Badvertising

Is Popeye’s Pervy?

Photo: Daniel Maurer

Today, Copyranter wonders whether it wasn’t a little juvenile of Nolita House to run an ad in the Onion that reads, “LIKE TO SWALLOW?” (almost as subtle as Guss’s pickle porn). Eh, who cares — we’d just like to talk to the guy who did the mural that currently graces Popeye’s locations everywhere. Granted the eye is covered by a light switch, but did he really think that thing would pass for a catfish?

Is Popeye’s Pervy?