Just for Fun - Funny Brand Mash-Ups from SteveByrneMarketing: MarketingProfs Question 19355

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Funny Brand Mash-ups

Posted by SteveByrneMarketing on 8/2/2007 at 8:47 PM ET 1500 Points

It's warm in Southern California today, so I walked down to the local gas station and picked up a Klondike with Oreo Ice Cream Cookie Sandwich. It was excellent. And I'm looking at the packaging and thinking Brand Mash-Ups are probably getting more popular. I saw a Harley Davidson Ford Pickup the other day. If I really paid attention, I would probably see a dozen or more brand mash-ups everyday.

So just for fun, I started thinking about "funny" brand mash-ups. First it was Microsoft/Viagra (oops). Next LoJackDaniels and ..... well, clearly I'm in need of assistance.

So just for some summer fun, what funny brand mash-ups can the KHErs come up with. Don't be shy, Anything goes!!!

Thanks for your sharing.

Steve

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Posted by Deremiah *CPE on 8/2/2007 at 10:39 PM Accepted

Hey Steve,

it sounds like you've been mashing up some brands of a different kind to get off on this type of HYPER BRAND MASHING. So let me see if I can trip along with you here...ol right. Let's start out with presidential brand mashing.

Hilary Obama

YUGO Benz

Wall Street MAXIM

KFT...Kentucky Fried Tacos

Red Bull Viagra

Juicy Fruit Viagra...all you need is one stick

I'll be back a little later but this will get you started. REMEMBER... our only real problem in life is our failure to be "MORE Creative" than we’ve ever been. If you “Invent” your opportunity YOU WILL most definitely create your future. I'm only an email away from all of you if you ever need my help. AND I give you my word I will do something that will be constructive and beneficial to you. Is there anything else I can do for you?

Your Servant,

Deremiah, *CPE (Customer Passion Evangelist)
Posted by Deremiah *CPE on 8/2/2007 at 11:21 PM Accepted

Well here's a couple more.

imagine

Lingerie by Barry Bonds

Ipod Phones made by Pizza Hut

NFL football jersies by Fruit of the Loom

HUMERS by McDonald's

Frosted Flakes by AT&T

Bentley's cars made by Victoria Secrets

Afro Wigs by Imus

Computers by Timberlines

Baby food by BurgerKing

well I'll come up with a few dozen more later...but now I feel like I've been mashing something...(lol)

Your Servant,

Deremiah
Posted by SteveByrneMarketing on 8/3/2007 at 12:44 PM Author

Very funny LOL responses. Deremiah, I think "Juicy Fruit Viagra...all you need is one stick" might even have real commercial potential. And BARQ, trying to picture a Gucci Lay-Z-Boy or the Nader Edition Hummer, very nice.

Keep them coming....
Posted by Deremiah *CPE on 8/4/2007 at 3:23 PM Accepted

Hey Steve,

THANKS for the wonderful compliment.

Great stuff everybody and here's a few more to meditate on, think about and even laugh at.

Caterpillar Convertibles

Inside the NEW look of NFL Football uniforms by Victoria Secrets

Children’s Clothes by Planned Parenthood

Jolt by Pfizer

Birth Control Pills by Simula the makers of Airbags

Johnnie Walker by AAA

Chips Ahoy Birth Control Pills

Bankruptcy Lawyer’s sponsored by Visa

Ipod Heart Pacers

Lingerie by Chips Ahoy...the makers of Irresistibly Delicious Chocolate Chip Cookies

60 Minutes by Viagra...The new TV show that gives you more than 6 minutes worth of news and sound bites.

Red Bull Airlines...We're sure our pilots are awake. Don't fly any other airline.
Posted by KSmith on 8/5/2007 at 7:38 PM Accepted

Here is one that I really like:

