Bad Andy: Dominos’ Worst Ad Campaign

If you thought the Noid was too much, say hello to Bad Andy!
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[@pennysanchez7656]

At least the Noid was a Wile E Coyote clone that had a motivation and somewhat of a charm in the 80’s. Bad Andy on the other hand takes away any of the Noid’s redeeming qualities and makes it worse.

[@incrediblesnn]

I think bad Andy's character design looks very cute lol. I don't know why

[@edgardeitz5746]

I hear you, brother; the Noid before and the Pizzahead show after were *_far_* better. I esp. liked Pizzahead because it was an adaptation of Mr. Bill. Oh Noooooooooooo!...

[@pennysanchez7656]

@mariodd I didn't expect you to be here. What's up?

[@bakedgoldfish45]

ayyyy it's an owl house fan

[@Glitch-Gremlin]

True. I loved the Noid lol

[@ThePonderer]

I never bought into the “comedy is based on misery” thing. It’s based on expectations. Plenty of comedy doesn’t involve any misery at all.

[@greenoftreeblackofblue6625]

Comedy is based on being funny. Knowing a joke doesn't take away from it. Also you can make misery into comedy but it's not based on it.

[@TheEmeraldWeirdo]

My thoughts exactly. I *HATE* when people say that. It gives off the unfortunate implication that miserable situations shouldn't be taken seriously, which is a horrible thing to imply. It also kind of makes whoever said it look like a sadist when you think about it.

[@blackheartzerotheundergrou3225]

In other words, the Nostalgia Critic is a sociopath. Already with ya on that one...!

[@toms.a.savage7232]

@@blackheartzerotheundergrou3225 I mean, there was a mass exodus of content creators who left Channel Awesome and accused Doug, Rob, and Mike Michaud of some pretty serious allegations.

[@jopat87]

“Good Andy. Bad Pizza” There. Now you’ve got the most obvious joke for this campaign.

[@Glitch-Gremlin]

But there pizza is the best in america, right?

[@BIRD__UP]

@@Glitch-Gremlin No some of the worst

[@knightmare39]

@@Glitch-Gremlin It's one of the better nationwide chains, but you're almost always better off going to a local or regional pizza place instead.

[@safefunnyvideos]

reddit

[@jopat87]

@@knightmare39 Being from Long Island, NY I feel this.

[@BugsyFoga]

Back when Domino’s needed a noid replacement.

[@blackstar044]

Why are you in every comment section?

[@FTChomp9980]

I see you in every videogame channel I watch.

[@springyb0i693]

Domino's doesn't need the noid because their pizza is already disgusting and unappetizing (I am Italian)

[@Spongyboi897]

@@blackstar044 I like how no-one pointed out that I am in every almost single comment section.

[@ElectroBlastLuigi]

@@Spongyboi897 Same here and people used to point me out as being another guy commenting everywhere

[@eshep71]

Comedy derived from misery is the most nostalgic thing that nerd knows. Dominos charges 7 dollars for delivery, even tho I'm 1 minute away and can basically smell the store on a breezy day. Now that's comedy.

[@Neufutur]

Charges for delivery since you can't hoof it to their store.

[@WerewolfEmerson]

If its a minute away, I say you deserve to pay 7 bucks to have them drive to you.

[@eshep71]

@@WerewolfEmerson I agree lol

[@sj5493]

Perhaps OP has mobility problems or other issues that make it difficult or even impossible to go pick up even if the store is only a minute away. Don't be so quick to judge when you don't know anything about the person.

[@somemadnessfan4763]

bad andy sounds like a made up version of Jerma created by chat where he's a devious robber who steals candy from babies and litters all over the place

[@Manda_Kat]

Andy turning his head around to look at the monster trucks is nightmare fuel. He looks terrifying

[@chicofnaf7114]

As someone that loves Domino's Pizzas (yes, I like their pizzas, fight me), I actually never heard of a second Domino's mascot, I just only knew about The Noid because of Electricdragon505 / AniMat's Animation Lookback: The Best of Stop Motion on where he gave a segment to Will Vinton's Stop Motion (may he rest in peace) And honestly, the way they made Bad Andy does feel more like meh, just another forgettable mascot that just came and went and tried to be funny, which of course, it didn't It was an interesting look to another food mascot, like last time with Jack Box, good luck with any future video

[@championman6372]

You are not the only one who likes Domino's Pizzas. I mean, the buttered crust with garlic powder makes them delicious.

