That Burger King Commercial Weirds me Out...

Reply #1 March 3, 2005 2:02 AM from JoeUser Forums Top

No that definitely sounds like a weird commercial.

In QLD Burger King is called Hungry Jacks (and Burger King in other states in Australia - it's very weird) and there's currently a very annoying add for a steak bagette

"Real steak bbq taste" It's a guy with two female backup singers.
The other hungry jacks ad I found weird was the Jack & Jill value meal - got the hungries?

My husband tells me I just don't get ads because I question alot of the ones on tv (I also question why we have American ads redubed with Australian voices or not even redubed at all) I'm like - What is the point here?

Reply #2 March 3, 2005 2:03 AM from JoeUser Forums Top

The ad that "weirds me out" is for poledent "I don't even think about my dentures"

Reply #3 March 3, 2005 2:06 AM from JoeUser Forums Top

I've objected to some of the Burger King commercials, but I kind of like this one.

Then you have all these half dressed girls....some tasting buttermilk out of the buckets, some sticking out derrieres while riding on some cart thingy (not sure what they are called)....and all of this is being showed in slow motion...

And that's why I like it....

I find him creepy....lol...his huge, plastic head with that strange smile on his face....just weird...

What, you haven't seen the one where the guy wakes up in the morning and that King is laying in bed next to him? It's like the ultimate roofies nightmare.

There's a whole series of these things. I think I described that King as looking like "a Christmas tin designed by John Wayne Gacy."

Reply #4 March 3, 2005 2:09 AM from JoeUser Forums Top

The ad that "weirds me out" is for poledent "I don't even think about my dentures"

I'd like to see Stephen King do a rewrite on that.

"I don't even think about my dentures." Then the dentures could answer back, "But we think about you, Jack. All the time."

Reply #5 March 3, 2005 2:13 AM from JoeUser Forums Top

Trina, those sound pretty weird, too...lol...I didn't know about Hungry Jacks...

Gene: omg, I remember that commercial..it's the first time that King weirded me out...waking up with that strange plastic figure beside you...I don't even want to think about how I'd react lol

Reply #6 March 3, 2005 2:25 AM from JoeUser Forums Top

it is a very strange collection of images and concepts united by the musical theme. are you familiar at all with the song bk borrowed for its whacky lil circus? (a 1928 recording by the song's author was incorporated into the soundtrack for 'o brother where art tho?'.)

i've only seen it a couple times and so far i find it kinda amusing (i hate to admit this but when i was informed some people were gonna be pickin up lunch at bk, instead of askin them to stop elsewhere i had em get me the horrible creation being pushed by this ad).

in a way it all sorta fits together cuz that bacon, cheese n chicken thing makes a great fantasy but in the end, there simply is no free river of gin nor any cigarette trees in reality...and that chicken sammich is just one more bland step towards the cardiac unit.

Reply #7 March 3, 2005 2:36 AM from JoeUser Forums Top

there simply is no free river of gin nor any cigarette trees in reality...

You mean I'm not going to get a couple of bodacious brunettes to gleefully taste my buttermilk?


Dream killer.

Reply #8 March 3, 2005 3:49 AM from JoeUser Forums Top

You mean I'm not going to get a couple of bodacious brunettes to gleefully taste my buttermilk?

you will--none of that harsh reality stuff applies to you (but don't let the others know)

Reply #9 March 3, 2005 4:02 AM from JoeUser Forums Top

you will--none of that harsh reality stuff applies to you

Good, because I was really looking forward to the churning.

Reply #10 March 3, 2005 5:08 AM from JoeUser Forums Top

Good, because I was really looking forward to the churning

one good churn deserves another...thats why they gotta send em both out together.

Reply #11 March 3, 2005 9:32 AM from JoeUser Forums Top

I'd like to see Stephen King do a rewrite on that. "I don't even think about my dentures." Then the dentures could answer back, "But we think about you, Jack. All the time."

