#500 Tough Calls
Jun 04, 2025•1 hr 25 min
Episode description
Andrew and Vieves consider ads that mine the universal frustration of customer service calls for fun and profit. Plus, the Ad Council takes pity on Andrew and Vieves, but still fails to deliver on a spectral idea.
Here are links to the ads we talked about in this week’s show:
Nauzene - Nausea Hotline
https://www.ispot.tv/ad/TXpi/nauzene-relief-hotline-nauseous
PayDay - Salty Sweet
https://www.ispot.tv/ad/AjZV/payday-salty-covered-sweetness-customer-service
Discover Card - Live customer service
https://www.ispot.tv/ad/w05P/discover-it-card-live-customer-service
T-Mobile - Rainn Wilson
https://www.ispot.tv/ad/dS6v/t-mobile-rainn-wilson-calls-customer-service
Time Warner - Hold Music
https://youtu.be/i_RXN6xBgb8?si=O7p6m_Buq1AMzVFn
PCMatic - Customer Service
https://www.ispot.tv/ad/76Ni/pcmatic-com-customer-service
Healthy Choice - Too honest
https://youtu.be/JH0s0rmgVzs?si=KNdCegTuGpppb9QV
Little Caesars - Hold Music
https://www.ispot.tv/ad/7C8C/little-caesars-hot-n-ready-soft-pretzel-crust-pizza-hold-music
FirstBank - Customer Service closer to home
https://youtu.be/b7V-ZkAEgx8?si=6HsDG-5Ctw4IlUbv
Whitetail Institute of North America - Customer Service
https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wq7u/whitetail-institute-of-north-america-customer-service
WebFlow - We Have A Typo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJTN0g4Bx0I
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