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  1. Mookie says:

    That seems kind of extreme to me. I’ll stick with bulimia.

  2. velvet says:

    No thanks, I’d rather be ’squishy’.

  3. orly says:

    No aids for me.

  4. Catman says:

    Almost first.

  5. JMRULEZZZ says:

    ‘Question. Why take diet pills, when you can enjoy AYDS!’
    classic

    • cicili says:

      This product was discontinued in the early 1980’s for obvious reasons. The company is defunct. ELDERLY AD.

      • Mr Adventure says:

        I remember SNL saying that they had a follow-up product called HERPEES.

      • Crossfire905 says:

        Early 80’s? It lasted that long? I remember this stuff from somewhere around the mid-1970’s. Caramel-candy-like cubes, supposed to be an appetite suppressant, as I recall. Elderly ad indeed! I’m amazed that someone actually found a copy in some dusty old vault somewhere.

      • wat says:

        What was the cause of death?

  6. JMRULEZZZ says:

    well, so far no asses calling first!

  7. BrownChicken says:

    I prefer my ayds with lemon.

  8. abstract says:

    well, AIDS does help you loose weight….no, no, I don’t want to burn in hell

  9. Kurt says:

    Wow. Just, wow.

  10. pwease says:

    Wow, I remember that commercial, too. It wasn’t scary back then.

    • sidney W. says:

      Yeah, I remember those… If I recall correctly, they were called AIDS originally in the 70s, then changed to AYDS to try and differentiate when the name was associated with the illness… then they just went away.

      • medicate says:

        Gone, gone, beyond beyond, gone beyond beyond.

      • Rob says:

        It went back to the late 1950’s and had always been spelled Ayds.

        After the horrible stroke of back luck of a new disease being given similar name, they tried to stay in business as “Diet-ayds” but that didn’t work.

      • Steve B says:

        You recall incorrectly. They were never called AIDS.

      • Anon3254 says:

        The problem was they tried to sell it globally and in some countries AIDS was well know as causing severe weight loss to the point of death. The ads sounded like they were promoting eugenics (racial ‘purification’ through destructive methods).

      • CaySedai says:

        Actually, they were Ayds in the ’70s. They changed the name to Diet Ayds when sales tanked because of the name association. My mom used them, to no avail.

      • Actually it was called AYDS all along. The product itself was taken off the market either before AIDS came along or during that time… not sure which.

        So this isn’t so much a fail as it is irony.

    • m-no says:

      Yeah, I was confused as to why this was a fail…. because AIDS/AYDS was around before the illness. So it’s only a LOOKS like a fail now.

    • Nullster says:

      Yup, these things predate the illness, so the advert is only funny because it’s taken out of context.

  11. tukan says:

    OMG that IS a find :)

  12. Wimpel says:

    I knew AYDS was healthy!

  13. Agent Alto says:

    I bet after they aired this commercial a few times, they realized and were like “OH SHI–”

  14. CheekyCherry says:

    So it’s a tapeworm? Named “Ayds”?

  15. BondFan4518 says:

    Those tablets look like Monopoly houses..
    Which is probably why they make you feel like a million dollars.
    *Ba-dum tish*

  16. Moose says:

    The size of the pill is best bit.

  17. DrGaellon says:

    The thing is, AYDS *LONG* predates AIDS. Can’t be fail when the acronym hadn’t even been coined yet.

  18. Griffmanr says:

    Ah this one is a classic! I remember seeing it on Youtube a while back!

    And yes though it predates AIDS it’s still a fail based on modern context.

  19. CheekyCherry says:

    I wish we all had aides!

  20. elculo says:

    Reminds me of a Southpark episode:
    http://www.allsp.com/l.php?id=e81

  21. No Name says:

    Isn’t a South Park Episode based on that commerical?

    • IThinkNot says:

      Or is that commercial based on South Park?

    • Phaet says:

      Exactly! This commercial reminded me of South Park. But they meant “Aides”. Because the guy who had Aides (2 guys: exercise guy and a diet guy) has lost a lot of weight. He was misunderstood because he wanted everybody to have aides. He wanted to give aides to the children!
      When everything was sorted out eveyone laughed saying “AIDS is now funny”

    • Madsen says:

      Yeah, it’s called “Jared has Aides” (Season 6, ep. 1).

      But srsly… “Why take diet pills when you can enjoy AYD’s?” Epic!

      • cicili says:

        The entire Ayds ads were pulled shortly after the fact that the ‘HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN’ pillow talkin’ Rock Hudson was broadcast that he had the AIDS brand reducing ‘candy’ living with him, who did NOT transmit the CANDY to him, Rock was fooling around! OH Woe was Rock! And down for the count, what, around the mid ’80’s, right?

      • Rob says:

        There was an even better one airing around the same time, a female model shows her thin waistline in side profile and exclaims “…….easy..I got Ayds!”

  22. MuleJuice says:

    Try the new AYDS suppository

  23. Asinus says:

    I was always told that Ayds was caused by having butt sex…now I found that its because of taking some pills? What else haven’t I been told?!?!?

