Wrong Answer Means You're Fired! Advertising Quiz for You #242
In this episode, we dive deep into the history of advertising and media, a field packed with human desire and innovation, through a quiz format. Personalities Setchan and Mossan challenge themselves with the shocking past of the advertising industry under the brutal rule that a wrong answer means immediate resignation. This is the first part of a series that will stimulate your intellectual curiosity.
The number of advertisements we see in a single day has become staggering.
We start with the shocking fact that modern people are exposed to as many as 10,000 advertisements per day. Living in this sea of advertising, we explore its roots through this quiz project. Amidst an atmosphere where failure is not an option, we first discuss a surprising promotional case from the 19th-century showman PT Barnum, as depicted in the movie 'The Greatest Showman'.
The second question features an eccentric campaign launched by a US TV station.
The second question focuses on a promotional effort carried out in 2006 by the American broadcaster CBS to promote a new show. They reportedly used a staple breakfast ingredient to leave a deep mark in the viewers' memories—but what exactly was used? The discussion surrounding this answer highlights the intensity of marketing back then.
The reactions of the two to the truth behind a certain strategy are priceless.
In the middle of the program, they touch upon a product that allowed people to enjoy the atmosphere of the famous drama 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation', and the reactions of the two to this are very authentic. While learning that the history of advertising is a repetition of reason and destruction, we reveal one after another the advertising methods of the time that would make us do a double-take today. Please listen to the full episode for the rest.
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