "You better don't." She said something like, "You better don't touch my brand-new chicken selects made with 100% white meat and come with honey mustard and BBQ sauce," something roughly along those lines. As for the flight attendant, I can't remember even their gender or if they even said anything. I know for a fact "100% white meat" was said, so I do think we should narrow the search down to that.
