Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Subway's Incorrect February FebruANY Ad

Here is the latest installment of Subway’s $5 foot long ads:



This version is not an interesting fine print but a visual error. Among all the cliché things associated with February, one stood out:

There are three things wrong with Benjamin Franklin's appearance in this ad. First, Presidents Day only celebrates Lincoln and Washington. Second, Franklin was born in January. Third, and probably the most common misconception, Benjamin Franklin was NEVER PRESIDENT! You could have easily switched roles in the ad with Washington to hide him or even used February 6th born Ronald Reagan instead. Apparently they have enough quality control to account for Leap Day when showing the calendar of February later in the ad, but not a grade school knowledge of American history. Maybe that is why comments are disabled on the YouTube page.

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