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Humor Campaigns

Campaigns that win through genuine laughs

10 campaigns in this category

Dollar Shave Club

Dollar Shave Club: Our Blades Are F***ing Great

2012

A $4,500 launch video that beat Gillette's entire marketing budget in cultural impact.

ViralHumorContent
88.5K views2010s
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Blendtec

Blendtec: Will It Blend?

2006

A marketing director spent $50 blending marbles and turned an unknown brand into a YouTube legend.

ViralHumorContent
56.8K views2000s
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Cards Against Humanity

Cards Against Humanity: Sold Nothing for $5

2013

On Black Friday they sold absolutely nothing for $5. 30,000 people bought it.

Anti-MarketingStuntHumor
45.2K views2010s
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Old Spice

Old Spice: The Man Your Man Could Smell Like

2010

A deodorant ad so good it turned around an entire brand in 72 hours.

ViralHumorSocial
82.7K views2010s
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Wendy's

Wendy's Twitter Roasts

2017

Fast food chain discovers that roasting competitors online beats any media buy.

SocialHumorGuerrilla
59.4K views2010s
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KFC

KFC's FCK Apology

2018

They ran out of chicken. They rearranged their name into a profanity. It won every award.

HumorAnti-MarketingGuerrilla
66.4K views2010s
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Taco Bell

Taco Bell Buys the Liberty Bell

1996

On April Fools' Day 1996, Taco Bell told America they'd bought the Liberty Bell. Congress responded.

StuntHumorGuerrilla
49.8K views1990s
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IHOP

IHOP Flips to IHOb

2018

They changed their 60-year-old name to sell burgers. The whole internet lost its mind.

SocialStuntHumor
61.3K views2010s
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Popeyes

Popeyes vs. The Internet

2019

A single tweet — '... y'all good?' — sold out every Popeyes in America.

SocialHumorViral
73.9K views2010s
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Liquid Death

Liquid Death: Murder Your Thirst

2019

A canned water brand with a skull logo, a heavy metal tagline, and a $1.4B valuation.

HumorCulturalGuerrilla
68.9K views2020s
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