CiCi's sprinkling death, disease on its pizzas

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CiCi’s Pizza touts its “Five bucks and change” value menu in new spots by Deutsch/LA. The ad above calls to mind a ’90s-style alien autopsy video, which might not be the best strategy for a food place, as such procedures are commonly used to determine the cause of death. What killed the Martian, Scully? Was it … CiCi’s? Apparently not, because the being still has five bucks in change in its fanny pack. A second commercial takes

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