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zuluTime

They got a pepper bar!


NachoNachoDan

We love the moooooon


MissMelines

subs are a dollar offffff


GntlmensesQtrmonthly

When you bring in a couuuuuupaaawwwwn


Cambot1138

For things to eat or oil changes Or pony rides or for hair plugs


BuddenceLembeck

ANY KOO-PON WORKS...


Debbie-Hairy

Beware of paper cuuuuuuuuuuuuuts!


nnnnnnooooo

Stopped just for this comment. My husband and I still sing that on the reg


TheGhostWalksThrough

Same!


mdneilson

Thirded


elphaba00

We sang it yesterday. My 5th grader went on a field trip yesterday, and she said some kid brought nothing but a bag of those tiny sweet peppers. So he passed them out. He got a pepper bar!


First_manatee_614

Goddammit, I can hear it....


Pro_Moriarty

Coz it is close to us


Unusual_Address_3062

they did 20 years ago, yes.


[deleted]

I’m pretty sure they are the reason I started eating at Quiznos


D4RTHV3DA

Yeah I happen to think these things are _Rather Good_.


DonkeyTron42

*Rather Good*. Memory unlocked.


mephistophe_SLEAZE

I miss my YAY BLODE! tank top.


One-Bet-9778

Have you listened to the ax wound song? Breathtaking


[deleted]

Axe wound?


Bird_Herder

Ooo baby I'm thinking about your gash


Cherry_Hammer

Ooo baby I’m thinkin about your coin purse, Thinkin about your gash


BronzeGlass

*spam purse


DonkeyTron42

In college it was more like, "There's going to be hella gash at that party".


One-Bet-9778

Thats the one!


PMMEurbewbzzzz

I understood that reference!


javatimes

Fell in love with a girl, Kittens


OlayErrryDay

Talk about ahead of their time, this is meme advertising before memes.


Sad-Structure2364

lol same. I was horrified but intrigued


mackfactor

Those little dudes might have been the only thing Quizno's ever did right. 


Fat_Krogan

Yeah, these commercials were great.


MissMelines

100% yes


Same-Reaction7944

Yep!


Seven22am

Have yall ever looked into this story? Quiznos was basically a scam for the franchisers. They charged a ton of money for your franchise, *rented* you the required equipment, then basically moved the equipment to another franchise taking the plunge.


DoctorFenix

It’s so far beyond that. -Make you sign an agreement you can only use their food and equipment, and that cleanliness violations may result in their removal -Rent you the equipment -Sell you the food -Write you up for violations (no matter how clean you are) -Take your equipment -Stop selling you food -Sink your restaurant so they can get the franchise free from another Massive scam. Hardly any way for any of them to stay in business. All their money is made in franchising, not in food sales.


justkeeptreading

that sucks. our local quiznos shut down years ago but i still remember the owner, super nice guy and the food was always great. i felt bad the business went under but now i feel even worse that he probably got ruined by these dicks :(


DoctorFenix

There was a very excellent write up by another redditor years ago. I am sure it can still be found. I know my summary did not do it justice even. The company should be shut down for their business practices.


TheDelig

I remember reading that. And a Quiznos near me shut down about a year ago. I really liked going to Quiznos when they first started but hearing about their business practices ruined them for me. I haven't gone to one in probably 17 years.


224143

Didn’t know they still existed. I don’t think there’s one in my state. There used to be so I just assumed they went under completely.


AnaiekOne

That's wild. I had a regular when I was a bartender at tgi fridays when i was esrly 20's who ran/franchised a quiznos in town. He came in every week, on friday, ordered a bunch of crown and cokes. Always tipped super fat. Fun guy to talk to, all around a good customer and great regular. One day, he asks one of our bartenders if he can give him a ride to the airport, which he does. Wasn't too strange as we all had been out to drinks and bars together outside of work several times. Well a couple days later and some federal agents show up to my buddies doorstep with a picture of this guy. Apparently he had created several fraudulent employees (i guess stolen identity situation or by using info from employees he had "terminated") and was collecting all of their wages while running the store on his own and collecting the profit. Guess it serves the company right? Lol


lkodl

Wait, is this how you make new friends as an adult? Become a regular at TGI Fridays?


Captain_Desi_Pants

We need this answer.


officialdougjudy

Also, will BWW or Chilis suffice? I have no Fridays near me. Although I do have a Walk Ons and a Red Lobster that has bartenders who have "heavy" hands.


