Video: America’s hottest new trend? Electrocuting dogs
posted at 12:30 pm on July 19, 2007 by Allahpundit
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Via Bad Candy, who’s got Michael Vick’s next endorsement deal all lined up. Actually this shinola hit YouTube three weeks ago, before news of Vick’s alleged psychosis broke. And there’s at least a hint, based on the license plate, that it’s aimed at European audiences. Although I don’t see why. The advertising appeal of dog murder played for laughs is universal, isn’t it?
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AP, you’re a dog owner, aren’t you. No one but my dog owning friends are as sensitive to this stuff as you seem to be.
AlexB on July 19, 2007 at 12:35 PM
Niiice. But something like this would never play in the States.
Reminds me tho of when I first leased my brand new Chevy Blazer in 2000…I had just picked it up, drove home (at the time there was only street parking), walked up to my porch…looked back, only to see the neighbor’s cat taking a leak on one of the tires.
This reminded me of that…needless to say I have since calmed down.
But something like this would have come in handy!
JetBoy on July 19, 2007 at 12:36 PM
Fake. Dodge isn’t remotely close to this stupid.
triple on July 19, 2007 at 12:36 PM
Yikes. The second shock and resulting crispy carcass is an odd ending…
Cuffy Meigs on July 19, 2007 at 12:36 PM
Yeah, the commercial is meant for European markets, but sometimes you just have to pick the low hanging fruit.
Bad Candy on July 19, 2007 at 12:37 PM
Cat owner, actually.
triple — Er, yes, I know it’s fake.
Allahpundit on July 19, 2007 at 12:37 PM
Disgusting….That’s all I have to say. Because dogs should be fried to a crisp for peeing on your stupid status symbol.
WillBarrett on July 19, 2007 at 12:38 PM
No, I mean its not a dodge ad. I didn’t actually believe you thought they really electrocuted a dog, if that’s what you mean.
triple on July 19, 2007 at 12:38 PM
Looks to me like a good security device to keep animals from peeing on my car.
Lawrence on July 19, 2007 at 12:38 PM
Not sure I agree with them being “fried to a crisp”, though. I just need enough juice to keep them from doing it twice.
Lawrence on July 19, 2007 at 12:39 PM
The Vick story is a lot older than 3 weeks. NFL fans all knew the indictment was coming. Outside the Lines (ESPN) had an informant on months ago who fingered Vick as being personally involved and attending fights regularly. He even brought duffel bags full of cash for betting iirc. All roads lead to Vick in April when the original bust went down at his property in VA. I can’t believe how stupid Daimler-Chrysler is for making an ad like this.
TheBigOldDog on July 19, 2007 at 12:40 PM
I’m in the mood for Generals Tso’s all of a sudden!
SouthernGent on July 19, 2007 at 12:41 PM
It does fit a trend in marketing. Remember the Scion ad campaign See-Dubya linked a few weeks ago, the sheeple blood collecting alien thing?
Bad Candy on July 19, 2007 at 12:45 PM
Remember: Dodge is (for now) a German company. And Deutschland has made some wacky contributions to Western civ.
Cuffy Meigs on July 19, 2007 at 12:46 PM
Gallows humor….sometimes funny…..sometimes not…..this vid is a not.
Limerick on July 19, 2007 at 12:47 PM
Cat owner? Cat lover, is more like it. I saw that link to the dream Kitty Chalet you wanted to buy your cat. 1000 sq. ft. of cat toys. meow.
Blake on July 19, 2007 at 12:48 PM
Was a little funny until the second shock turned the dog into a charred corpse.
frankj on July 19, 2007 at 12:49 PM
For the cat lovers amongst you, a similar offering from Ford a couple of years back.
matteorobsoni on July 19, 2007 at 12:51 PM
And now for the URL:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dzi_8Rscfs
matteorobsoni on July 19, 2007 at 12:52 PM
Nice.
Hey, anyone remember when people bought SUVs and trucks because they wanted to be able to get off the paved roads, and getting them dirty was where the virility part came in?
Tanya on July 19, 2007 at 12:54 PM
God, what is it with Europeans and killing pets in auto ads?
Bad Candy on July 19, 2007 at 12:55 PM
Come On! It’s an ad! There use to be one with a green VW that did the same thing.
Dread Pirate Roberts VI on July 19, 2007 at 12:55 PM
ACHTUNG! Knut must die!
Cuffy Meigs on July 19, 2007 at 12:58 PM
Allah is a kitty owner!! How cute. So am I. He is a furry bastard, but I like him anyway.
I think this commercial would be funny if they just zapped the dog, not killed him. Not at all funny this way.
TK on July 19, 2007 at 1:02 PM
Having just put my best friend “Babs”, a pit bull/lab mix, to sleep after 15 years of devoted companionship I really have no stomach for gratuitous torture of pets.
Babs on July 19, 2007 at 1:14 PM
And the moral of the story, “running quarterbacks don’t win.”
