This Greasepainted, tiny-hatted monster didn’t make it as a spokesclown and I think we can all breath a collective sigh of relief for that. I have no idea why anyone would think a clown could or should sell anything but nightmares.
Want some Kool-Aid? The price? Oh, not much, just your soul! Ha Ha Ha…everything floats!!!
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ctupa
September 29th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Kool-aid man is sweating in fear…
Lidian
September 29th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
This is truly a spectacularly bad ad! I love it, of course, for that reason.
You are correct in assuming that this terrible clown creature wants souls as the price of his noxious drink. He will be snacking on them very soon. And we all know what he is planning to wash those souls down with…
The Retroist
September 30th, 2009 at 9:13 am
I did a little follow up on this ad
http://www.retroist.com/forum/topic/more-kool-aid-clown-fun#post-1386
Brian
September 30th, 2009 at 9:37 am
This is the only thing scarier than PARANORMAL ACTIVITY.
Ultra
September 30th, 2009 at 10:37 am
I don’t know…Kool Aid Man looks pretty pleased to see him. Maybe there’s something he’s not telling us in between pushing his tooth-rotting product on us.
Brian Boone
October 21st, 2009 at 12:15 am
Man, between Heath Ledger and John Wayne Gacy, clowns are just going to be linked with brutal murder for the next few generations or so.