Video Of Worst Ad Campaigns Goes Viral [Video]

A YouTube video listing the worst advertisement campaigns ever has gone viral on the internet. The video was posted on May 4 by Good Mythical Morning. (Watch the video below.)

Good Mythical Morning is a YouTube channel founded by Rhett James McLaughlin and Charles Lincoln "Link" Neal. The duo are known for their viral videos, comedy songs and commercials for local businesses all across the U.S. Good Mythical Morning has got more than 6.5 million subscribers in YouTube.

The worst ads feature some of the really terrible ad campaigns from both television and print. These include a soft drink company telling mothers to give their product to newborns and a restaurant posting an ad that said if anyone came to their restaurant with a tattoo of their signature dish, they'd get it for free, "for life." This campaign almost cost them their business.

The video has more than 780,000 views at the time of this post, with 25,599 likes and 235 people giving it the thumbs down. "The worst ad campaigns ever" has already got more than 3,400 comments with many users praising the duo's research.

Youtube users Water Melon, Madelaine Thomsen and Hans Lund posted their opinions about the video. The trio felt that the video made some really nasty comments about Denmark.

Another user FromDkWithLove felt that most Americans' opinion about Denmark being a "crazy" country and where "outrageous phenomenons" occurs origin because of Shakespeare's "Hamlet." The user wrote "There's something rotten in Denmark," a line from "Hamlet, which makes the Americans think Denmark is "crazy."

A thesheepthatwentmooo wrote that in New Zealand there was a Mc Donald's ad stating that their burgers were made with "100% pure New Zealand beef." The user then added that the company that made the burgers was called "100% pure New Zealand beef." He adds that this is how companies get away with things.

Aidan Sheedy, a YouTube user, wrote that the fact that people still "remember" and "talk" about these ads make them "some of the best ads, not the worst." He adds that the point of an ad is to spread knowledge of the company and these adds were pretty "effective" at doing that.

Video: The Worst Ad Campaigns Ever

(Credit: YouTube/Good Mythical Morning)

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