  24. Lakario says:

    Everyone has AIDS! AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS!

    • BondFan4518 says:

      *groan*
      Oh great, now there are trolls who repeat that seriously annoying song.

      • Retaba says:

        The Troll has many forms. You must know them all. You must tell the Troll from his disguise and root him out from the hidden places. Trust no-one. Trust not even yourself. It is better to die in vain than to live in abomination. The zealous martyr is praised for his valour; the craven and the unready are justly abhorred.
        - The First Book of Indoctrinations
        A little something to help you, BondFan4518

      • cicili says:

        It’s a ‘take’ on Popeye. The 1981 movie.

      • Evertide says:

        I bet you have AIDS. But that’s okay, because…everyone has AIDS!

  25. twitch2197 says:

    “use only as directed”

  26. Dana says:

    Bow down before me, mortals, for once again Dana is first!

  27. Lisamcb says:

    haha tooooo funny, I used to chew them chocolate bits, and when the bad AIDS came out, I wondered what this company was going to do. It was way way back in the 70’s and maybe early 80’s. You guys are also tooooo funny.

  28. Bebinn says:

    My mom took those. They look like little chocolates. My grandfather would always sneak them because he was senile and thought they tasted good. I think they are just a laxative, not a big deal diet drug.

  29. norm says:

    Man, I hope I never catch AIDS again.

  30. phoenix0792 says:

    LOL naive advertising people.

  31. Baris Unver says:

    I once died from AIDS.

  32. rose says:

    I remember these. They were out decades before AIDS was a known disease. I really don’t see how it could be a “fail” because it wasn’t a fail at the time. It should be a “nostalgic win”. Just my opinion. (This is my first comment ever on here. Please don’t hurt me.)

  33. capt. awesome says:

    Ayds, from the makers of the Small Pox vitamin tablets. Remember: you can’t really be healthy without Small Pox vitamin tablets.

    Anyone want to see Anpu nuke Xenuland? He finally got the bomb.

  34. Zurack says:

    I must say that AYDS really works!

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  36. Obligated says:

    It may be funny now, but i don’t see how it’s a fail. They have been selling AYDS way before they coined the word AIDS.

    Just like this guy I know in his 80’s. His name is Gay and he’s from England. Back when his parents named him, that word meant happy. But unfortunately the 12-years-olds on the same street didn’t know any better.

  37. I think Southpark already beat this dead horse.

  38. Ryan says:

    Hey, congratulations–that AIDS/AYDS joke is only about 25 years old.

    Current Relevance FAIL

  39. sjon says:

    the packages of AYDS are now only 5,95!

  40. Ashley says:

    LMAO!!

    “Why take a diet pill when you can enjoy aids!” xD

    This commercial fails so epically that it wins the internets.

  41. sepsis says:

    at least, the ad doesn’t lie. AIDS DOES make you lose weight.

  42. katsRme says:

    I don’t know what all your problems are.
    This comercial is from around the early 70’s before AIDs was an issue.
    This is a dietary aid similar to Dexatrim.
    My grandmother used them to help control her impulses for sweets,
    she was severly diabetic. If this helped her, I imagine it also helped a lot of other people with weight control. Anorexia starves your brain and bulimia erodes your esophagus. I’d rather use AYDS and eat healthier. You are ALL idiots.

  43. Roman Anderson says:

    AIDS IS GODS PUNISHMENT AGAINT THE UNHOLY. THE GAYS, AND DRUGGIES, AND THE PROSTITUES WILL FEEL GODS WRATH AT THE GATES OF HEAVEN, AND HE CASTS THEM INTO THE FIREY PIT OF HELL TO BURN FOR ALL ETERTINTY.

    THE ONLY WAY TO THE FATHER IS BY THE SON. EMBRACE JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOR OR GODS VENGENCE WILL BE UPON YOU!!!!!

  44. Major Major Major Major says:

    Didn’t they already post this particular video on failblog a while back?

  45. teh_true_pwner says:

    contracted from the monkeys my ass..

  46. Mark, Sr. says:

    Back in the day, my mom had a box of these “caramels” in the cupboard. I remember sneaking into them and eating the whole box. Appetite suppression, my a$$ . . . !

    • Mookie says:

      Another person talking out his ass.

      • Mark, Sr. says:

        Oh, man, . . . was that a violation of this blog?
        Sorry, . . . I just want to be able to have the occasional post, until I have more free time to join with my own icon and clever banter . . .
        My comment was to verify a real life incident, I ain’t do it to be offensive . . .

  47. dieter says:

    I remember those!! My mother took them! They looked like they really tasted good — but she didn’t lose any weight….

  48. LemonBomb says:

    ROFLMAO!

    Best. Fail. Ever.

  49. Ycryforu says:

    yOU’RE ALL A DAY LATE AND A DOLLAR SHORT! Thanks for joining us. The “Free Beer and Hotwings Radio Show” has been busting on this for the past two or three years.

