6 ms·
Groupon Kidz Club
- shareme 15y agoIf they were joking I would imagine each character would be a satirical look at each VC character that bought in on the Groupon disaster. Come on Groupon amp up the creativity
- drivebyacct2 15y agoI'm concerned that this isn't a joke. Or is it?
- Kluny 15y agoI think someone was ordered to come up with these characters as punishment for screwing up something else.
- sabraham 15y agoDefinitely jokes. I wasn't totally sure until I saw this: http://www.groupon.com/pages/kidz-club-games http://www.groupon.com/pages/kidz-club-games
- peter_l_downs 15y ago> Unscramble these mixed-up words: > cilhd > entcered > mraketing
- Retric 15y agoNow that was funny.
- mitchellhislop 15y agoI don't think it is - Its linked at the top of http://www.groupon.com/occasions http://www.groupon.com/occasions, which can be gotten to from their normal flow. This is totally real.
- MichaelGG 15y agoI'd guess it went something like this: Manager: "We need a kids club thing, like Burger King." Designers: "That's lame, let's make it a joke." Manager: "Excellent, go live with it."
- manuscreationis 15y agoThis has to be some kind of undiscovered April fools joke, or something some designer put together as a joke that went live. However, worst kids club characters? or best! Roll sounds totally radical. As someone who also loves homemade croissants, I can relate to this character. Does anyone else think Glasses and e-m@le will totally have a crush thing going on? Also, I sense a very special episode where Swarmy and Pyles learn that everyone is a little different, but it's what makes us similar that really counts.
- ayuvar 15y agoThere's a ridiculous amount of potential for episodes about a sentient swarm of bees. How will they reconcile many humans' fear of them with their need to be loved and understood as intellectual equals?
- manuscreationis 15y agoHow about the episode where a pair of bumbling bad guys try to kidnap Swarmy to produce their honey, which they then sell! Not only does the gang need to rescue Swarmy, but they also need to teach Swarmy to trust humans again...
- mey 15y agoPyles acts as the negotiator.
- kingatomic 15y agoNot to mention the lengthy litigation following cease-and-desist letters, pursuant to the patent the Kidz Club filed on bee honey made from genetically-enhanced beez (sic).
- antihero 15y agoOr trick people into bringing their carriers into zero zero before ganking them.
- deleted 15y ago
- kcl 15y agoIt's a conscious take on the Burger King Kids Club. https://www.google.com/search?q=burger%20king%20kids%20club&tbm=isch https://www.google.com/search?q=burger%20king%20kids%20club&... Compare the logo and the character design.
- jemka 15y agoWell this is going straight to my iPod, https://groupon.s3.amazonaws.com/sponsorship-imgs/chicago/Kidz%20Club%20Theme%20Song.mp3 https://groupon.s3.amazonaws.com/sponsorship-imgs/chicago/Ki...
- speedracr 15y agoWhy wouldn't I be surprised to find out Andrew Mason had joined to record this in the studio?
- chubbyheckler 15y agoYay India Graphic Design!
- jeremymcanally 15y agoThis looks like the BK Kids Club of the 90's. "e-m@le" even looks like Kid Vid: http://www.progressiveboink.com/mike/img/bkkidsclub/kidvid.gif http://www.progressiveboink.com/mike/img/bkkidsclub/kidvid.g...
- gavinlynch 15y agoIt's a joke. Read the bullet points in the "Tips to Get Involved in Your Community" section: * "HELP elderly folks cross the first part of the street and then encourage them to get across the rest of the way on their own!" * "DON'T desecrate that statue even though you'd gain tons of street cred!" * "START a lemonade stand but immediately go "Out of Business" to draw attention to wealth-destroying minimum wage laws!" Have at it, kids.
- raganwald 15y agoI bet it’s a joke as well, but it’s not witty enough to work as a joke, the “inside jokes” should make you feel clever and exclusive when you see them. And I should know, I’ve been falling flat on my face trying to be clever on the Internet for years.