Mojave Mark on July 19, 2007 at 1:20 PM
This commercial would never fly in the US, that said, it made me think of something a while ago. There is a PC game called Black and White, where you act as a god and had a pet that acted as your minion.
You could either treat the pet in a benevolent manner and act as a good god, or abuse your pet and be an evil god. They had the creator of the game on NPR for an interview, and he said he found it interesting that the US was nearly unanimous in choosing to be benevolent gods and most Europeans choose to be evil gods. I’ll have to see if I can find anything on that interview.
Bad Candy on July 19, 2007 at 1:20 PM
This kind of ad done right:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjt1jlGgrYY&NR=1
The dog ad is trying to be in the same vein as that one, but fails on the animal used. Most people feel pigeons are nothing more than flying rats and a nuisance – the same cannot be said for dogs. Pretty much rule of thumb here: If people in large numbers actually keep the animal in question as a pet, usually thinking of it as part of their family, DON’T USE IT IN A SNUFF AD.
Voidseeker on July 19, 2007 at 1:22 PM
Yikes, the Emperor Palpatine has been reincarnated as a Dodge SUV!
Bigfoot on July 19, 2007 at 1:25 PM
Replace the dog with Sheryl Crow and her “single square” and it is worth a chuckle. I like dogs better than people.
Hammerhead on July 19, 2007 at 1:33 PM
The UK PSA ads are more graphic than they are here. I remember seeing a “Don’t drink and drive” ad that I thought was a wee bit too disturbing. It showed a guy playing football (soccer to the Yanks) with his mates and then going out for a pint. The scene then cuts to a dad playing football with his young son. When the ad goes back to the first man, he’s driving and is obviously drunk. Next thing you know, he’s swerving, the car flips/rolls and you see the little boy standing in the way. Next scene is the dad carrying his dead little boy and the horrified look on the drunk man’s face. I don’t think they’d ever play an ad like that here in the US.
There was also a PSA for not speeding that showed a dead little girl. Something about if you only go so many kilometers an hour, you won’t hit me. That was creepy, too.
wherestherum on July 19, 2007 at 1:36 PM
Closet liberal?!
/s
IrishEi on July 19, 2007 at 1:38 PM
Get the general impression that Madison Avenue is running out of ideas on how to sell things?
pilamaye on July 19, 2007 at 1:45 PM
Dogs are conservative; cats are liberal. Everyone knows that.
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on July 19, 2007 at 1:47 PM
I’d argue that cats are conservative. They have a strong independent streak.
Bad Candy on July 19, 2007 at 1:55 PM
Allah is a cat owner. That explains everything.
HYTEAndy on July 19, 2007 at 2:00 PM
How do I get linked at a huge site like HotAir and only get such a tiny bump in traffic? I get bigger bumps in traffic when Ace links me!
I’m not complaining, its just fascinating/baffling given how much bigger HotAir’s readership is.
Bad Candy on July 19, 2007 at 2:09 PM
I’m a dog lover myself.
After the Vick stories yesterday, I was reminded how most people won’t really bat an eye over stories of young kids being shot in the street. But if you put on a story about abused animals, those same people will ‘ooooohhh’ and tear up. Maybe that’s because we’re used to stories about kids being killed in the streets.
Canadian Infidel on July 19, 2007 at 2:16 PM
Wouldn’t they be more libertarian?
- The Cat
P.S.
Shock = Okay
This = Not Okay
I mean it wasn’t just they way it burned up, but I mean it was an exeptionally violent death and then the Coup De Grace Jones.
MirCat on July 19, 2007 at 2:21 PM
I’m laughing at the headline story of the dog eating $$$ he found in a purse. My friend’s dogs had a terrible habit of going into purses and removing credit cards and chewing on them. I found 2 Visa and an AmEx card with teethmarks in them under desks.
Blake on July 19, 2007 at 2:23 PM
I laughed….
Tim Burton on July 19, 2007 at 2:45 PM
I laughed. Come on… lighten up people… the doggie didn’t actually die.
Maxx on July 19, 2007 at 2:49 PM
I knew a guy who hooked his battery to a hubcap to discourage a dog that repeatedly peed on his wheels… a lot of yelping, but no death.
Frozen Tex on July 19, 2007 at 2:56 PM
We did roughly this same thing with an electric fencer hooked up to my ‘39 Chevys door handles. Didn’t work for dogs but it did wonders for those who thought they might want to see inside when the owner wasn’t around….!
serenity on July 19, 2007 at 3:13 PM
Honestly, I don’t think sensitivity is an issue here. Neither do I think it is fair to compare kids being shot in the street. If anyone thinks it’s ok to injure animals or people, they are sick. Period. Humans at the top of the food chain–how could it possibly make anyone feel good or look good to torment/harm something that is defenseless or powerless? Killing an animal to eat is one thing, but killing it for pleasure is, as AP said yesterday, unspeakable. You can’t be pro-life and ok with this kind of behavior. Just another stupid car worship ad but with a modern lesson in the value of a car being more important than life.
