Watch and Discuss: Is this Pup-Peroni commercial funny, stupid, or offensive?

It was stupid, but I'm going to go with stupid, not homophobic.  It was the dog saying "That's so wrong" which is what I think every time I see a dog dressed up in a ridiculous outfit, or worse, lately, thanks to The Soup, a cat wearing a hot pink wig.  Considering how strong that wig meme has been running since around Christmas (I've seen it on Graham Norton, and a couple other talk shows), it seems about time an advertising agency would latch onto it.

Of course, back when I had a dog, he preferred Beggin' Strips.  

to draw attention and create "controversy."

That dogs could be such judgmental ass holes. Thanks Puperoni for telling me that. I was actually planning on buying the product as a gift for my neighbors dog when they come to visit, because of other comercials in this series. Now, I get the feeling his dog really thinks I'm a joke and maybe doesn't diserve a treat. Well, no dog seems to deserve puperoni or to be that dog.

 

Is that a mohawk the dog has or a beret ? Watched a couple of times now and I'm starting to think mohawk and that they were trying for a punk vibe. I think its the gay stereotypes but with the fall back position of "its making fun of punks not gays" if anyone dares to find it offensive and call them on it. Lame and stupid. More grossed out by the idea of a dog sitting and eating treats at a restaurant table. Now that is so wrong. Send this bad puppy back to the pound.

 

I don't think you could definitely say that's homophobic just because it was so short and the commercial is heavily dependent on perception to make a point (it's not direct). The message the dog was holding up, however, kinda pushed it towards being homophobic because it used the word "wrong," and a lot of people might instinctively associate the "wrong" with homosexuality (because they associate being gay with the, um, "colourfulness" of the character) rather than with a terrible fashion sense.

That said, I thought it was more stupid than offensive... if I saw someone rollerblading down the street like that, I'd probably say "that's just wrong" too, but it wouldn't be because I've assumed the person is gay and that being gay is wrong... I'd say it because the person looks incredibly ridiculous and atrocious.

I agree. Both the outfit and the poor dog look terrible. Even I would frown if someone would skate by dressed like that and I usually don't do that, because I have the fashion sense of a brick wall. (And, yes, Campion, I think it's a mohawk too.)

I'm not so sure it's homophobic so much as sad, predictable, obvious, and probably written by someone who also wears a tin foil hat when they're working on their computer - though whether to keep the crazy in or out I couldn't say.

Thing with advertising campaigns is you have ask yourself: who their target audience is - who is this ad designed to appeal to.  And sometimes they create ads that are deliberately stupid because sometimes stupid is what makes people remember the product.  Here we all are, talking about how feeble this ad is, and at the same time, to some marketing strategists we're 'growing the brand'.  Negative is not always a bad thing in the eyes of advertisers.  I know how skewed that sounds but sometimes it really is a case of no publicity is bad publicity. 

It's just stupid.  Sorry to repeat myself but there you are.

Its stupid deffo, but i don't think its offensive.

(well it is to poodles. poor mutt...)

 

"Your not suppose to fall for your best mate are you?"

"Says who?"

that the assumption was made that the guy is gay?  He wasn't skating with his BF or wearing a rainbow flag, so it's assumed by the way he's dressed and what he's done to that poor dog that he's gay and the commercial is homophobic?  Hmmmmmm...interesting.

The dog at the table is right, what was done to that poodle is just wrong.  No one should dye their dogs fur, EVER, or dress them up in little outfits. 

but I've had this commercial on my mind all day after my posting this morning.  That poodle reminds me of someone and I've just realised who it is - and it puts a whole new slant on the commercial.  Is it satire, someone having a sly dig?

A dog on a lead, attached to someone who is muttering banalities to themselves, another dog, waving a placard - it suddenly hit me: that poodle is a dead ringer for Shirley Roper-Phelps.  In a pink beret.

It doesn't make sense to me because I don't know how the dog made the sign, and his/her penmanship is terrible. Whatever agency did this should be ashamed. They should have a cat write the sign, because everyone know that cats could have better handwriting. But if I were a cat, I'd probably want Kittyroni or something like that.

And why do dogs have to be hating on other dogs? Cats wouldn't do that? They're puuurrr-fect.

Maybe the dog should look at the real menu and realize that there's no dog food on there. Now THAT would be so wrong! LOL!!