[@incrediblesnn]

I love it as well lol

[@elizabethsmith3374]

They are bringing the Noid back kinda of its on their ST boxes I love them cause my dominos has better costumer service than my local pizza hut that age discriminated against me just assuming I was under age cause of my baby face and the store nor corporate did anything that's basically the long and short of that story

[@hilariousskullnamedcatzo647]

@@elizabethsmith3374 also that one time they made the noid a boss in crash bandicoot run

[@LondonTransport466]

Domino's seems to have a thing for mascots with mixed messaging.

[@cinemint]

“Have you heard of Hatsune Miku?”

[@goforbeaks]

I wonder where the Andy puppet ended up after this. But really. This campaign had SO much potential. I love puppetry, and I love Jim Henson workshop projects.. but they didn't do much at all with him. His design could use some work but like you said that's the least of the problems, but his entire schtick needs so much work too. If they really tried with him, he could still be around to this day. But they just dropped the ball. I'd love to see a revival and upgrade to this ad campaign if I'm honest. It could be SO great in the right hands! Though admittedly I'd PAY to see the return of the NOID. It was slightly before my time, but it would be amazing to see again (tho if you see the newest boxes from Dominos from the Stranger Things advertisting, the NOID was mentioned on the boxes right on the side. Small, but I spotted it and it made me smile!)

[@incrediblesnn]

Honestly, Bad Andy looks really cute for some reason, lol

[@jackygemme863]

I think it got set on fire

[@eatatjoes6751]

I'd 100% pay for Bad Andy to make a comeback somehow, 'cause it's adorable.

[@sj5493]

I agree the idea had potential but it wasn't executed properly and poor Andy just didn't quite hit the mark and he ended up being forgettable

[@mlgodzilla4206]

Did Andy fight Crash Bandicoot? No he didn’t, he is already terrible. Noid stay winning

[@jenneacubero1036]

7:35-7:58 And here I thought Rax's Mr. Delicious was the most hated mascot...either him or Happy from McDonalds.

[@buckeyegeography2011]

The same firm that did the Bad Andy campaign did the Mr. Delicious campaign. Srsly, Deutsche is a firm where companies go if they want crass ad campaigns

[@anth636]

Man, if the Andy puppet was a nice character and had his own Nick Jr. show, 3 year old me would probably love it.

[@karsperry2464]

Thanks for the comment shout-out guys! It really made my day. Also, what a coincidence that the two restaurant mascot videos that you guys did just so happened to be on the two restaurants that my family are regulars at.

[@neetboss]

i used to have frequent nightmares about bad andy as a child. one i very specifically remember was him living under my bed out at my grandparent's home in northern montana. an instance in the dream where my grandad lifted the bed sheet up to look under it and andy came darting out from under and leaped onto my neck. i remember his eyes looking very visibly angry. odd as he doesn't ever emote. so i'd like to add 'oddly terrifying' to your bullet points.

[@rocketsfan05]

I worked at Domino's in high school and I had no idea about this. Although one of the delivery drivers was also a tattoo artist and he told us that anyone who got a NOID tattoo he'd do it for free.

[@sj5493]

I worked at Domino's here in Canada from 1992-2001 and would TOTALLY have gotten a Noid tattoo if offered even though the Noid was pulled right before I started working there. Tonight was the first time that I heard why.

[@JinxSanity]

I forgot for years that thing existed until now, really I just kept thinking it was only the Noid. Must had memory block it without even trying.

[@roberttreacy8271]

Bad Andy looks like a rejected Pokémon.

[@AluminumFusion22]

Mr. Delicious was such a bad mascot that the Rax company released a mini-documentary saying Mr. Delicious is a revolutionary character that'll go down in history as one of the world's greatest mascots... And he was one of the nails pounded into Rax's coffin.

[@Kittenfox_55]

Domino’s pizza was the pizza my elementary school got for Tuesday Pizza days.