Sorry to be so serious. I wanted to be lighter, but I just can’t after reading the Vick stuff yesterday…wish I could be on his jury.
Numenorean on July 19, 2007 at 3:24 PM
Look, I love my dogs, but that was funny as heck!
Now, if only they’d do that with a baby Canadian seal and serve it up medium rare with mango salsa. Scrum-diddle-umptious!
csdeven on July 19, 2007 at 3:26 PM
I won’t be happy until I see a Chilean Sea Bass snuff commercial.
James on July 19, 2007 at 3:34 PM
It was ’see’-able without the sound.
I think that this may keep drunken males (humans) from doing the same. In this way, it’s a public service announcement.
It’s no surprise that AP is a cat fancier. They are stupid and don’t require much of anything from their owners. I like cats (and I’m against sterilizing them) because they help to feed the coyotes in our area.
Christine on July 19, 2007 at 3:59 PM
A good friend of mine has two bumper stickers on his briefcase…
“Cat – The other white meat.”
“I love cats, they taste just like chicken.”
He works in a building that shares office space with PETA.
Freelancer on July 19, 2007 at 4:04 PM
Anyone ever see The Long Goodbye with Elliot Gould as Phil Marlowe? I always think of Allahpundit as that kind of cat owner.
Blake on July 19, 2007 at 4:07 PM
There was video of the “recovered” bits and pieces of bills on the morning shows today. The owner followed the dog around for a day and collected the little “treasure piles”, washed out the bills, blow-dried them, taped them back together and took them to the bank. There was one $100 bill that they only recovered two corners of, so it’s non-negotiable.
Bad dog.
Freelancer on July 19, 2007 at 4:09 PM
That dog’s not actually dead. He’s resting. He’s stunned! He’s pining for the fjords!
Nethicus on July 19, 2007 at 4:14 PM
We lost my Welsh corgi after over 15 years with us; we now have a cat after a long campaign by the youngest daughter. I have learned that cats are amazing creatures, and are indeed quite intelligent. However, I still miss my corgi. No cat can compare.
And yes I found both dog and cat ads disturbing.
Kimmer on July 19, 2007 at 4:19 PM
Was there a pet carrier strapped to the top of that car?
csdeven on July 19, 2007 at 5:01 PM
Would have been a lot funnier with the runnibg away with tail between his legs.
SIJ6141 on July 19, 2007 at 5:18 PM
Aack! Aack!
CliffHanger on July 19, 2007 at 5:24 PM
I can’t bring myself to watch this, even though it’s just advertisement and not real. I think seeing this kind of stuff is damaging to the psyche–and desensitising to children and people like Mike Vick, who revel in watching the pain and anguish of animals as they suffer and die. Too sickening to contemplate right now… I have two rescue dogs right now, and have seen the handiwork of these beastly people.
nyrofan on July 19, 2007 at 5:29 PM
Eh, this isn’t anything that hasn’t been done before in the Ford SportKa commercials.
Ryan Gandy on July 19, 2007 at 6:10 PM
I have cats
I am not a liberal!
Neither are my cats
They are Carnivores! They eat meat….and like it.
Oldnuke on July 19, 2007 at 6:43 PM
Without dogs, we’d never have gotten the cavebears out of our first safe abodes.
Or killed the rats that would have decimated our graneries.
They’re our allies in Civilization.
Those who abuse them fail to appreciate their steadfast alliance with us for millenia.
Cats, also.
I share my cave with both.
I’d prefer seeing this ad with a jihadi instead of a dog.
Two stones with one bird, so to speak.
profitsbeard on July 19, 2007 at 8:05 PM
Seems odd to pull an ad from free airtime. Guess they caught some heat over it.
frost on July 19, 2007 at 10:24 PM
Nope – dogs are like men, cats are like women.
Tanya and profitsbeard, a big Thank You! I also share my cave with both, happily.
Yesterday’s dog thread, the kitty being put on fire by the two teenaged girls, this thread, the turtle being tortured, some comments…are a great reminder why I shouldn’t apologize for liking animals better than people. It’s difficult to acknowledge but sadly true. Says a lot about our underdeveloped state after all these millions, possibly billions of years.
Entelechy on July 19, 2007 at 10:42 PM
The Youtube link is down, but I have an alternate video that’s still up, just click my name at in the post.
Bad Candy on July 19, 2007 at 10:53 PM
YAY cats! Got three now, mine and the two kids cats when they went into the Army.
xplodeit on July 20, 2007 at 12:54 AM
It would have been funnier if it would have been a chawawa.
Maxx on July 20, 2007 at 9:15 AM
Numenorean on July 20, 2007 at 9:46 AM
It’s a known fact that serial killers start with animals…beware these Euro ad folks. Buncha creeps.
Malpaso on July 20, 2007 at 11:30 AM
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