Groupon Kidz Club

http://www.groupon.com/pages/kidz-club

by jawns • 14 years ago

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drivebyacct2• 14 years ago

I'm concerned that this isn't a joke. Or is it?

Kluny• 14 years ago

I think someone was ordered to come up with these characters as punishment for screwing up something else.

sabraham• 14 years ago

Definitely jokes.

I wasn't totally sure until I saw this: http://www.groupon.com/pages/kidz-club-games

peter_l_downs• 14 years ago

    > Unscramble these mixed-up words:

    >    cilhd

    >    entcered

    >    mraketing

mitchellhislop• 14 years ago

I don't think it is - Its linked at the top of http://www.groupon.com/occasions, which can be gotten to from their normal flow.

This is totally real.

MichaelGG• 14 years ago

I'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."

manuscreationis3• 14 years ago

This 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• 14 years ago

There'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?

manuscreationis3• 14 years ago

How 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...

antihero• 14 years ago

Or trick people into bringing their carriers into zero zero before ganking them.

webnrrd2k• 14 years ago

Don't forget about the long-lost sibling-swarm of Africanized bees that is actually a jerk, but with a heart of gold (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JerkWithAHeartOfG...).

kcl• 14 years ago

It's a conscious take on the Burger King Kids Club.

https://www.google.com/search?q=burger%20king%20kids%20club&...

Compare the logo and the character design.

jemka• 14 years ago

Well this is going straight to my iPod, https://groupon.s3.amazonaws.com/sponsorship-imgs/chicago/Ki...

speedracr• 14 years ago

Why wouldn't I be surprised to find out Andrew Mason had joined to record this in the studio?

chubbyheckler• 14 years ago

Yay India Graphic Design!

jeremymcanally• 14 years ago

This 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.g...

gavinlynch• 14 years ago

It'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• 14 years ago

I 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.

dclowd99012• 14 years ago

You don't remember this?: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burger_King_advertising#Kids_Cl...

That kid in the wheelchair? His name was Wheelz. Not kidding.

whatgoodisaroad• 14 years ago

I 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.

WiseWeasel• 14 years ago

Where did you find that? I'm not seeing that content.

The song is very special, however.

[edit] nm, it was under the 'games' directory:

http://www.groupon.com/pages/kidz-club-games

That's definitely one of the better company April Fools type jokes I've seen in a while. [/edit]

dclowd99012• 14 years ago

Seems like it'd be obvious, but I guess not. It's very clear some 90s kids sat in a room and thought, "You know what'd be hilarious? If we did our own version of the BK Kidz Club." Probably were also on under the influence of something.

justjimmy• 14 years ago

It's a joke. How? Comic Sans.

Stevenup7002• 14 years 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• 14 years ago

Don't miss out on the theme song: https://groupon.s3.amazonaws.com/sponsorship-imgs/chicago/Ki...

derleth• 14 years ago

Here'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• 14 years ago

Definitley a joke. Did you see this gem?

  Unscramble these mixed-up words:

  cilhd

  entcered

  mraketing

I actually found that one quite funny. :)

untog• 14 years ago

If there was any doubt as to whether this is a joke, listen to the theme song. Good lord.

hammock• 14 years ago

I 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• 14 years ago

That's actually more depressing than if this were real.

rudyfink• 14 years ago

On the subject of kids pages, if you haven't seen the NSA's CryptoKids ( http://www.nsa.gov/kids/ ), CIA's (https://www.cia.gov/kids-page/) or the NRO's ( http://www.nro.gov/kidspages.html ) kids pages, I'd recommend a quick look.

tesseractive• 14 years ago

I 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• 14 years ago

Wow, 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• 14 years ago

I'm pretty sure FOPTOP is a drunk who they found passed out on the beach

krogsgard• 14 years ago

Spelling "kidz" with a z is a pretty good warning of how awful it's bound to be.

mrcoles• 14 years ago

This is great—the write-ups are hilarious!

> When Roll grows up, he wants to be an astronaut or a game show cameraman.

moses1400• 14 years ago

I 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-kid...

egypturnash• 14 years ago

This is what happens when you don't pay a real artist.

Also I am totally gonna start shipping Foptop and Swarmz.

pacaro• 14 years ago

Indonesian 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...

reinhardt• 14 years ago

In english that would be "it's so bad, it's good"

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