Goodyear Trojan - Where the rubber meets the road.
Posted by Chris Blackman on 8/5/2007 at 9:41 PM Accepted
Oh boy... mergers, they're like mashups, right? How about these predictions? (Apologies if you've heard them before - they're unashamedly trawled off the internet!)
1. Hale Business Systems, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Fuller Brush, and W.R.Grace Co. will merge and become: Hale, Mary, Fuller, Grace
2. Polygram Records, Warner Brothers, and Zesta Crackers join forces and become: Poly, Warner Cracker.
3. 3M will merge with Goodyear and issue forth as: MMM-Good
4. Zippo Manufacturing, Audi Motors, Dofasco, and Dakota Mining will merge and become: ZipAudiDoDa.
5. FedEx is expected to join its major competitor, UPS, and become: FedUP.
6. Fairchild Electronics and Honeywell Computers will become: Fairwell Honeychild.
7. Grey Poupon and Docker Pants are expected to become: Poupon Pants.
8. Knotts Berry Farm and the National Organization of Women will become: Knott NOW!
9. XEROX and WURLITZER
  (They're going to make reproductive organs)
10. JOHN DEERE and ABITIBI-PRICE
  (Deere Abi)
11. HONEYWELL, IMASCO, and HOME OIL
  (Honey, I'm Home)
12. DENISON MINES, ALLIANCE, and METAL MINING
  (Mine All Mine)
13. 3M, JC PENNEY, and THE METROPOLITAN OPERA COMPANY
  (3 Penney Opera)
14. NETSCAPE and YAHOO
  (Net n' Yahoo)
OK, I'll get my hat and coat, and leave now...

ChrisB
Posted by SteveByrneMarketing on 8/6/2007 at 12:58 PM Author

Thanks for some very clever concepts. The ones that had me laughing to most include:

Juliet -
Heinz Karma Sutra...57 varieties

Karen -
Harvard for Dummies
Karen

Kevin -
Goodyear Trojan - Where the rubber meets the road.

Deremiah -
Red Bull Airlines...We're sure our pilots are awake. Don't fly any other airline.

Chris -
Zippo Manufacturing, Audi Motors, Dofasco, and Dakota Mining will merge and become: ZipAudiDoDa.

Any more out there?
Posted by Chris Blackman on 8/6/2007 at 8:19 PM Accepted

OK Steve, a couple more:

- Viagra and Nescafe: One cup keeps you up all night.

- Mr Whippee and Durex: Buy me and stop one.

This is definitely going downhill...

ChrisB
Posted by SteveByrneMarketing on 8/7/2007 at 3:32 PM Author

Virgin Mary - good one Alexandra

Mr. Whippee and Durex - sounds funny Chris, even to a non-Aussie

I'll leave this open for a few more days
Posted on 8/7/2007 at 5:16 PM Accepted

Ortega Refried Beans and ex-lax (Gas and Go)
ex-lax and Lunesta (a frightful morning)

I must need some sleep.
Posted by steven.alker on 8/8/2007 at 8:42 AM Accepted

Dear Steve

I do hope that none of the big brands follow the progress of Heston Blumenthal, of The Fat Duck at Bray, one of our top chefs. He’s made his name and umpteen rosettes using physics and chemistry to produce such weird concoctions as Snail Porridge (£12 a go), Bacon and Egg Cappuccino and Liquid Nitrogen Sorbet. Funny thing is that these “Flavour Mash-Ups” have been incredibly successful!

Expect:

McSnailburger (Paris branches only)
Air Products Heinz Soup (Zero calorie dishes)
Exxon-Mobil Ketchup (Lubricates your fries)
Agent-Orange Dove Soap (Deep exfoliation / defoliation)
Farben – no, we won’t go there

That’s enough

Steve Alker
One of the Steve’s (Apparently)
Posted by Mushfique Manzoor on 8/8/2007 at 10:11 AM Accepted

i am laughing out loud reading this post....

some more

Alcaltel Lucent and Virgin Atlantic merger will result "Virgin Lunatic" or "Lunatic Virgin"

Bloody Merry and Perrier will create "Bloody Merrier"

7-up and Dunhill merger becomes "UpHill"

Coca Cola and Absolut Vodka will have "Absolut Coke"

Nextel and Siemens will be known as "Nextmen"

cheers!!
Posted by SteveByrneMarketing on 8/8/2007 at 7:18 PM Author

Steve
“Flavour Mash-Ups”, very interesting. McSnailburger's would be perfect for celeb news. You did mean the Paris Hilton?

