Gloria P wrote:
>
> I have no idea if this is a national ad or local, perhaps for a test
> market, but Burger King has been running an ad on TV that is annoying
> for a whole lotta reasons.
>
> The ad opens with a young couple (20's?) at a BK drive-up window asking
> for extra ketchup, extra napkins, etc. Suddenly you hear the sound of
> tires squealing and see the couple jerk as though they have been
> rear-ended. More squealing and smoke, then they get pushed ahead, away
> from the window by a car with a guy who looks smug and orders a steak
> burger something-or-other. Then they cut to graphics of the burger and
> its contents.
>
> Does that make anyone want to pull up to a BK window? I'd be afraid
> some jerk would try to copycat the commercial and run into me! It's not
> a very good example/model for young teens who drive badly enough as it is.


It's done almost exactly what it was meant to do. You remember all of
the major points of the ad except that one particular product name, but
if it gets you into BK period it's performed to specifications.

As an aside, I've seen that ad a million times by now and I can't
remember the name of the item it promotes either. But I remember the ad,
and I remember BK.

Role modeling isn't the concern of these people. The behavior in the ad
is outrageous on purpose. It's part of what gets our attention, even if
it's nakedly stupid. It's not an attempt at being cerebral. It's
supposed to be mindlessly memorable.

It's also a reflection of the age of Jack Ass, in which antics of this
nature and worse are perceived by some as brilliantly funny.
Fortunately, those who see this crap as commedia dell'arte are fewer and
farther between, thank you God, and one hopes they will *all* soon be
stifled in upturned port a johns so that society may move on.

dejablues said...

>
> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "Andy" <q> wrote
>>
>>> Nancy Young said...
>>
>>>> Okay ... are you the one holding up the line asking for extra
>>>> straws and napkins??? Huh huh huh??
>>
>>> The Burger King at the edge of town burned down. It was an eyesore for
a
>>> year until they decided to rebuild. Then, next thing you know they were
>>> back in business and next thing you know, a few months later, they
burned
>>> down again! I don't know of a Burger King within a 5-mile radius from
>>> there.
>>
>> How strange. And suspicious. On an unrelated note, but speaking of
>> strange, a very busy McDonald's near me has disappeared. I mean
>> busy. Now there are just bulldozers and dirt. Can't imagine what is
>> going on there.
>>
>> nancy
>
> They are building a newer more spiffy McDonalds. It happened here !


Only thing wrong is the food will stay the same.

Andy

On Thu, 1 May 2008 10:03:55 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
wrote:

>
>"George" > wrote
>
>> Nancy Young wrote:
>
>>> It'll be interesting to see how it plays out, I can't believe we'll
>>> have no drive-through McDonald's for miles around. I don't
>>> live in a city but I don't live in the sticks, not by a long shot.
>>>
>>> No skin off my teeth, I don't go there, but plenty of people do.
>
>> It could also be the beginning of a brand new McDonalds. Often it is
>> cheaper to replace than to remodel. They did that in two locations in my
>> area. One day the building was gone to be quickly replaced with the new
>> version.
>
>Wouldn't surprise me at all, and I suppose I could call city hall in
>that town and find out. It was just an odd thing to see, that place
>disappearing like that. It was a big one, with the indoor playground.
>

maybe they're laying on a miniature golf course.

your pal,
blake

> It's also a reflection of the age of Jack Ass, in which antics of this
> nature and worse are perceived by some as brilliantly funny.
> Fortunately, those who see this crap as commedia dell'arte are fewer and
> farther between, thank you God, and one hopes they will *all* soon be
> stifled in upturned port a johns so that society may move on.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Very succinctly put.

Now, would someone tell me what the "Creature Comforts" phenom is all
about?

N.

On Thu, 01 May 2008 08:18:00 -0500, "Pete C." >
fired up random neurons and synapses to opine:

>
>Nancy Young wrote:

>> How strange. And suspicious. On an unrelated note, but speaking of
>> strange, a very busy McDonald's near me has disappeared. I mean
>> busy. Now there are just bulldozers and dirt. Can't imagine what is
>> going on there.
>>
>> nancy
>
>That one is simple, the land was worth more that the business brought
>in, so they sold out to some developer.

Or, as happened in Newport Beach on PCH, they actually razed the
building and rebuilt a newer version of Mickey D's. Really surprised
me, as that is some prime property. OTOH, just about all the land in
that part of Orange County is owned in whole or in part by the Irvine
Co. Even our old office, which building was owned by good ol' Marv,
but good ol' Marv didn't own the dirt under it.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
--
"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

-- Duncan Hines

To reply, replace "meatloaf" with "cox"

Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:

>
>
> Or, as happened in Newport Beach on PCH, they actually razed the
> building and rebuilt a newer version of Mickey D's. Really surprised
> me, as that is some prime property.

It happened in the city next to my town. the McDonalds on the franchise
strip never seemed to be that busy and I was not surprised to see it being
torn down. But I was surprised to see a new one being built there. There is
a small McDonalds restaurant in our town. I am surprised that it is still in
business. There is rarely more than 2-3 people in the place. It must be the
least busy McDonalds in the world.