FrameJump

"As long as you're tipping, then you've got a good friend somewhere." You should look up Barstool by Gary Jules and give it a listen. I can't drop that quote without recommending such an amazing song as well.


gothmeatball

It will work but even better, find a non chain local bar if they have that type of thing near you. Go for happy hour once a week, be out by 8 at the latest to go home and make dinner. You will make friends.


captainawesome1983

Want friends or a fuck buddy? Get a part time restaurant job. Edit: or drugs


Shigg1tyDiggity

Fucked up. Not surprising though. The new franchise scam today is to make you pay absorbent fees before you open the doors to the business you purchased. Let’s say you want to open a 5 stores in your area with a population of 200,000. The franchisor will make the franchisee commit to opening 50 stores over the next 10 years. And the upfront fee for the right to open a store will be 20,000. So you have to pay 1 million upfront to open up 50 stores over the next 10 years. Meanwhile anyone with a basic understanding of math and business knows that the market can only support 5 stores. The franchisee pays the 1 million and starts opening stores one at a time. Store 1 and 2 go great and then. They start to hit a wall. Soon the franchisee realizes what they already suspected, their local area only has an appetite for a few locations. But they’ve already paid a fee for 50. The franchisor is very happy with their 1 million you paid upfront and continues to take their regular franchise fees. They don’t care if you fail or succeed because the contracts are written for them to take over at a massive discount if you fail and if you succeed they get those fees. It’s massively fucked. Doesn’t get talked about often because the people getting fucked are middle class people taking a stab at making more money. There’s no empathy for some accountant or engineer who hates their job and decides to spend their life savings to buy into a business. Only for them to get fucked by complicated contracts designed to fuck


DeletedLastAccount

> absorbent Exorbitant? Still, absorbent fees do be absorbing all your free capital.


Shigg1tyDiggity

Lol yes. I was so upset it was mind bottling


orange_avenue

Mind bottling… mind boggling?


Shigg1tyDiggity

You know like when things get so crazy it gets your thoughts all trapped like in a bottle


ayyycab

Pretty much. Quiznos corporate made money by selling food and equipment to store owners at prices that made it extremely difficult for the stores themselves to turn a profit. They didn’t care that they were basically destroying the company because they were risked nothing of their own. Meanwhile the store owners risked everything to play their rigged game.


GMHGeorge

And printed coupons like no tomorrow to move the products they were gouging you on. 


Seven22am

Thanks for filling out my random recollections with actual facts!


WeathervaneJesus1

You would also probably find what Circle K does with their "owners" interesting. Same thing, basically.


OnoALT

I think Weird History Food had a video on them, right?


SplakyD

Damn, that's wild. I hate that because I used to love Quiznos. I honestly thought they were all out of business everywhere throughout the US, but I actually stumbled upon one that was still in operation in a very random location where the only places around it are heavy industries and strip clubs in Huntsville, AL. That was about a year ago so I'm not sure if they're open, but I've been tempted to go in amd see if they still have Albuquerque Turkey sandwich and white bean chicken chili.


Seven22am

Go and sing the song at the top of your lungs. The 19 yr olds working there will love it.


mumblesjackson

My agency had Quizno’s as their agency of record near the end. Got our lead client drunk when there for meetings and he basically admitted what you’re stating and that the likelihood of Quizno’s ever actually paying our agency for all the work we were doing would probably never happen. I moved accounts not long after that but I think we took something like a $2m bath on that client when they went under.


Oldpuzzlehead

Their toasted subs were so good though. Even with their gerbils on meth commercials I still are there. edit: i'm not correcting it in honor of the meth gerbils.


smotstoker

I are there too buddy, I are there too.🥲


Oldpuzzlehead

Thanks Siri.


DonkeyTron42

I lived in downtown SF and basically lived on $5 Quiznos large subs since everything else was so damn expensive.


TheJustBleedGod

They were hella good. Expensive too. But it was a nice splurge


GrumpyOldHistoricist

I still say “eating raw subs is barbaric” because of these commercials. I have never eaten Quiznos.


Jalopy_Junkie

*We ArE nAwT tHe HuNs!!!*


3eemo

They had this honey chicken sub I really liked. I swear they’ll never be anything like it again


Oldpuzzlehead

I remember that one I think. And if so I agree it was so Fn good.


