For a long time, we’ve seen ads for Idaho Potatoes featuring
a big flatbed truck with an enormous potato on it driving around the country,
supposedly lost. I’m surprised, nay, shocked they haven’t wrapped this up with
an ad showing the truck being found and with just crumbs and melted butter (and
maybe some sour cream) left behind on the bed of the truck, indicating that
someone had commandeered the truck and eaten the potato, and that’s why it’s
been missing. By not doing this, and showing that their supposedly delicious
potato can drive endlessly around the country without anyone ever even trying to eat
it, it makes it seem as though Idaho Potatoes are not all that yummy after all.
Here’s the most recent Idaho Potato ad:
