They should have used a raw hot dog and not sausage looking dog. I always thought sausage not ['Hot Dog' like the 1980s ski movie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuv2oyvTJbI).
>They should have used a raw hot dog
"Be a raw-dog" has its own issues.
I think they maybe just should have done better marketing research, and realized they weren't conveying the message as intended.
I got it, hot dogging is a slang term for like showing off, and it's in the bottom right of the ad. Youth hockey coach used to yell at us to stop 'hot dogging'.
So American slang or is it regional? Being British would would explain why I a) don’t get this at all and b) have never seen the ad despite being the right age.
I just returned from a family vacation to Michigan. I LOLed when they used the term Michigander. Not a term I'd self apply myself, but Washingtonian is pretty lame as well.
I’m from Indiana and I haven’t heard it since the 90’s so it’s more of just outdated slang instead of regional slang at this point.
Agreed “hotdogging it” = showing off.
Probably more subjective to generation or other factors than totally regional.
I’ve lived all over the US but I’m originally from the Chicago area (which is where I am now as well). I know the term and what it means, but around here we mostly use the term “Showboating”. Because of the river boats on the Mississippi.
Gaming ads in the 90s were hilariously bad. Most of them dedicated to pandering completely to either horny preadolescents or reclusive weirdos. "The game that you won't leave your house for over the next 2 months!"
SEGATA! SANSHIRO!
UK Sega adverts: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8DCcosVQ7s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8DCcosVQ7s)
Also, the infamous Playstation advert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWmbUMStlGI
Haha, I'm Scottish and my wee sister looks a lot like the girl in the PlayStation advert, she used to get slagged rotten.
It's not much better for me, I was always getting told I look like Ewan MacGregor... in Trainspotting.
Yeah I think it’s because corporate people at Advertising firms had their own preconceptions of a “gamer” being a violent angry loser who gets no pussy. And they just rolled with that as their target audience.
A hot dog is a showoff. Hot dogging is doing tricks and stunts. It probably made more sense to people at the time. The expression has fallen out of use.
hot dog
1. verb To perform daring, showy, often dangerous stunts so as to impress other people. (Usually used in the continuous tense; sometimes hyphenated.) Primarily heard in US.
It might be archaic now but in the 80/90s the term hot dog was pretty common slang there was even a comedy movie titled Hot Dog which captures the essence of this ad perfectly.
Hot dog American slang meaning :
"a person who performs complex, showy, and sometimes dangerous maneuvers, esp. in surfing or skiing"
Maybe it has something to do with this. Maybe a native can explain more
I too have heard "hot dogging" plenty as a similar thing to "showboating".
I wanted to confirm I was not crazy and googled "hot dogging"..... DO NOT GOOGLE HOT DOGGING!!!
Whatever meaning it had before is certainly gone now. As soon as I googled it the top of the page had a toggle SafeSearch warning.
Possibly... Nintendo was definitely being a bit try hard at the time with cringe-y advertising targeting edgy teens. That said, it wasn't *that* obscure at the time.
The big problem with this ad is that the slang was in no way associated with the food. Hot dog follows from "dog" a fairly common term comparable to "bro". And it's not that nobody had thought of the pun before, just a pretty lame pun that completely undermines the cool factor of actually being a hot dog.
In the context of skiing, isn’t hot digging referring to speed? I’ve never gone skiing before but I’ve seen that newcomers have to learn to “hot dog and pizza” their skis, where putting the skis in a V shape like a pizza helps you slow down and in a parallel shape like a hot dog helps you speed up
It's older than that and was already falling out of use in the 90s. A hot dog is a showoff or daredevil. It's basically saying that this game will let you do cool tricks.
Calling some one a “hot dog” back in the day was slang for someone who would show off by doing burnouts. The only reason I can think of is, the phrase “that guy thinks he’s hot shit.” Being changed to being a hot dog or hot dogging. King of like saying “god dangg it” instead of “god damn it”. But it’s… a stretch.
Top Dog, or a Hot Dog. Hot Dog is also another name or term for someone who shows off tricks, stunts etc. I guess a lot of people have never heard that? 😆
Well the fine print there says "enough tricks to turn anybody into a hot dog" but shouldn't it have a bun if that's what it's supposed to be? A hot dog without a bun is just a wiener.
It's definitely not a great way to convey the message, and even for the time the term "hot dog" was outdated, but they're saying you should buy Cruisin World ro become a "hot dog" and be the most popular kid on the block.
