40 Crazy Brand Names

Band-Aids Nila Wafers and Legos they all. have something interesting in. common I'm Felix from Montreal Canada. let's talk about. [Music]. [Applause]. that good me morning this episode is. brought to you by YouTube original. channels you may have noticed that. YouTube has launched a lot of original. channels yes I have one of the ones that. has caught our eye is the Spangler. effect this is a science teacher who.

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of the fridge we've still got him over. there oh my. goodness uh we got to give Jason some. props here for uh for making these yeah. I'd love to take credit for making these. but can't do it we're going to auction. these off on eBay a couple of years from. now once they're very old and moldy not. real fresh anymore now okay so we got. over 20,000 suggestions about five words. song titles one of the things that we we. thought about after we had actually. already written song was that we had.

essentially written a song for Nila. Wafers because vanilla wafers is just is. just kind of it's a wafer that could be. generic but generic that is generic. apostrophe Nilla Wafer is no apostrophe. it's no apostrophe no apostrophe it's. just Nilla oh with a capital N are you. sure about that I'm 100% sure yeah okay. is an actual brand yeah Nabisco makes. Nilla wafers with a capital N they have. trademarked registered the trademark.

Nilla so I can't go and sell red links. Nilla wafers I would get sued by Nabisco. but I could sell R links vanilla wafers. which we are we are hard at work on. developing a rtin link vanilla wafer. yeah those will be in the store next. week but one of the things that I. learned in looking this up is that I. always thought that when a brand became. what they call genericized in other. words when a brand becomes so prolific. that the thing that it refers to the.

brand actually becomes ubiquitous or it. becomes synonymous with the thing that. it refers to great example Kleenex. growing up in the South maybe this is. the way it was where you're from but in. the Southern United States Kleenex was a. tissue and you never said tissue my mom. didn't say you need to get a tissue get. a facial tissue Kleenex and I didn't. understand that it was a brand until I. was like a teenager also Coke in in the. South when we say hey get me a coke it. could really mean get me a carbonated.

beverage from the refrigerator we don't. say soda and we don't say pop we say. Coke or we say what the oh you could say. but if you want something specific you. better say Pepsi or I mean Coke the. actual Coca-Cola right and Band-Aid. Band-Aid is one and you know what can. happen cuz I always thought this was a. great thing for a brand when a brand. becomes synonymous with the thing that. it offers but it's actually a legal. problem in fact when something begins to. become so synonymous with the product or.

the service that it that it's providing. instead of it being a brand and then a. generic term they can lose that. trademark and it and and it's happened. with a number of trademarks in other. words so if if everyone just calls the. adhesive strips that go over wounds. Band-Aids if everyone just calls that. hey get me a Band-Aid go to the store. and get me a Band-Aid but they're no. longer talking about the brand they're. just talking about the product then it's. become genericized and they don't have a.

legal right to press charges if other. people put hey we got Band-Aids like. like uh drugstore generic brand. Band-Aids adhesive bandages but you know. what they have to do they have to take. legal action or they have to take con. they have to take make a concerted. effort to change the way people think. about it that's why you remember the old. Band-Aid jingle used to be I'm stuck on. Band-Aids cuz Band-Aids stuck on me you. know what the new jingle is I'm stuck on. Band-Aid brand cuz Band-Aid stuck on me. watch the commercial they say brand I'm. stuck on Band-Aid brand they had to do.

that because they're on the verge of. losing their trademark and they don't. want to lose that cuz Band-Aid is such a. powerful trademark so they to these now. we're I don't want to run out of time. before we play a game this is a game I'm. going to play with link I'm going to. play with you you can play along at home. or wherever you're at on the bus hey you. on the bus thanks for playing with us. bus people I love me some bus people so. what I'm going to do is I'm going to. read a brand link and you're going to. tell me whether or not this is a. trademarked brand I'm going to read you. something and you're going say whether. whether it's trademarked or or whether.

it's no or whether it's generic what you. can say it may have been a brand at one. time and it's no longer is or maybe I. just completely pulled it out of the. ground and said hey I'm testing your. knowledge so you're telling me yes it's. a trademark brand or no it's not and. then I'll tell you like C if you say. Kleenex I will say yes yes and I will be. correct yes okay so here we go. zipper no it is not a brand it was. originally a brand they lost their. trademark became genericized. chapstick yes yes correct bubble wrap no.

yes it is a brand it is still a brand. bubble wrap is a brand no way. yes you you mean no it is a it is a it. is a brand oh yes. flip-flop no not a brand. cornhole definition. please the game oh. no Band-Aid yes you know that is a brand. yes AstroTurf.

yes yes it is a brand. thermos not anymore. hey each other high five it's been. around a long time high five is. genericized that's good link um microw. wave. no. aspirin. no used to be used to be okay as was. heroin heroin heroin was a brand aspirin.

and heroin were both registered with. Bear Corporation so you go to your. pharmacist and you could order you could. order heroin from behind the camera. Speedo yes. rollerblade no yes it is a brand oh. windbreaker no yes windbreaker is a. brand just kidding windbreaker is not a. brand I came up with that one that's a. good one was but you know what it was a. brand windbreaker was a brand would you. made that up too no I didn't make that. up donut no no.

videotape yes what yes nope it was. though okay. realtor yes realtor is a brand real. estate agent is the generic term realtor. is a brand you can't say I'm a realtor. unless you're really a. realtor okay I was concerned about that. sunscreen no nope popsicle yes popsicle. is a brand and let's speed up the pace. here stucco no correct Tupperware yes. yes you're good at this you should have.

gone to school for this because then. you'd be successful well I sold. Tupperware for a few years tank top no. plastic yes nope plastic is not a brand. you went to engineering school you know. that yeah it's a. taser no taser is a brand we made a. sponsored video for taser a couple weeks. ago when we did the taser but we. probably misspelled it. styrofoam yes styrofoam is a brand. commode no baggie no baggie is a brand b.

a g g i e a little bag sucks pingpong no. yes ping pong is a brand for table. tennis the generic term. petrol uh no used to be okay I'm going. to do a couple of ones and we'll be. done onesies yes yes that's a brand. Bluetooth yes yes that's a brand tripod. no memory stick yes memory stick is a. brand yes Sony owns it laundromat. no it was oh it was uhhuh jet ski yes.

jet ski is a brand you're good jacuzzi. yes jacuzzi is a brand for hot tub it. sounds like if it sounds like a madeup. word then it's hacky sack yes hacky sack. is a brand if it sounds made up it is. laptop. no Wawa pedal yes nope got you on that. one oh and here's a tough one cigarette. boat cigarette boat I'm going with yes.

yes it's a brand and lava lamp no lava. lamp is a brand people what all right. let's shut down this episode we've. learned some stuff let's give ourselves. a hand how did you score and how do we. end this episode you're good at games. link we should play games more often we. should do that instead of work I'm good. at the is it genericize but I don't see. that on the shelves of Toys R R you say. you hate games but you're like an expert. meet Jason Jason bring out put the top. hat on put the top hat on come out. ladies and gentlemen he's about to break.

the top we're about to introduce to you. here he is now you sit right here all. right ladies and gentlemen this is Jason. he made the the Nila wa for Top Hat. there he is well yes some people ask. who's why do you need a guy behind the. camera the camera doesn't move well we. need a guy to make nil away for top hats. people and to edit the videos and to put. them up online and and to go through. your awesome comments for song title. suggestions see you tomorrow.

the hard part is oh the hard part is you. have no. idea. bam that was a good one all right is. that. awesome bam.