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Domino's to Jared: "Oh Snap!"

Feb 06 2009

Domino’s to Jared: “Oh Snap!”

mbooth:

You know what I would do if somebody wrote me a letter saying that I had to stop posting things with my signature tone of obnoxious sarcasm?  I would take that letter, cry for a good 45 minutes, and then treat myself to an ice cream cone.

Anyhow, Dave Brandon, CEO of Domino’s Pizza, was faced with a similar situation when Subway’s lawyers (or Law Artists, as I’m sure they prefer to be called) sent him a note telling him that he had to pull his company’s advertisements that claimed consumers preferred Domino’s oven baked sandwiches 2-to-1 over Subway.

But, what did Dave do?  He filmed a video of himself oven-baking the letter and then urges consumers to do the same (via click of a button — oh Internet, what will you think of next!).

Over 100,000 people have baked the letter so far — the corporate equivalent of a “your momma’s so fat…” joke.

— Andrew