While I find the vocals grating and the visuals disorienting I have to admit that I laugh like an idiot every time they sing the line “...they have a pepper bar”. Do they have a water list too?

I first saw the commercial and was horrified, then after watching it a few more times I can’t get enough. Thank god I already loved quiznos though, or I might have problems.

Genius, pure and simple.
--Mike

I don’t think I will be able to eat at Quiznos ever again after viewing the dead rat singing commercial. I can’t think of a more disgusting commercial in the history of television! It’s disturbing!

the guy who creates the cats and the spongemonky’s name is Joel Veitch and his web site has all his animations on it I sujgest people go for a good laugh. http://www.rathergood.com/

I went to the trouble to find this link because I find the commerical discusting to the point I found another place to have lunch, and I have been going to the quiznos store in Eugene for some time.  It reminds me an old shaver commerical that showed people getting hurt by other shaver products. The problem is that people related the pain to the commerical and their sales dropped to an extent that they cancled the concept.  Even them it some time for the product to gain the public’s approval.

I’d just like to set the record straight: those are bushbabies--NOT dead rats, not roadkill, not gerbils!  They are small, tree-dwelling, nocturnal monkeys of the African forest.

And I, like they, love the subs.

I stumbled across this site while doing a more thorough search for the definition of “Spongmonkey” as I have yet to find one...but I just wanted to say - the ad, as disturbing as it might be has INDEED caused a BUZZ and people are drawn to it like a moth to a flame...so, KUDOS to Quiznos for using it.  And the tune?  Catchy isn’t it? 

We Love the Subs..........Any coupon will work!

Bushbabies? I’m skeptical.  They certainly don’t look like anything found in nature to me.  They give me a creepy thrill and I’m becoming obsessed with them.  But I will never—NEVER—eat at Quizno’s.

Beware of paper cuts!

I have a new jingle for the Quisnos Spong Monkeys:

Don’t eat at Quisnos ! Quisnos sucks !

They serve you roadkill ! They make your stomach turn !

Madison Ave at its worst !

MM

I was going to email Quiznos about this revolting commercial when I ran across this site. Interesting mix of reactions. But I still think they look like something my cat has left on my porch. And their teeth!!!! Personally, I think the boss’s son needed a job, so they had him do the singing. I certainly won’t eat there and intend to tell them why.

I love this commercial.  About time someone did something a bit “out there”.  I find it very humourous and hope they continue their campaigns!

I absolutely love the commercial!  I had no idea what those little things were at first (my wife thought they were rats), but the quirkiness of the ad really appealed to me.  I now have a deeper appreciation for the concept, having visited the creator’s web site.  I have never eaten at Quiznos before, but this commercial has inspired me to do so.

I love Joel and his Spongmonkeys!!  He is awesome!  Yes, it’s kind of gross that these rat-looking creatures are now advertising subs in the US, but I never liked Quiznos anyways-- at least now they have entertaining commercials.

This is not the first time something like this has happened.

Blockbuster Video once usedJared, Butcher of Song in one of its commercials. It’s a mostly-Mac thing but you can download the MP3 version and it’s just as cool.

I mean, just as hideous. As in, even worse than the Spongemonkeys.

I kid you not. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

To all the people bashing Quiznos: I don’t see what the big deal is over these characters. It’s a cartoon, or more accurately, computer animation. They aren’t real!

Is it strange? Yes! But, you have to admit, IT GOT YOUR ATTENTION!

In every way imaginable, good or bad, Quizno’s was successful in their marketing campaign. Because, the GENIUSES in their marketing department believe in the old saying: “THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS BAD PUBLICITY!”

Unless you’re Michael Jackson...but he isn’t pitching Quizno’s, now is he?

Now that the commercial got your attention, it’s up to YOU to eat there. I admit, I absolutely LOVE Quizno’s subs! And I have way before these commercials came out. In my opinion, they are the best sub chain out there, and their sandwiches beat Subway hands down. 

Look at it this way, Subway is a huge conglomerate. If you are Quizno’s, or any other sandwich chain trying to get a piece of the market, you will do whatever it takes to get noticed. And that’s what Quizno’s has done.

In closing, anybody who is going to stop eating there after seeing a silly commercial has underlying mental problems.

Chris, you’re dead-on. They have more than achieved the goals of any marketing campaign...you remember it, you know who the company is, and as a bonus, people are TALKING ABOUT. They should win an award.

My husband was just bitching about the Quiznos commercials and I had to explain the same thing to him. If they have your mindshare (top of your mind) then they have SUCCEEDED.

There is no such thing as bad publicity. Which is why I maintain the Janet Boob fiasco was planned down to the last detail, even the post-event reactions, statements, and most lawsuits or punishment actions.

Old Navy is good at this too. Most obnoxious crap I’ve ever seen. The lady with glasses, the cheesy [everything]. But I know who they are and what they’re selling. And I remember them whenever I need a fleece sweatshirt. So, mission accomplished.

My question about this commercial business (pun intended) would be this:

Why on earth do we care enough to argue about a TELEVISION COMMERCIAL?  Are people really THAT annoyed by the voices?

We’re just watching too much TV, man.

And another thing:

Why am I opposing the incredible volume of comments on this tiny story by adding a comment of my own??  And why am I still deliberately posting it after pointing something out that proves how stupid I am?

And why am I saying point taken, Joshman? After all, I was one of the ones who spread the link around before the commercial and was thrilled to see those little guys come into their own.

I guess I just love quirky.

I LOVE the spongemonkeys! I sing this song all day!

I hope this leads to a trend of more unusual commercials.  Perhaps all you people complaining would like to see more boring commercials with terrible actors claiming that they lost 50 lbs in 30 days?  Not me.  Hats off to creative commercials!

I think it’s funny that people are grossed out about something they can’t even classify, but yet they go to SubWay even after seeing fat-ass Jarrod mangle a sub and perform gluteal assault on their booths. To all those people complaining about “those rat things”, I say go to Rathergood.com and get a clue. It was meant to freak you out, silly! And it worked! Personally, I like Sobiks Subs better, or even SubWay, but I don’t let a commercial affect which one I eat. That’s just plain dumb.

Now if they can just find a way to get that Star Wars kid in a commercial....

They’re not Bushbabies, they’re Tarsiers with grody teeth and fish eyes.  I found the picture the singer is made out of.  Yes, I know, I have no life.

http://www.sugbu.com/images/tarsier.jpg

To all the people saying they will never eat Quizno’s because of this commerical: LIGHTEN UP!!

Its not offensive, degrading, violent or shocking. Its just.....strange, that’s all. Life’s too short to get upset over such trivial things. Besides, you wouldn’t be here reading all these comments if you weren’t interested in the first place.

we thought that Spongemonkeys (SP?) were sort of underground so we were surprised to see a commercial- so what? they are funny and it’s more entertaining to laugh at them than to watch Britney Spears in a Pepsi ad…

Spongmonkeys forever!

... I can’t stop singing it… “They are warm because they toast them!”

*stabs brain out*

Must… find… Quizno’s…