- dclowd9901 15y agoYou don't remember this?: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burger_King_advertising#Kids_Club http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burger_King_advertising#Kids_Cl... That kid in the wheelchair? His name was Wheelz. Not kidding.
- maukdaddy 15y agoHAHA that brings back memories. I would imagine most of the HN audience was born after those characters were popular.
- deleted 15y ago[deleted]
- RedwoodCity 15y agolooks like they hired the same artist
- whatgoodisaroad 15y agoI think they feel clever and exclusive because of all the HN readers they tricked. You're not always on the inside of an inside joke.
- justjimmy 15y agoIt's a joke. How? Comic Sans.
- Stevenup7002 15y ago"TIPS TO GET INVOLVED IN YOUR COMMUNITY: START a lemonade stand but immediately go "Out of Business" to draw attention to wealth-destroying minimum wage laws!"
- dreadpirateryan 15y agoDon't miss out on the theme song: https://groupon.s3.amazonaws.com/sponsorship-imgs/chicago/Kidz%20Club%20Theme%20Song.mp3 https://groupon.s3.amazonaws.com/sponsorship-imgs/chicago/Ki...
- derleth 15y agoHere's some helpful tips from the Kidz Club Games and Tips Page: > HELP elderly folks cross the first part of the street and then encourage them to get across the rest of the way on their own! > DON'T desecrate that statue even though you'd gain tons of street cred! > START a lemonade stand but immediately go "Out of Business" to draw attention to wealth-destroying minimum wage laws! Whether you should copy that floppy is presumably left up to your own judgement.
- nostromo 15y agoDefinitley a joke. Did you see this gem? Unscramble these mixed-up words: cilhd entcered mraketing I actually found that one quite funny. :)
- untog 15y agoIf there was any doubt as to whether this is a joke, listen to the theme song. Good lord.
- hammock 15y agoI just talked to a friend at Groupon who helped write it. Apparently they have a "humor team" whose job it is to come up with stuff like this.
- whamill 15y agoThat's actually more depressing than if this were real.
- rudyfink 15y agoOn the subject of kids pages, if you haven't seen the NSA's CryptoKids ( http://www.nsa.gov/kids/ http://www.nsa.gov/kids/ ), CIA's (https://www.cia.gov/kids-page/ https://www.cia.gov/kids-page/) or the NRO's ( http://www.nro.gov/kidspages.html http://www.nro.gov/kidspages.html ) kids pages, I'd recommend a quick look.
- tesseractive 15y agoI didn't look at the URL before clicking, so I was totally disappointed that it wasn't for National Review Online. Podhoretz for kids is just an awesome, awesome idea.
- DanBC 15y agoWow, the NSA trademark everything. > Crypto Cat®, Decipher Dog®, Rosetta Stone®, Slate®, Joules™, T.Top®, CyberTwins™ Cy and Cyndi, and, of course, our leader CSS Sam®.
- grkballer44 15y agoI'm pretty sure FOPTOP is a drunk who they found passed out on the beach
- krogsgard 15y agoSpelling "kidz" with a z is a pretty good warning of how awful it's bound to be.
- mrcoles 15y agoThis is great—the write-ups are hilarious! > When Roll grows up, he wants to be an astronaut or a game show cameraman.
- moses1400 15y agoI wrote about this the other day - I thought for sure it had to be a late april fools joke but once i started to get their emails I realized it was for serious. I don't get why they spend so much money on worthless content - just show the deals. http://www.centernetworks.com/groupon-adds-kids-friendly-kidz-club-channel http://www.centernetworks.com/groupon-adds-kids-friendly-kid...
- egypturnash 15y agoThis is what happens when you don't pay a real artist. Also I am totally gonna start shipping Foptop and Swarmz.
- deleted 15y ago[deleted]
- pacaro 15y agoIndonesian has a word for this. Jayus - A joke so poorly told and so unfunny that one cannot help but laugh Word three on this list - http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/20-awesomely-untranslatable-words-from-around-the-world/ http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/20-awesomely-untranslatable...
- reinhardt 15y agoIn english that would be "it's so bad, it's good"