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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!!!!!