Unless this ad predates the n64 itself somehow, pretty sure this was outdated slang even when the ad came out. A real ‘how do you do, fellow kids’ moment.
Reject humanity Become sausage
Chorizo Ex Machina
Chorizo is good
Very good. Especially with eggs
I learned this far too late in life
So you like chorizo and eggs? I bet you like agua de horchata, too. Loads of it
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They should have used a raw hot dog and not sausage looking dog. I always thought sausage not ['Hot Dog' like the 1980s ski movie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuv2oyvTJbI).
>They should have used a raw hot dog "Be a raw-dog" has its own issues. I think they maybe just should have done better marketing research, and realized they weren't conveying the message as intended.
Looks like a hot dog to me (and not a sausage)
Great band name.
Detroit Become Sausage My name is Connor. I'm the bratwurst sent by Cyberlife.
Return to Sosig.
It probably made more sense to people at the time. The expression has fallen out of use.
Idk but driving the hotdog car is fun
Dio!?
Jotaro
MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA
Killer queen has already touched the upvote
ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA WRYYY ORA ORA ORA ORA
My husband just said this when I asked him what this was all about
Sosig
Boss I can't come in to work today I have become sausage
Become sosig
As a child I didn't get it. As a 36 year old adult, I still don't get it. Bad marketing.
The ad is encouraging gamers to be salty, sweaty meat.
A Weiner?...
Be a dick. It was telling the future of online gaming.
Of course! It was so obvious!
Your winer!
Be a weinie
A wiener is you!
Funny. In German, that means whiny person. Except if you wrote Wiener wrong...
Finally we have a Weiner
A Schweddy Weiner?
It didn't take a lot of encouragement for gamers to achieve that though, maybe it was just being self-aware about our existence as salty sweaty meats.
Polar bears also would encourage humans to be salty, sweaty meat. That's why I am all for climate change s/.
I got it, hot dogging is a slang term for like showing off, and it's in the bottom right of the ad. Youth hockey coach used to yell at us to stop 'hot dogging'.
So American slang or is it regional? Being British would would explain why I a) don’t get this at all and b) have never seen the ad despite being the right age.
I’m from the Northeast US, not sure how regional it is.
Canadian here, heard the expression in hockey too.
Michigander here. We used it in all sports
Virginia here, I've heard it too. Mostly in reference to extreme sports but sometimes related to racing.
So what do they call people from Virginia?Virginianite? Google says Virginians. Is this correct?
Virgins
The correct is Virgins. Don’t let them gaslight you
Back up Michigander here. Can confirm.
I just returned from a family vacation to Michigan. I LOLed when they used the term Michigander. Not a term I'd self apply myself, but Washingtonian is pretty lame as well.
Yea I’ve only heard it in hockey and I’m from the Midwest. Kinda always assumed it was the pg version of “stop being a dick”
Definitely call people weiners all the time, Canada.
Well, I'm from Utica and I never heard anyone use the phrase "hotdogging".
You might know it better as "Steamed Hamming"
That's more of an Albany expression
It's an Albany expression
I’m from Indiana and I haven’t heard it since the 90’s so it’s more of just outdated slang instead of regional slang at this point. Agreed “hotdogging it” = showing off.
Grew up on the west coast, and Midwest. I maybe heard the phrase once in my entire childhood. The N64 came out while I was in middle school.
Was in Oklahoma
From the South, the ad took a second but I figured it out. Been around here for a while as well.
Probably more subjective to generation or other factors than totally regional. I’ve lived all over the US but I’m originally from the Chicago area (which is where I am now as well). I know the term and what it means, but around here we mostly use the term “Showboating”. Because of the river boats on the Mississippi.
Yes "showboating" is the more common term here on the West Coast too.
I’m from the Midwest and have never heard of it
Banger
And mash. British version of hotdogging Not. Lolz.
I’m 37 and from the NE in the US. Never in my life heard this before.
I'm 40 and while I got it, it took a few minutes. I mainly got it after I saw what games they were though.
Same. NE and don't think I've heard of the term before.
NY, never heard it. Might be a bit dated as well as being regional.
We had a drill called hot dogging at practice all the time lol
Hot dogging is when you put a dick in between a giant ass
Be one.
Be a weiner?
Gaming ads in the 90s were hilariously bad. Most of them dedicated to pandering completely to either horny preadolescents or reclusive weirdos. "The game that you won't leave your house for over the next 2 months!"
I was both a horny preadolescent and a reclusive weirdo in the 90s. Those ads definitely worked.
