Happy's Pizza TV Commercial (2009)
What's this video gonna cost you, kid? $9.99 for a limited time!
Happy's Pizza Lost They Mind is a commercial for Happy's Pizza, a regional pizza chain with locations in California, Ohio, Michigan, and Nevada. At the time, its mascot was a smiley face with limbs who wore a hat with "HP" (acronym for the company's name) on it and appeared in various ads.
In 2009, the company hired Rucka Rucka Ali, to make a song for an commercial. The commercial was most often seen in Michigan, particularly on WJBK-TV (Fox 2) during the summer of that year.
Synopsis[]
The ad features the Happy mascot singing the jingle, in the middle of an interior shot of a Happy's Pizza restaurant.
Lyrics below:
Happy's Pizza lost they mind!
Five great deals for $9.99?
Get the jumbo shrimp, hand-battered dip, or the Happy Wings, great with anything!
Get some rib tips or a slab of ribs, or some pizza.
What's this gonna cost me, kid?
$9.99, $9.99, at Happy's Pizza for a limited time!
[announcer dialogue]
Happy's Pizza lost they mind!
Why It's Cursed[]
The advert can be considered the "cult classic" of the Cursed Commercials playlist, as it is arguably the most favorable ad on there (Although, the original advert has since been deleted from YouTube, and is no longer included on the actual playlist itself). On account of that, the pizza chain seems to be more wider-known because of this particular catchy commercial. The grammar is wrong, too; it should say "Happy's Pizza Lost Their Mind" instead.
What really stands out about the commercial is the 3D Happy model. It seems rather low quality, and is on par with the graphics on a Nintendo GameCube or even a PSX, even though the commercial was released in 2009. To give an impression, the lip syncing doesn't exactly add up the words, and some pieces of animation are reused. In later ads however, the model seems to be more cleaned up.
But all that can be ignored once you know the original creator of the ad. None other than Rucka Rucka Ali.
Rucka Rucka Ali, is an Israeli-American rapper, singer, radio personality, comedian, YouTuber, and parodist, known for his dark humor, political and topical song parodies
Why It's Blessed (in a way)[]
The rap is okay. It's not something that you'd forget easily and it kinda makes me want Happy's.
Trivia[]
- Prior to this advert, Happy appeared in commercials in the form of his original traditional drawing, typically used as the "bouncing ball" in sing-along commercials featuring its old jingle sung by The Four Tops, which went:
Happy's Pizza, ribs, wings and jumbo shrimp taste great
Happy delivers, Happy's open late
Eat Happy's, Happy's Pizza, Be Happy (It's all good)
When you're hungry, real hungry for some yummy food
Shout out to Happy's, cause it's all good!
Eat Happy's, Happy's Pizza, Be Happy
(It's all good)
- In 2015, the owner of the chain, Happy Asker (it is fairly uncertain if this is a pseudonym or not), was sentenced 4 years in prison after committing tax crimes.
- The commercial was made by Rucka Rucka Ali (Barely anyone knows this)