That was hilarious!

Reply #12 March 3, 2005 9:50 AM from JoeUser Forums Top

I thought the commercial was pretty stupid, as most are these days. I guess Darius is hard up for cash.

By the way the "cart thingy" is a railroad hand car.

Reply #13 March 3, 2005 11:50 AM from JoeUser Forums Top

there ya go...railroad hand car....thanks Mason...lol

I agree Kingbee..it is indeed a trippy collection of images...

Reply #14 March 3, 2005 9:18 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

My husband and I were discussing this the other day. The actual burger king is totally creepy! do you remember the other commercial that featured him with the double meat and cheese crissandwich? That is the ultimate in freakiness!

Reply #15 March 4, 2005 2:23 AM from JoeUser Forums Top

I haven't seen that one, alison...and I don't think I want to now...lol

Reply #16 March 4, 2005 2:49 AM from JoeUser Forums Top

I finally paid attention to that commercial to see Brooke Burke, and I must say... this is the greatest commercial ever! Not only does it have Brooke Burke, a BABE, but it also has Vida Guerra, another babe! It's like BABES TIMES TWO! That's not even counting all the other babes! This commercial receives my highest rating: 5/5!

Reply #17 March 4, 2005 3:05 AM from JoeUser Forums Top

double meat and cheese crissandwich? That is the ultimate in freakiness!

even without a king or a commercial.

Reply #18 March 4, 2005 11:35 AM from JoeUser Forums Top

lol messy...I didn't know they had another model on there as well.

Reply #19 March 7, 2005 11:59 AM from JoeUser Forums Top

Rose: The only thing I like about that commercial is 1. the horse and 2. The melody, I've gone and gotten it stuck in my head....
To me, that commercial is like a cheap ad for a porn theatre. And scary too.
Now these commercials for medication to help with a certain dysfunction guys get is the last straw!!

Reply #20 March 8, 2005 11:43 AM from JoeUser Forums Top

Sad to say, I am sorta desenstized to sexual images on tv....but yeah...you KNOW they are going after the guys with this one...I am used to seeing the models and "babes" on beer commercials and such...so it was kind of weird seeing 'em in a burger king commercial ....

Reply #21 March 12, 2005 9:58 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

I can't believe that someone thought that the Burger King Commercial was worth putting on TV!! Talk about total trash! The girls in skimmpy clothes? Even my husband thinks it's stupid! It makes us want to stay away from Burger King. Not to mention the annoying music! Come on Advertiser's do you think Americans are that stupid??? I could say more but what is the point!

Reply #22 March 14, 2005 8:15 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

I just can't get this commercial out of my head! Every time my Tivo records one, I stop and look at it. There must be something subliminal in it.

I first saw last weekend - the 60 second version - on either Comedy Central or Cartoon Network during the Adult Swim block. I reran it about 8-times. It was like a cross between an Old Navy commercial and The Man Show. It also kind of reminded me of an old Devo video - I think it was "Whip It" - that also shot on a cheezy ranch set.

Part of my brain said "This is stupid." But another part said "Watch it just one more time.".

Since that first encounter, I've noticed there are four different versions of the spot: a 60-second, a 30-second and two different 15-second spots. If you want to watch the entire 60-second version to your heart's content, go to:

Link

Reply #23 March 14, 2005 9:50 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

I dunno... Kinda reminds me of an acid trip when I was at a teenager at a beach party. It really weirds me out. And don't you think just about ALL commercials have some level of subliminal messages?

And it was prolly Adult Swim Rich, It seems to be on there about every other commercial..lol

Reply #24 March 14, 2005 10:21 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

If you want to watch the entire 60-second version to your heart's content, go to:

Ah, sweet Nirvana. I need never leave the house again.

Reply #25 March 14, 2005 10:26 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

The whole point of marketing is to get your product noticed, so obviously it is doing what it is supposed to do. There is alot of talk about this commercial!