Mushfique
Absolut Coke, again I think you have invented a real one. "Bar keeper, another Absolut Coke please"

Alexandra
That may be stretching it just a little :-)
Posted by Deremiah *CPE on 8/9/2007 at 12:10 AM Accepted

Breaking News: Louisiana Hot Sauce merges with Trojan...for one hot night

Crusty Fries---is what you get when McDonald's and Pizza Hut merge.

Trojan Balloons..."when the parties Bang-N"

What do you get when Forrest Gump eats Ex-Lax...Run Forrest Run...

or

Forrest Runs...when he grabs the wrong brand of chocolates off of his momma's dresser...the box labled Ex-Lax.

What do you get the first morning Close-Up toothpaste merges with Viagra and goes to the Hood?...
"Whatz-z-zzz-Up"
Posted by steven.alker on 8/9/2007 at 2:21 AM Accepted

Steve

What an Idea!

PhD’s in Paris Hilton – Harvard (Oversubscribed, depending on interpretation)

Paris Hilton’s Britannica (0 pages)

Paris Hilton for Dummies (2173 pages)

Paris Hilton’s Theory of Relativity (If your related, you get $57Million, regardless)

Quantum Physics for Paris Hilton’s

And so on

One of the Steve’s
Posted by Chris Blackman on 8/9/2007 at 12:16 PM Accepted

More?

Then there's the Indian classical composer, Haydn Sikh...

Not sure how well that works though...
Posted by steven.alker on 8/9/2007 at 5:17 PM Accepted

How about Microsoft and Pfizer (Makers of Viagra)

NotMicro-NotSoft

Yet another Steve
Posted by Deremiah *CPE on 8/9/2007 at 6:40 PM Accepted

Hey the other Steve...Stevea,

you're on a roll now, from Paris Hilton to Viagra you just don't stop and that's great.

So what do you get when you mix the Energizer Bunny with Viagra and teams of select men from the Massachusetts militia, who vowed to be ready for battle in a minute's notice?
Posted by SteveByrneMarketing on 8/9/2007 at 8:41 PM Author

Deremiah
Whatz-z-zzz-Up with Forrest running around looking for toilet paper. You are incorrigible.

Steve
You crack me up, "Oversubscribed, depending on interpretation!!!"

Chris
Sounds like ..???, you made me research this lampooning fiction

Alexandra
no worries - stretching it was the joke

Thanks to all who have played along. There's still time.
Posted by Deremiah *CPE on 8/9/2007 at 8:50 PM Accepted

Hey Steve,

You know I don't speak French! Why are you using those big words that you have to know Latin to understand...come-on you know I don't own a dictionary (lol). I'm just trying to join the fun.
Posted by SteveByrneMarketing on 8/10/2007 at 1:01 PM Author

Right on Deremiah, I really meant enthusiastic in the spirit of a fun loving participant and sharer. And I'm a little disappointed you didn't add a new one in your last post :-)
Posted by Deremiah *CPE on 8/10/2007 at 9:48 PM Accepted

Hey Steve,

thanks for clearing that up...I kinda new you mean't that but wanted to prod you a little. I'm so sorry I dissappointed you...you're right I should have added a new one on my last post. So I'll just answer the question to my previous post.

So what do you get when you mix the Energizer Bunny with Viagra and teams of select men from the Massachusetts militia, who vowed to be ready for battle in a minute's notice?

You get "Energizer Minute Men...who are Ever-ready and they look very Bunny"

I hope that makes up for it.
Posted by SteveByrneMarketing on 8/13/2007 at 12:01 PM Author

" ... ever-ready and looking very bunny" a perfect ending to this post. Thanks Deremiah, Steve, Chris and to all who played along.

Have a great rest of the summer.

Steve
Posted on 8/13/2007 at 12:24 PM Member

I just though of one:

Trident Gum Marlboro edition: Nicotine Flavour

thank you
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