[@kweeble2415]

This is just The Noid and Flat Eric’s disgruntled love child

[@PaBa1984]

A friend used BadAndy in his AIM screen name. He usually went by Drew.

[@DrawtoonzStudio]

Oh shoot, I think I actually saw part of one of these when I was younger! I remember seeing some kind of ad with a puppet briefly, but I didn't see what it was for (I think we were changing the channel and planning to watch something else), and all I remember was seeing one frame where the puppet leapt out of his seat or something (our old CRT would freeze frame when changing channels and fast-forwarding on DVR), though if it really was Bad Andy, it might've been the ad with the vibrating chair. I dunno, I thought it looked like a pizza ad.

[@niccage6375]

The second worst pizza mascot, papa John's is the worst

[@kalkuttadrop6371]

0:45 They've experimented with bringing the Noid back for a few times lately

[@AnkoTime]

Quoting the nostalgia critic as a reliable source for comedy is like quoting Jeff Bezos as a reliable source for employee rights

[@Zulf85]

Lmao ikr

[@monmakes1722]

Kinda wanted to mention something about the Noid. uhh no they didn't retire the Noid because of the Killer named Noid. in fact it actually happened LONG before they retired the character. the reason they retired him was more because the whole gist of "Free Pizza if not delivered under 30 Minutes" thing kinda became dated, since the Company doesn't make it free like that nowadays.

[@SinThya]

As a man who has a massive cassette and VHS collection, respect

[@aaronsarchive82]

Bad Andy was canceled prematurely because viewers hated him, but Lemo Emo and Doug still haunt our devices for some reason.

[@solonsaturngaming3727]

tbh your VHS collection is like my Comic Collection gotten over 20,000 Comics and still Climbing from Marvel, Timely, DC, Pre-DC, Looney Tunes etc. imo i'd say keep at your hobby lol

[@archive6094]

Your VHS collection looks pretty cool :)

[@Dragonrider1227]

I remember The Noid from when I was a kid but I don’t even remember Bad Andy. Gives you an idea of how good and impactful the ads were

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Bad Andy looks like his normal eyes fell off and they just used his nose holes as his eyes

[@Quirky_QF]

Second mascot? So we're just going to completely ignore Donny Domino from the 90s?

[@TheRealMrTBA]

I think Bad Andy is cute. That's all.

[@N3k0Y0m1]

Yeah keep trying for that Bad Andy plush but it usually goes for around 300$+ since it's so rare, who knew someone could pay so much for Bad Andy.

[@Gioylui]

Plot twist he works for little Caesars

[@SL-cl9gt]

I remember these commercials

[@Speed_311]

Andy's so adorable!❤🥺

[@derrickbailey5167]

I thought Andy was a riot, it was the corny shtick theme and his intolerable foul ups that had me in stitches. For contrast, I never found Seinfeld to be that funny, ever. 🤔🤔🤔🤔😉😉😉

[@TheMinimaxiacAddict]

Andy's no Noid. He's just Bad

[@calebpribyl5152]

So I’ve been watching a lot of old commercials since 2012 I was more into the video games commercials from 2000s the launch of the Xbox GameCube and ps2 Do you remember the GameCube commercials or the ps9 and of course the green Xbox ball teaser for Microsoft’s new console!?

[@OdaSwifteye]

Dominos didn't understand just how impactful the art style was in the Noid's success.

[@CJCroen1393]

“The Noid tries to ruin Domino’s pizza!” That’s the definition of redundant. Domino’s pizza is already terrible.

[@alexandric9678]

"Bad andy" sounds like something jerma would get called

[@jelly_4_brainz]

You're The Media Critic, you remember it so we don't have to :)

[@RatTailSoup4]

bad Andy sounds like something twitch chat would call Jerma

[@tvcatoof]

12:14 WOOPDOO?! Isn’t they made The Fifteen Minutes Object Show?

[@manuelvasconcelos8982]

Unrelated to the video i know but is it ok if i ask you guys to make a "svtfoe vs the network" in the future? Or is it "star vs the network" huh? lol

[@predatorop999]

Never thought Two Rivers would be mentioned

[@eebydeeby.....]

this is like a very meticulously created jerma bit

[@user-jl7cz2pe6d]

I got a Hungry Howie's ad for this video

[@steventalvinzvestal420]

What's snuggles bear doing in a dominoes pizza commercial?