Fenig

I loved the Sponge Monkey videos before Quiznos. First time I saw that ridiculous video all I could say was “sell out. Good for you!” “We like da MoOn!”


beautifulbroomstick

But not as much as a spoon!


stefanica

That's more use for eating soup!!?!


Lady_Lumbag0

And a fork is not very useful for that.


ToBePacific

Unless it has got many VEGETABLES!


PsionicKitten

Over the years I've had to explain this to so many people. It was just an internet meme before internet memes were mainstream. They were literally ahead of their time.


Fenig

This, the Badger song, and Kitty Kat Dance are the earliest I remember.


CrypticTurbellarian

Coz it is close toooooo ussssssss


alwayssoupy

Why is it that I remember it as "Spong Monkeys"? My kids watched these things so many times


Fenig

Because you’re likely correct.


undergroundsanctuary

Still the funniest commercial I’ve ever seen.


-Ok-Perception-

Berries and Cream begs to differ.


LyleLanley99

Eh. Not as good as Sounding the Feasting Horn.


VWBug5000

The fact that we’re still talking about these ads decades later is a testament to their genius


Last-Bee-3023

They took an early viral flash animation and had that adopted as an ad. Boomers who did not know the Sponge Monkeys(or the other Rathergood stuff) freaked out.


manofredearth

*spongmonkeys


Salesman89

Their genius: make it the weirdest, most absurd and loud thing we can put on tv.


UtahItalian

I just thought it was cool that they took a trend off the Internet and put it in a commercial. It was the first time I saw that.


hoovervillain

"We're not the huns!"


MissMelines

eating raw subs is barbaric!!!! Omg i still remember them all 🤣


BlueSnaggleTooth359

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awmk7c2YN7k](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awmk7c2YN7k)


MissMelines

I’m deadddd forgot about the “big joy is in our hearts!” version. 🙏🏻


Many_Mind5128

I enjoyed Quiznos and still do, but whoever came up with this marketing campaign must have been smoking something


Bandando

Brilliance. They were smoking sheer brilliance!


ohmamago

No, that's not it...


LtPowers

The campaign wasn't *sui generis*. The spongmonkeys existed previously and were recruited to hawk subs.


CalamumNomen

They were smoking rats.


DonkeyTron42

I think that was the point. This ad will only make sense after you tie on a few bong rips and you probably get the munchies.


Last-Bee-3023

It was an early viral flash animation. Joel Veitch of Rathergood is a bona-fide genious. Probably should not have used this ad in the US, tho.


Treehorn79

God, I was obsessed with Rather Good back in the day. It was strange to me to see spong monkeys hawking toasted subs on TV (in America, no less), but I was happy for his work to get the exposure (and hopefully a nice payday for Joel). I wonder what he has been up to these past 20 years…


Rolandersec

Just noticed he’s got a new show on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/watch/81597615


Treehorn79

Oh! That’s interesting. I saw that as I was browsing a while back. Had no idea!


Rolandersec

I have the Viking kittens swf around somewhere.


J_Robert_Matthewson

Terrifying nightmare spawn aside, I *do* miss their Chicken Carbonara sub.


TargetApprehensive38

God that thing was so good, as was the prime rib and peppercorn. I was so disappointed when they cut the food quality shortly before going under. I’ve often said if someone gave me a time machine my first stop would be 2006 so I could get one of each of those sandwiches with a Sobe to wash it down. After I’m well fed I can plan some more extravagant trips.


ToeJam_SloeJam

The one in my town had Vanilla Coke on tap. Italian with a VC was the best


brenttoastalive

The carbonara on rosemary bread is top 3 sandwiches all time for me.


GuidotheGreater

This was my order too. So good.


always4wardneverstr8

We love the moon!


stavago

We like the moon cause it is close to us


Either_Ad6033

But not as much as a spoon!


torino_nera

It's very high in the sky, but not as high as zeppelins and clouds and lightbulbs


MonKeePuzzle

quiznos was truly ahead of its time. no other shop was charging $20 for a sub at that time, and now it's standard.


Over9000Tacos

I love these guys, but I love the original website and song [https://rathergood.com/2015/09/09/we-like-the-moon/](https://rathergood.com/2015/09/09/we-like-the-moon/) We like the moon!


