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Feb 23, 2004 · Quiznos’ singing rodent The spot: A small, furry creature, wearing a bowler hat, levitates as he sings an ode to Quiznos subs. Nearby, another flying creature wears an 18 th century seafaring...
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Feb 9, 2021 · The bizarre, screeching rodents known inexplicably as "spongmonkeys" first appeared on TV screens in 2004, quite literally singing the praises of Quiznos subs.
Feb 26, 2021 · He had been working with some characters he called Spongmonkeys (Veitch was active on a British website called b3ta where “spong” — adding large eyes with small pupils to images — was a popular practice), and he put together a little animated video where his creatures sang his moon anthem.
Quiznos’ former agency partner The Martin Agency was behind the Spongmonkey campaign, but British animator Joel Veitch birthed the bizarre creatures before they became a brand mascot. As Veitch...
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Spongmonkeys are small, furry creatures with large human eyes created by animator Joel Veitch. They appeared in a series of bizarre internet videos in the early 2000s and were famously used in an advertisement for Quiznos, creating a memorable commercial that went viralfifteen years after it initially aired as people remembered the bizarreness of t...
The titular creatures are known as "Spongmonkeys" and the term originates on b3ta.com. Their name comes from the words "spong" and "monkey". The video depicts the creatures singing and playing the guitar. "Spong" is a popular term from b3ta that means "The practice of adding large staring eyes with small pupils to an image". The practice of Spongin...
As the video spread in popularity, it was adapted into a Quiznos commercial with the lyrics, "We love the subs! ‘Cuz they are good to us. The Quiznos subs. They are tasty, they are crunchy, they are warm because they toast them. They got a pepper bar!" The commercial, which aired roughly throughout 2004, received mixed reaction from audience member...
May 30, 2023 · The bizarre, screeching rodents known for singing the praises of Quiznos subs. Today, we’re diving into the story of Quiznos, the brand that dared to look a cold sandwich in the eye and say, “You need a good toasting.”
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Jul 18, 2023 · The creatures were first featured in a strange 2003 Quiznos commercial after the sandwich chain contacted their inventor, British animator Joel Veitch, about marketing them. In the original ad, the creatures "sang" a song promoting the chain's sandwiches, belting out "We love the subs" in a strange voice.