[@Terry_Rin]

Why does Andy look like a Canadian from South Park

[@ripleyandweeds1288]

In defense of the Noid, he was still an interesting character; and not a lot of fast food mascots that aren't Ronald McDonald or the Burger King were really memorable back then and now. Honestly Dominos should rip off the bandaid and actually bring him back, I don't think a lot of mainstream consumers even remember _why_ he was discontinued anymore. Bad Andy though? Yeah he's just a bootleg Noid.

[@lyokianhitchhiker]

Malicious Andrew was the Noid if he was working from the inside

[@blackheartzerotheundergrou3225]

Speaking of the Nostalgia Critic, Media Mementos guy sounds like what would happen if Ross Scott shared Potara Earrings with Doug Walker.

[@gruntingskunk2237]

Your voice sounds so familiar, like I’ve heard it somewhere else.

[@fumomofumosarum5893]

"comedy is derived from misery"... uh, only for certain people... not all people... not all people

[@AidenRKrone]

To be fair, Domino's could have the funniest/cleverest commercial in the world but it still wouldn't entice me to eat there. Literally nothing could make me want to eat that restaurant.

[@andrewgrove1691]

I remember the noid

[@AJtheSiren]

Dire Trip just uploaded a video on the situation around The Noid. Y'all's videos are 30 mins apart in upload, and right next to each other on my subscription feed. Was this planned??? 😂😂😂

[@edgardeitz5746]

Are the Noid and "Bad Andy" prototypes to the minions (Despicable Me series)? Is there any relation with the McDonald's Happy Meal Box characters? Or the Playdoh Cannisters characters? I really wanna know... (Jerry Seinfeld impression ends here)

[@hatednyc]

Don’t remember these but I do remember how HORRIBLE dominos was then. Had I seen these I had would’ve been all for trying that cardboard pizza again. Awkward is awesome.

[@aguynamelex3146]

i had this dumb idea for a different take on Andy, what if instead he was a wacky inventor or just a smart alleck who loves pizza using his inventions to make Domino's' better but messes it up. Like for the heat pads he forgoes them and instead uses a car with a built in pizza oven to cook a half baked pizza only to return after the deliveries drenched in sweat claiming there was a bug or two. Or uses some sort of fake arms for making pizzas faster by hand which worked well until they malfunction due to the amount of pizzas. Nothing spectacular but I thought it was funny

[@jecoswi]

Andy just reminds me of those no David books that were hilarious as kids, but not really as when your older

[@supersmashbro596]

i mean my name is andy but do i think the adsare about me? NO.

[@nypinstripes]

Dominos is still what it is but they made massive improvements in quality

[@kennytheghostbuster9582]

Andy looks like a Canadian character from South Park 😂

[@candydream16]

the noid is making a little bit of a comeback, the noid even had a video game crossover with crash bandicoot last year

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Is he a Chowder 😂

[@cville991]

What about Donny Domino? He was actually the second mascot for Domino’s Pizza. 😂

[@forgottenanimator4474]

Bad Andy Bad Endy Bad Ending ... but good pizza

[@Aveture]

To this day I still feel like Bad Andy and the Noid are the good guys when it comes to pizza chains. Dominos just isn't good pizza.

[@derekpayneszubliminals7723]

Why does Bad Andy look like a Canadian character from South Park?

[@veryheavyalan]

Bad Andy for Yo Noid 3??

[@kalkuttadrop6371]

Hey my Dominos just got here

[@redrasegarden]

I forgot about these, and I think they were out when I was like,7 when they were out

[@jamisonisme5457]

I don’t care, this guy is adorable

[@stardragon5849]

I personally prefer the Noid IMHO but (fight me though) I love both Dominos and Pizza Hut throughout my life.