  50. Ryannon - GO GATORS says:

    And in case anyone didn’t see the post on another thread.
    GO GATORS GO GATORS GO GATORS GO GATORS!!!!
    I will be at the game. You will see it is me, I will be the one in blue and orange!

  51. zee pwn says:

    its right.

    u get AIDS => u die => u loose wight

  52. ufail says:

    Fail. I remember when this ad was running. It was long before the AIDS epidemic was hitting the news. The product (at least under that name) and ads were pulled shortly thereafter.

  53. Miss Pronounced says:

    I accedenty my verb….

  54. DU HAST MICH GEFRAGT UND ICH HAB NICH GESAGT says:

    naja, das nich ist gut, but it is funny, and, do not be alarmed, I am not a nazi, as a matter of fact, i live in west virginia, and I SPEAK GERMAN!!!

    • medicate says:

      Schon total klar. Dieses unschuldiges Beschaefticsein ueberhaupt nicht und auf keiner Fall deiner Generation angehoert.
      If you were Deutch eigentlich, this you would already know.
      There is no fear that awaits (as a carpet rolled out) your linguistic familiarity.

  55. bob says:

    So does anyone else remember that episode of South Park where Jared from subway was telling everyone that they should get aids so they could lose weight?

  56. Petruza says:

    I think it’s pretty obvious that this commercial is prior to the AIDS being known.
    Captian obvious to the rescue.

  57. zaperrer says:

    well it is kind of true

  58. karmel says:

    howard stern has been playing this for years…
    i love your site, but this is a bit behind….
    funny, nonetheless…

  59. Ardian says:

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  60. Josephine938 says:

    My Mom actually had a box of those!!! They taste horrible, like a caramel chocolate mixed with doo – doo !! EEK!

  61. rb73 says:

    Wow…the FAIL blog has AYDS now….

  62. Deathwolf6 says:

    wow you guys got really off topic

  63. Supernado says:

    Yes…’’safe”…

  64. Chris J. says:

    Telemarketer-Do you want some AYDS?
    Random Guy-No.
    Telemarketer-Are you positive?

  65. Evan says:

    I recall a comedian, I think it was Bob Goldthwait, doing a bit about the president of the company that made AYDS, yelling: “Why? WHY? Why couldn’t they have named it DORITOS?!”

  66. Hey says:

    Ok, I got the 666th comment. You guys can leave now.

  67. Satan says:

    o.o 666comments

    well.. 667 now

  68. PloCoon says:

    Funny how these terms weren’t fails when they came out. :-P LOL

  69. london says:

    fail?? don’t you mean WIN!!!!!!!!!!!

  70. letmecomment says:

    “Question:
    Why Take diet pills when you can enjoy AYDS?”

    You know what… I have no answer

  71. Ultra Director Haruhi says:

    this was probably back from when AIDS was called GRIDS

  72. theirishboxer says:

    who wants AYDS???? i am being generous and giving it out free for a limited time

  73. Rude Jackass says:

    I took those back in the 70’s. They did work some though not as dramatically as it seems in that old commercial. My mother got them for me when I was a overweight kid.

  74. Pam says:

    I totally remember those commercials in the early 80s (and late late 70s??)!
    ROTFLMAO!

  75. garfield135 says:

    Yes, lets all enjoy AYDS! AYDS is good! XD

  76. Rita Skeeter says:

    LOLOLOL And even more important.. why take a diet pill to fit into a size 12? ROFLOL

  77. Ellen says:

    I like this thing. I buy it for my nephew and he’s very happy. I see this thing is worth your money.

  78. BLT3200 says:

    omg thats extremly funny i was laughiing so hard
    “why take diet pills when you can enjoy AYDS?”

  79. bizriak says:

    I actually remember this commercial–obviously before AIDS was widely known, but they didn’t take the commercial off the air for awhile after it was becoming better known.

  80. Chris Burks says:

    Alright AYDS candy was around long before the disease and we should some heard for the pool people who lost their jobs when this unfortunate company bit the dust. This has to be the worst luck in marketing history, but man to the person with the lecture about how his grammy used and the the next knuckle head with the ran about the wrath of God, get a life folks.

  81. Sarah says:

    This commercial was made before AIDS!

    Thats why they were able to produce the commercial and product.

    • Prof.Hammertime Jr troll expert says:

      Actually AIDS has been around in other species before humans and was then introduced to humans and later america much later.

      Knowledge is power.

  82. KIWI-LOLZ says:

    Question:why take diet pills when you can enjoy AYDS?

    coz I’d rather be skinny than have my immune system killed of by a sexually transmited disease :P

  83. haha! says:

    Why take diet pills when you can take AYDS!

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  85. Paula says:

    Wow, I remember this commercial and the product! I hadn’t seen this commercial since the early 1980s, but it all came back to me. How hilarious! Yes, it’s a shame that they chose a name that just happened to coincide with a hideous disease that would become a worldwide epidemic only a few years later.

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