While I do agree it was memorable (shit, we’re talking about it literally decades later), they weren’t exactly appetizing for a restaurant ad. I don’t remember a single sandwich name from them so it didn’t give me any meaningful brand recognition. Maybe it worked at the time, but no idea.
Guerilla advertising
It’s dumb but iconic/memorable
You see Spongmonkey, you think of Quiznos
They are realistically selling a sandwich, something quite generic.
Options to have your 2000s sub shop’s ad be remembered:
Turns out Quiznos chose correctly
While I do agree it was memorable (shit, we’re talking about it literally decades later), they weren’t exactly appetizing for a restaurant ad. I don’t remember a single sandwich name from them so it didn’t give me any meaningful brand recognition. Maybe it worked at the time, but no idea.