To advertise McDonald’s selling 50 Chicken McNuggets for $9.99—something that’s never been done in St. Louis—we had to do something big. Something that’s never been done in St. Louis.
Enter 50 mimes.
Did they all have to put on their signature white and black striped clothes and white face paint? Probably not, but that’s just how dedicated they are. See, French fries aren’t the only good things we got from France. Take a listen to the commercial below and hear for yourself.
Poof. Adios. Gone missing. That’s the verdict on the Kidnapped Chicagoan—according to several posters plastered in and around The El and buses throughout the windy city.
Each poster playfully points out that one of Chicago’s 2.9 million people has disappeared and directs the reader to KidnappedChicagoan.com to find out where he is.
Once there, the viewer gets a whirlwind tour of the mystery city (St. Louis, in-case you couldn’t tell) along with tweets, Foursquare updates, a streaming ‘Kidnap Kam’ and plenty of other content to dive into.
This is the first-ever campaign from the St. Louis CVC directed exclusively toward Chicagoans. And it’s a bold one, forgoing the traditional imagery of the city with a big St. Louis logo in favor of an intriguing message to pull you into the story of one man’s journey to the gateway city. Wait. Just noticed “gateway” is an anagram for “getaway.” Maybe we should’ve done “The Great Gateway Getaway” instead . . . Na. This is way better.
What’s a fifth cousin, you ask? Simply put, it’s a complete stranger that tries to cash in on your family vacation to St. Louis. Despicable, huh?