Domino's Pizza
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Domino's Pizza is an international pizza delivery chain headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. It was founded in Ipsilanti, Michigan by Tom Monaghan in 1960, and had 8,000 stores in more than 55 countries as of 2006. It offers pizza in three crusts (regular, deep-dish, and thin), along with sides such as buffalo wings and soda. Domino's is responsible for several innovations in the pizza industry, including corrugated cardboard pizza boxes, a belt-driven pizza oven, and the "Domino's Heat Wave Hot Bag", which uses patented magnetic induction technology to keep pizza hot while it's being delivered.
Bad Andy. Good Pizza was a short-lived advertising campaign for Domino's which featured a mischievous brown Muppet named Andy. The spots were created by advertising firm Deutsch Inc., with a puppet built by the Jim Henson Company. In the ads, Bad Andy was a bad Domino's employee who interfered with various aspects of the pizza baking and delivery process. By correcting his mistakes, the other employees in the ads would highlight the importance of those elements. The ad campaign was not well received by the public, and generated bad press. It was dropped in March 2001.
Individual Spots
- "Sockets"
- Bad Andy unplugs all the "Domino's HeatWave Hot Bags" and uses the outlets for a massage chair, a fan, blender, two televisions, a lava lamp and a stereo. The other employees try to explain how important the Hot Bags are, but Andy ignores them and turns up the intensity on his massage chair until he blows the fuse.
- "Sick"
- Bad Andy uses a "Domino's Heat Wave Hot Bag" to keep a thermometer warm and pretends to be sick
- "Rolling Pin"
- Bad Andy tries repeatedly to convince another employee to use a rolling pin rather than hand-stretching the pizza crust.
- "Big Man Trouserz"
- Bad Andy changes the sign board outside the store from "Today's Special: lg or med pizza, any crust" to read "Today's Special: Big Man Trouserz"