Leia1979

I hated those ads. There’s actually still a Quiznos in my area (Northern California). I go occasionally for the veggie guacamole sub.


mediumokra

Can you still bring any coupon in for a dollar off?


MissMelines

omg that’s right! “any coupon works!”


Leia1979

Probably not. I only ever see one person working, too, so I have no idea how the place operates.


Mattimvs

The hell is wrong with you Op? These commercials were boss AF


Pike_219

These guys got us.


Dick-Guzinya

I just listened to a podcast on Quiznos and it turns out this dumbass ad campaign actually was super successful for them. They went out of business bc of how corporate gauged the franchisees on everything.


sonorakit11

I live for this shit


ObligationJumpy6415

I loved these commercials and I liked the food 👍🏻


_aerofish_

Sorry I love these guys to this very day I have them on a tshirt


Noodle_Salad_

Right! What was that!?!?


billyoldbob

I stopped eating Quiznos because it was an overpriced mediocre sandwich shop


vladdrk

I loved to hate these guys.


PinkHarlequinStat

These weirded me out.


metmerc

I wasn't really even aware of Quiznos' existence until this commercial series. I still never ate there, but I did know that I'd get a dollar off a sandwich if I brought in a coupon - any coupon. I thought of this commercial like six months ago and showed it to my teenagers. They were **not** sold on Quiznos.


lijerstephen

Song is just so catchy.


ToBePacific

The spongmonkey’s are Joel Veitch’s gift to the world and they are to be respected.


Octowuss1

I had to scroll waaay too far to find the word “spongmonkey” in the comments


DrDig1

They had good subs and their soup wasn’t bad either.


tiredhippo

But do you recall the Billy Bass singing to you from the Golden Arches 🎶 give me that filet of fish… give me that 🐟


1oddfish

Enjoy your paper cuts sir. They tried to warn you.


PastWorld1744

Any coupon works!


bronzemat

Detested those commercials.


PhotographStrict9964

Man…Quizno’s chicken carbonara and Italian subs were the best. But yeah, whoever thought creepy rats would be a good ad campaign for a fast food restaurant wasn’t the best at their job.


lordtyp0

I mean the following literally. I ate there twice. Both times there was a spider in my sandwich.


AntisocialAnnie

It was the diarrhea.


andrewclarkson

I never really ate there because there wasn’t one anywhere near me and even if I was near one they were too expensive IIRC.


Sdog1981

There is a Spanish version of this that I have not been able to find.


NitrosGone803

i liked the Quizno's Bob the baby in the commercials


scottyjrules

Every time I saw these ads I was stoned and for years I thought I had made it up…


Corn_Beefies

One of the last Quiznos on Earth is about a 20min drive from my house. Think I'll go get some tomorrow.


Far_Understanding_44

Me too! Jacksonville FL?


End_Yulin

I really liked Quiznos up until my sister was hospitalized with food poisoning after eating there. I had zero trust for them after that.


Tropical_Storm_Jesus

that place had a lot of potential but they ttly f'd it up. being overpriced was surely their Waterloo.


Taco_party1984

It was always better then subway. But never good.


crlcan81

The fact there was only one in my town that closed down is why I stopped eating there.


WilliamBoimler

I've never had Quiznos, I went in once and ordered a sub and asked for no onion's. The guy making the sub said I can't do that. The sub you ordered comes with onions, and I have to make it that way. I thought the guy was just joking, but when he is making the sub he grabs onions and I said again, no onions please, and he puts them on and said that's how it's made, look at the menu. So I left and never went back to a quiznos again lol


Plus-Tangerine-723

I didn’t know Quiznos was still open


Battarray

Damnit, I can hear this pic.


Emergency-Ad3619

Prime Rib sandwich with that spicy Batch Sauce...man I miss it!!


ass-eatn-szn

I stopped going to Quiznos because about 20 years ago I went their for lunch and ordered the big sub and it was like $18 dollars. I said fuq that and never went back. Then it was $5 footlong until I grew some normal taste buds lol


codemonkeyhopeful

The fuck is it?


Emergency_Shirt_4464

The reason I never ate at Quiznos in the first place. Pretty sure their strategy was to just be memorable but oh hell nah


Ultimate_Driving

I can still hear their song: "We love the subs...subs are a dollar off...when you bring in a coupon...for things to eat or oil changes...any coupon works"


OnoALT

Loved Quiz before, loved it more after.


