Tabasco Sauce Makes Hot Advertising

Tabasco, the hot sauce produced by McIllhenny, has been the subject of a number of quirky television commercials over the years. You may have seen the 1996 television commercial for Tabasco sauce in which God up in heaven notices too late that his tabasco sauce bottle is dripping down to earth, causing terrible scorching explosions down below.

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Mosquito

“Mosquito,” the award-winning TV commercial for TABASCO® brand Pepper Sauce, first aired on national television in 1998. The mosquito explodes in mid air after sucking on the blood of a Tabasco consumer.

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Credits

Tabasco ‘Mosquito’ or ‘Burn Out’ was created by Galen J. Greenwood, copywriter, and Tom Moudry, art director with DDB Needham. Agency producer was Hal Dantzler and chief creative officer was Jim Ferguson. Director was Dick Buckley at Squeak Films. Dick has since moved to Coppos Films and is now directing with LTB Films. Editing was done by Michael Van de Kamer at PostOp in Dallas. Sound was mixed by Damian Wagner, Sound Furnace. Visual effects for the mosquito were developed at Animal Makers.

Postscript

More recent commercials added to the Tabasco site are:

Tanlines

Airing for the first time during the Big Football Game on Feb.6th, 2005, Tan Lines features a beautiful woman in a bikini and leaves a lasting impression that only TABASCO® can deliver.

Rockin’ RV

Find out what’s going on behind the scenes in this rockin’ RV. The TV spot features TABASCO® brand Chipotle Pepper Sauce, smoked flavor TABASCO® style.

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