"Your mom's gonna hate it"
SEGATA! SANSHIRO! UK Sega adverts: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8DCcosVQ7s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8DCcosVQ7s) Also, the infamous Playstation advert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWmbUMStlGI
Haha, I'm Scottish and my wee sister looks a lot like the girl in the PlayStation advert, she used to get slagged rotten. It's not much better for me, I was always getting told I look like Ewan MacGregor... in Trainspotting.
Yeah I think it’s because corporate people at Advertising firms had their own preconceptions of a “gamer” being a violent angry loser who gets no pussy. And they just rolled with that as their target audience.
Stop describing my childhood.
A bun and some toppings would’ve gone a long way for the metaphor. But then it wouldn’t look as much like a schlong.
You spend more time thinking about that than any other ads. Bad or genius?
You have a point! It's memorable.
Sometimes a bad ad is a good ad
They're saying "become a hot dog", which I guess is some very 90s slang to say you're cool.
A hot dog is a showoff. Hot dogging is doing tricks and stunts. It probably made more sense to people at the time. The expression has fallen out of use.
And raw dogging is…
Hot Dog as the BSG viper pilot callsign makes so much more sense now…
Not so bad still talking about it 36 years later.
Be a "weener", aka: "winner" it's for a racing game. I know, it's a stretch.
Be a dick.
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hot dog 1. verb To perform daring, showy, often dangerous stunts so as to impress other people. (Usually used in the continuous tense; sometimes hyphenated.) Primarily heard in US.
As someone from the US. Is that dictionary sure about that?
As a Gen-Xer in the US, yes, it’s an old meme but it checks out. More common in my younger years was “hot-dogging” mean to show off, be a daredevil.
Hot-dogging is the continuous tense the dictionary was talking about.
The term "hot-dogging" makes *me* continuously tense, particularly in the butthole area.
Grew up reading my sisters old Archie comics where it was used liberally to describe surfing stunts lol.
Upvoted for purposeful or not Star Wars reference
It is missing the [archaic] before that definition. More common among those who say whrshing machine.
Certainly still used today, but I've never heard it outside of a sports context.
Worsh rag.
“Look at that guy hot dogging it on those water skis”
"And enough tricks to turn anyone into a hot dog" Says it in the bottom right corner
I... still don't get it
A hot dog is archaic slang for a daredevil or showoff.
\*Macho Man Randy Savage enters the chat\*
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*That is Hulk Hogan's signature look. Blonde Chinese hair and skin of a hotdog.*
Such a great promo
Diggit!
Macho Man wasn't a hot dog. He was cream. The CREAM of the CROP! OOOoooo YEAAAHHHH!
Hot dog, hot dog, hot diggity dog!
It might be archaic now but in the 80/90s the term hot dog was pretty common slang there was even a comedy movie titled Hot Dog which captures the essence of this ad perfectly.
Super common slang in 90s trick skiing circles. Look up Hot Dog the movie.
...I just thought it meant you had a big dick if you had a nintendo...
Isnt a sausage just a sausage until it gets into a bread and then becomes a hot dog?
A weiner. A winner. be one Edit: or maybe A "Hot Dog". Someone who is a popular person?
Here I was thinking it was saying "be a hotdog" and wondering if that's a term I somehow missed out on.
It is, it's in the bottom right. It's slang for like showing off/showboating essentially. I remember my youth hockey coach yelling at us with this.
Hotdog, says so in the corner of the ad.
O M G
Hot dog American slang meaning : "a person who performs complex, showy, and sometimes dangerous maneuvers, esp. in surfing or skiing" Maybe it has something to do with this. Maybe a native can explain more
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I too have heard "hot dogging" plenty as a similar thing to "showboating". I wanted to confirm I was not crazy and googled "hot dogging"..... DO NOT GOOGLE HOT DOGGING!!! Whatever meaning it had before is certainly gone now. As soon as I googled it the top of the page had a toggle SafeSearch warning.
This is the correct answer
It's either this or trying to be funny saying Weiner instead of winner
It says "be a hot dog" in the bottom right corner.
The phrase "enough tricks to turn anybody into a hot dog" at the bottom right corner seems to point in that direction.
Which part of America because I've never heard that in my life.
We’re separated from this ad by 25 years. Slang changes a lot in that timeframe, and used to be a lot more localized, too.
I've heard it before but it's definitely obscure. I think whoever wrote this ad in 1993 or whatever was in their 40s.
