Ad Track: Papa John's pie in the sky

ByABC News
August 18, 2008, 5:53 AM

— -- A giant circle is dotted with pepperoni (made from red mulch), green peppers (corn stalks), black olives (black mulch) and cheese (harvested wheat). It also includes a Papa John's pizza box and the words "100% Whole Wheat Crust."

Creating the field food feat wasn't easy without aliens. The company hired earthworks artist Stan Herd, who spent 600 hours crafting it.

Cost: nearly $50,000. That's a lotta pizzas.

Apple a day.

Despite the early success, Burger King executives won't say what it might consider for additional fruit substitutes. How about a banana Whopper?

Lose the Olympic circles under your eyes!

Olympic champions have gone for the gold by shilling for all kinds of products, from financial services to cheese. But even so, the latest endorsements from past Games medalists Nadia Comaneci and Mark Spitz raised the Ad Team's (unwrinkled) eyebrow.

The aging athletes are touting Botox.

More than three decades since they each won their gold medals, gymnast Comaneci, 46, and swimmer Spitz, 58, are supporting a "consumer education campaign" to encourage people to be their mental and physical best. And if that requires the injection of a wrinkle-smoother, so be it.

They're to make personal appearances in cities including Houston and Chicago, accompanied by a "local aesthetic-specialty physician."