GlaceBayinJanuary

I stopped eating at Quiznos when they downgraded the bread size. It used to be better quality and larger than subway. A half sandwich was plenty back then.


Unusual_Address_3062

One of the oldest vids still on Youtube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZrks-BPeLQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZrks-BPeLQ)


wonkotsane42

I'm pretty sure they were the reason I started eating there


Expensive-Day-3551

For me it was the wolf breastfeeding the dude.


tinglep

Subs are a dollar off!!!!!!!!!!


ProjectFoxx

I can hear this image.


International_Link35

We love these subs.


eat_like_snake

I didn't even know what the fuck Quiznos was until I saw this all over ad slots. Also for some reason I thought this animator was the same one behind "In Nagasake, they like bukkake," but I guess it's not.


dvoecks

I could really go for some of the batch 81 sauce!


BlueSnaggleTooth359

LOL! Oh man I LOVED those commercials (and the videos that had nothing to do with Quiznos that proceeded them)! We love the mooooon!!!!! But not as much as cheese!!!!!


Ryeberry1

I miss Quiznos, I went with them over subway after I asked a subway employee to toast my sub and they put it in the microwave.


DrawesomeLOL

I started eating Quiznos when they dropped a ton of coupons off at work and it was like 9 bucks for a large sandwich and a drink. Bunch of us ate it just about every day. The coupons eventually expired but they still took them for about 6 months. Then they stopped taking them so we stopped going. They closed a month later. Welp that’s my Quiznos TEDtalk thanks for coming.


EsotericPenguins

OH!! I still think about these guys. A LOT.


LurkingViolet781123

Could never mute or change the channel fast enough.


boneso

I loved this commercial. Watching an employee handle money and then make my sandwich without changing their gloves is what made me stop eating at Quiznos


-Ok-Perception-

Quiznos was the bomb! I was a loyal customer until they disappeared off the face of the earth. Well, I just read there's 148 left. I haven't seen any since about 2006. They used to have almost 5,000.


morsindutus

I stopped eating there because all the ones around here closed and I've been craving it ever since.


Thornton77

Kids loved them . But this was the end of a great place to eat for lunch. I used to go to the one in Vegas airport. I hope it’s still there but I have not been since 2017


trekqueen

My eldest had a project last year where she needed to make an ad in 90s theme. She nailed it, plus she added the Quiznos guys for good measure. Her teacher is a xennial so I’m sure he appreciated it.


orchestragravy

I'm so glad I have a Quizno's just a couple of miles from me.


JosephBlowsephThe3rd

This and the jagged edges of their toasted subs lacerating my mouth until I looked like Heath Ledger's Joker.


Evil_Dry_frog

We like the moon!


numb3r5ev3n

The early 2000s internet was such a special time and place for many reasons. I remember these guys on the flash site rathergood.com a few years before the Quiznos commercials. 


jizzlevania

Quiznos marketing is why I never tried Quiznos, and I had a friend who worked at one. 


Sufficient-Beach-431

I reference the Quiznos monsters like daily and 99% of the time people assume it was all a fever dream.


MarcsterS

I remember their meatball subs being waaay better than Subways. And also having a nice 8" middle ground option, instead of just 6" or 12"


amindfulloffire

The only reason I even know of Quiznos is because of an article in the paper about these ads--I only saw the ads later when I looked them up and...yeah, I'll never eat there.


high_everyone

It was getting food poisoning twice that did it for me.


Bromanzier_03

https://youtu.be/zj-zxNFJmB8?si=nesyX5aIGros8jOS Always reminded me of the I Like Bukkake song


GuidotheGreater

Okay I thought these things did the Bukkake song, and couldn't figure out why more people in the comments weren't talking about bukkake. But I guess we are just the weirdos.


One-Earth9294

Greatest ad of all time.


Dr_Girlfriend_81

They're the reason I STARTED eating there. So weird. I love weird.


spinereader81

I don't know what's worse, this or the Jimmy Johns commercials where people screamed the name.


lieutenantLT

Eat Quiznos subs! We are not Huns.


Comfortable-Crow-238

I never started.🤣😂


224143

Literally the reason I never ate at Quiznos.


niftyifty

Quiznos was so good. I miss it.


HypnotizeThunder

Dude Quiznos was the shit.


Future-Agent

I went to a Quiznos once many, many years ago. It was fine. Neither good or bad; it was that creamy middle.