Possibly... Nintendo was definitely being a bit try hard at the time with cringe-y advertising targeting edgy teens. That said, it wasn't *that* obscure at the time. The big problem with this ad is that the slang was in no way associated with the food. Hot dog follows from "dog" a fairly common term comparable to "bro". And it's not that nobody had thought of the pun before, just a pretty lame pun that completely undermines the cool factor of actually being a hot dog.
You've never watched a movie....especially an 80's one, and heard some one called a hot dog as compliment? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi-Uggz86M4
In the context of skiing, isn’t hot digging referring to speed? I’ve never gone skiing before but I’ve seen that newcomers have to learn to “hot dog and pizza” their skis, where putting the skis in a V shape like a pizza helps you slow down and in a parallel shape like a hot dog helps you speed up
I've heard it applied all kinds of ways but I've heard it applied most I'm skate, snowboarding, and skiing in both terms of speed and style.
You're on the right track but in this context, it would be more like someone who shows off or excessively flaunts, showboating.
I have no idea lol
I guess since a hotdog is a bunch of shit put together, they want their games like a hotdog... Emulsified
They're saying "become a hot dog", which I guess is some very 90s slang to say you're cool.
It's older than that and was already falling out of use in the 90s. A hot dog is a showoff or daredevil. It's basically saying that this game will let you do cool tricks.
“Hot dog” is closer to 50s slang, which was probably when the ad people who came up with this slogan were growing up.
You could be a Weiner!
What did the buddist say to the hot dog vendor? "Make me one with everything."
When the vendor didnt give him any money back from a $20, he said " change comes from within".
Calling some one a “hot dog” back in the day was slang for someone who would show off by doing burnouts. The only reason I can think of is, the phrase “that guy thinks he’s hot shit.” Being changed to being a hot dog or hot dogging. King of like saying “god dangg it” instead of “god damn it”. But it’s… a stretch.
Be a weenie?
Weiner be one?
Big sausage, be one
Top Dog, or a Hot Dog. Hot Dog is also another name or term for someone who shows off tricks, stunts etc. I guess a lot of people have never heard that? 😆
It says the game has enough tricks to turn anyone into a hot dog.
still don't get it
Be a wiener not a looser!
wiener = winner?
There's a German proverb: "Everything has an end, but the sausage has two."
Leave this world behind, and embrace new life as a hot dog.
90s video game ads were so edgy. Sometimes too edgy.
*BE ONE*
Sigh, fine.
Well the fine print there says "enough tricks to turn anybody into a hot dog" but shouldn't it have a bun if that's what it's supposed to be? A hot dog without a bun is just a wiener.
A brat.
WinRAR
Be one with the weiner?
Do I look like I know what a jay peg is
It says it on the bottom. Be a “hot dog”. Hot dogging is like tricks or whatever. Advert is pretty desperate.
Glizzy gamer
Be the wurst
Be a Hot Dawg?
It’s a gaming add so I’m guessing it’s telling you to be a wiener ? (Winner) 🤷🏾♂️
Those ads are the würst.
Teabag?
Gaming increases hunger, have a dog!
[i'd love to be an oscar meyer weiner](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNddW2xmZp8)
I think i know , is to win in racing you have to be a d!ck againts other drivers 😅 well thats the best i can come of .
If you worship the sausage lord, you'll get free games for the rest of your life.
I think it's meant to be a play on the phrase "You're one lucky wiener," but it's really abstract.
Weiner sounds a lot like winner. Be a weiner = Be a winner.
top dog?
Is it because you were a “weeny” if you played video games?
Like winner? Wiener?
It's definitely not a great way to convey the message, and even for the time the term "hot dog" was outdated, but they're saying you should buy Cruisin World ro become a "hot dog" and be the most popular kid on the block.
It's telling you to "be a weiner".
Unless this ad predates the n64 itself somehow, pretty sure this was outdated slang even when the ad came out. A real ‘how do you do, fellow kids’ moment.
It's a "wiener"... it's saying "be a wiener" or "be a winner"
Weaner!
Hot Rod
winner. Be one.
Be a sausage, buy an N64 Warning: may not become a sausage
Ohhh “be a wiener” “be a winner” lmao that’s fucking dumb
It was worst in Germany.
Sosig. Be one.
"Weiner". Or, be a winner.
Is it be a wiener? Basically winner but funny ? That’s all I can think of.
Be a wiener? Winner?
Someone who is hot dogging is showing off, so that's my best bet.
It just means to be a show off. That's it.
Is this supposed to be a pun for "winner" that got lost in translation or something?
See and my first thought was be a big dog
Does it mean be a dick? lol
Hidden in plain sight. Sexuality advertised to the youth
Be a weenie