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Ah, to pass the time watching the crazy Quizno's mice/hamster/things (Flash required). God bless their advertising agency to sell this concept through and God bless Quizno's for deciding to run with it. [Via our good friend Garth, who lives in the Windy City (for now); rachelle just moved there]

It's tied with a $1 coupon for one of Quizno's toasty subs. Quizno's locations in New York City.

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  • The Rolling Stones cancel a gig in Hawaii and postpone other tour dates as Mick Jagger suffers throat troubles...

  • BurgerNerf

    http://pressurecooker.phil.cmu.edu/flash/

    Scroll down, archive includes the "Huns" commercial (YES!). I miss these guys fierce. There are even handmade buttons and fridge magnets of the Spongmonkeys on eBay as I type this. These guys are part of our cultural heritage now.

  • jo mama

    i havent seen the comercial. does anyone have a link so i can see it???

  • Kel

    I love those commercials!!! my friend and I sing along all the time. Check out this site : http://www.rathergood.com/moon_song/

    So hilarious!!!

  • BurgerNerf

    Oh dammit, I think I missed my chance to save the "Huns" commercial at Quiznos.com...sh*t.

    Quizno's should market the Spongmonkeys like that singing bass gizmo. Then I could watch them dance and sing all day, and piss off everyone who doesn't like them.

  • Joe

    "We are not the Huns"...I laughed for ten minutes, good stuff. But I think the commercials are just another example of a trend in advertising. These days it seems every major ad campaign tends to try cracking one's funny bone. I'm not complaining though.

  • GroovyShaggy8301

    I saw a new spongmonkey commercial during Futurama last night and big joy is in my heart...."We are not the huns." incase you haven't seen it yet, head on over to quizno's web site!

  • Ok, does anyone know the tabs to the song? Or know where I can find them? It sounds very similar to the beginning of "Uncle John's Band" by Grateful Dead, but I can't figure it out. If you have them, PLEASE E-MAIL ME!!thanks.

  • Scott

    Those things are funny but hwo could something like that make you want to buy a sub? The sad thing is Quiznos subs are real good.

  • Amy Evans

    THIS IS THE FUNNIEST COMMERCIAL I HAVE SEEN MY WHOLE LIFE!!! I LOVE THE MICE!!!!!!! THEY ARE DA BOMB!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Leader Mouse

    I love the subs!!

    Cause they are good to me

    The Quizno's Subs!!

    They are Tasty!!

    They are Crunchy!!

    They are Warm because they Toast them!!

    They Got a Pepper bar!!

    Holy crap its absolute genius that they got a freakin pepper bar and they put that in their song so annoyingly that its awesome!

    I sit in front of Quizno's with my guitar all day and play it over and over and over and over until physically detained.

    I am the leader of all dead mice. Hail Quizno Overlord

  • BurgerNerf

    Not only is the Quizno's Spongmonkeys campaign still going on ("Big joy is in our hearts!" With ANGEL WINGS, hahahahaha!), but recent alternate ad campaigns (Space Ghost, et al) are pretty sleepy by comparison.

    YES those little guys made me wanna go eat their sammiches. Awww yeah.

    NOW Quizno's (quiznos.com) has a non-Spongmonkey video touting their low-carb flatbreads...based on "FISH HEADS!!" Flatbreads, flatbreads, eat them up, yum!

  • What the hell are those little critters?

    HAHAHA, best commercial i have seen in a long time!

  • Jessica

    I saw the Quiznos commercial and I about died laughing at it. Everyday I bug my friends with the song. It rocks, the rodents rock, the idea of the rodents are awesome keep up the good work you bunch of rodents

  • Colt

    Man i cant get enough of that commercial. I actually went to quiznos.com and downloaded the commercial. Man thats great. They should make another one.

  • Catelyn

    This commercial rocks!!! Everyone in my school loves it, and we would go to eat there, but sadly there are no quiznos in our town. We've dubbed the mice things "dead radioactive hamsters", and asked teachers to tell us how to sing the song in french/spanish/latin/german. Sadly, none have granted this request. I've been threatened with detention because I constantly sing it. I've gotton the guitar tab online, and it is wicked fun to play!!! My brothers wandered in and started singing, and it annoyed the crap outta my dad tho.

    Hope they run this one for a long time.... ITS THE GREATEST AD EVER!!!!!

  • P

    We love the subs....commercial! At least I do. I've been bugging my 8 year old daughter daily to the point now that when I say, "you know why you're hamster does that?," she says, "NOOOOOO! it's NOT because he loves the subs!" Kudos. Fun ad. My wife hates it, but I caught her humming it more than once!

  • BurgerNerf

    Not only did the commercials send me back to Quizno's (in full violation of my diet), I wish they'd market figures of those two little buggers. The guitar player in the commodore hat just brightens my day.

  • Tiffany

    This is so hilarious!!! Their creepy but funny. Who came up with this?

  • peregrine

    I think they're fantastic. I couldn't believe it the first time I saw one but they are a riot. It's definitely made me think about checking them out. It's hard to get the song out of your head; I suspect this will work well for them.

    We love the subs!

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