[@Sly88Frye]

Well I'm glad that I wasn't part of whatever region this bad Andy was supposed to be from. You said he was in the UK right? Anyways glad I didn't know about bad Andy but I'm glad hear your explanation of how terrible he was. Am I honest opinion I thought the worst ad campaign ever was actually by Little Caesars. The reason I say this is because in the early 2010s they had these ads that were like anti internet. They would say things like it's too complicated to order pizza on the internet and make it look really hard to do and try to convince people that they should just come to Little Caesars. There was even a really insulting ad where some guy was like standing up on stage talking about Little Caesars and then showing a video clip of some robotic legs stepping forward and him explain that you can just walk the little caesars. I mean seriously they were talking to us like we were stupid when they put shit like that in their ads. And honestly I think everybody knew that this was all a sham and this was all stupid just to try to make them seem like they were better and of course we all knew that they were going to have to cave into having to do pizza ordering on the internet as well and that's exactly what they do nowadays and they won't even acknowledge that they had incredibly stupid ads that were attacking that very premise.

[@greentwo6845]

I just hate dominos. I hate every single major Pizza food chain. I just find it so funny when they even try to advertise on the East Coast. Half of our family owned companies are pizza places that make stuff 10 times better than the major chains.

[@zedokaiba6047]

Puppy. Monkey. Baby.

[@bug8992]

Bad Andy kind of looks like he’s made of meat. Like taco meat at least without my glasses on

[@RoninCatholic]

Domino's never _stopped_ sucking.

[@colinmiller8824]

Fr. Little Ceasars is better.

[@PDoughboy22]

You sound like Badger from Breaking Bad

[@johnny-becker]

One reason I will not shop at a paticular business is one that is so chicken (or woke, have you), that they change their image weather it be mascot, color scheme, logo design or even products offered based on one person, just because in their crazy mind, he or she thinks attention is being drawn on him/her when in reality, no one beyond colleagues really knew about them

[@conradojavier7547]

The Employees should have Punish Andy for his Wrong Doings.

[@amycatass]

Fine video aside, the point about all comedy being derived from misery just isn’t true and just perpetuates Doug’s surface level, unthinking analysis of media. No hate, but that was a weird thing to say especially while trying to deflect away from the Nostalgia Critic.

[@abanana]

woah

[@rachaelbeth3119]

I dont like dominos for really one experience i had as a kid I have bad acid reflex, to the point where an empty stomach = pain (makes my reaction to pain eating witch might be why im so overweight...) so im hungry, and in pain, as a child and my aunt orders pizza hazza! freedom hunger solved! only she got the thin crust so its cardboard and the sauce tasted bad... i was so disappointed and the experience just stuck with me so much that even though i know ive had good experiences with them sense i really really just cant with them

[@shyguy85]

"empty stomach = pain" bro you have a videogame hunger system IRL

[@rachaelbeth3119]

@@shyguy85 yeah kinda sucks ngl

[@tobiaschristopher6131]

I liked Bad Andy.

[@CrashHeadroom]

The guy who went nuts didn't think dominos were having ago at him specifically, he got sick to death of the people he worked with ((and many others)) making the same joke again, and again, and again, and again and flipped... I mean its how american humour works, take something, kick it in till the glue factory won't even take it, then kick it some more. Doesn't matter if its a thing or a person, doit till you get a reaction right? AND THEN continue after XD.

[@TheILLTechnics]

Bad andy was a savage 😎 I

[@AMVpurgatory]

I actually thought Bad Andy was really funny.

[@derrickbailey5167]

I did too, the one where they caught him eating all the pizzas had me crying. 😂😂😂😂👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🎯🎯🎯😂😂😂

[@lyokianhitchhiker]

@@derrickbailey5167Bad Andy strikes me as the Noid's origin story, if you think about it

[@timvonswine1970]

Bad Andy was a f*cking ROCKSTAR! You're waay off base... lol.

[@blackstar044]

Do you know Pucca?

[@Blunis]

Can we bring the noid back forever please?

[@eatatjoes6751]

Ironically their pizza sucks again! at least the puppet is cute.

[@Sumschmuck]

Kenneth Noid really did ruin pizzas.

[@Ms_Adi_wuz_here._.]

1:18 your welcome

[@gldni17]

Gotta be honest, the plushes of Bad Andy are pretty cute and I would love one. The commercials sound awful, though.