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Anyone else find this scary?
ShermiesRule

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Posted: Monday, April 18, 2005 - 04:00 AM UTC
For those who have seen the new Burger King commercials with the guy dressed like a king wearing a plastic head with a permanent smile and says nothing... do you find him kind of spooky? He says nothing, moves in slow motion and just pops up right in your face and hands you a sandwich.
Grumpyoldman

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Posted: Monday, April 18, 2005 - 04:04 AM UTC
I afraid if I opened my blinds and saw that nitwit standing there, he'd meet my friend Mr. Remington..... as in 9mm.
matt

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Posted: Monday, April 18, 2005 - 04:47 AM UTC
Um, Yeah same here Dave...... Mr. Remington would be out in a flash!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ShermiesRule

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Posted: Monday, April 18, 2005 - 06:02 AM UTC
That big huge head with that plastic frozen smile just freaks me out. I don't have a Remington but I Mossberg 500 would do just as well
95bravo

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Posted: Monday, April 18, 2005 - 06:54 AM UTC
Which thought is more scary? The commercial where he is standing outside of the window or the one waking up with him in bed?
Art

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Posted: Monday, April 18, 2005 - 07:47 AM UTC
Scary or not, it could be worse, like Ronald MacDonald handing you a big mac!!!
Art
Art
GI_Babycakes

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Posted: Monday, April 18, 2005 - 08:12 AM UTC
LOL! I cant believe you said that!!! Too true, he is voyeuristic and mega-creepy!!!!
Even the announcer's voice has a bit of the "big boy" sound to it.
Makes me wanna wash after seeing the commercials!
Even the announcer's voice has a bit of the "big boy" sound to it.
Makes me wanna wash after seeing the commercials!
Grumpyoldman

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Posted: Monday, April 18, 2005 - 08:41 AM UTC
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That big huge head with that plastic frozen smile just freaks me out.
:-) :-) :-) :-) That's the creepest part of it.... the guy that approved that ad, should be shuffled out the door......
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or the one waking up with him in bed?
Thankg God, I haven't seen that one yet....... :-) :-) :-) :-)
Oh.... I haven't been to burger king since I first saw the creep at the window...... in my day, someone standing and looking in your window was called a peeping Tom....... :-) :-) :-) :-)
I'm sure they have a much more PC name for it today.....
Wait... that's it...... it's now called Burger King..... :-) :-) :-)
ShermiesRule

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Posted: Monday, April 18, 2005 - 08:57 AM UTC
I don't care how good looking Brooke Burke is on that swing, the creepy King still freaks me out
mother

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Posted: Monday, April 18, 2005 - 09:17 AM UTC
Yeah the one where the guy wakes up in bed with Burger King feeding him a sandwich, all along while looking at him with that smile. Then they hold hands
Whooh...I thought OK someone's light in the loffers.
"Not that there's anything wrong with that"
Whooh...I thought OK someone's light in the loffers."Not that there's anything wrong with that"
MEBM

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Posted: Monday, April 18, 2005 - 09:47 AM UTC
Shudder....I'm ready for it to die off...Now, the real question is, if he can just appear out of nowhere, with sandwich in hand, are you sure a 12-gauge would do it? Even still, I surprised that one of those crazy websites hasn't come out with someone doing just that. He just scares me.
#:-)
Thanks for your time.
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As for him, trust me, I work at a McDonald's, and you can't get rid of him. He's everlasting, an evil clown that kills you slowly with cholesterol and taste...Scary or not, it could be worse, like Ronald MacDonald handing you a big mac!!!
#:-)
Thanks for your time.

Posted: Monday, April 18, 2005 - 04:23 PM UTC
I haven't seen that BK commercial yet, but we have laws against that kind of thing here in Ohio. I think I'd shoot first and ask questions later as well.
Just goes to show even weird marketing campaigns work....we're proof...we're all talking about it on a modeling web site
Just goes to show even weird marketing campaigns work....we're proof...we're all talking about it on a modeling web site
Posted: Monday, April 18, 2005 - 04:54 PM UTC
If that King-Thing showed up in my neighborhood peekin' and all,he'd be a goner in one helluva firefight!
Who plays the King-Thing?Michael Jackson? :-)
Who plays the King-Thing?Michael Jackson? :-)
lestweforget

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Posted: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 09:37 PM UTC
:-) :-) :-) Well it sure does sound like this weird fast food embasedor is bullet worthy, but has anyone got a photo? i'd like to see this plastic head with the permanent smile :-)
95bravo

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Posted: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 - 12:41 AM UTC
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I don't care how good looking Brooke Burke is on that swing, the creepy King still freaks me out
AH HAH!
And let's just discuss that commercial! Somone tell me what message are they trying to convey with the two well endowed blondes dancing away with milk sloshing out of their buckets???????? Huh huh? :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)
sex sells burgers too? :-) :-) :-)
ShermiesRule

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Posted: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 - 07:41 AM UTC
Well give this link a try. It's just one of the 3 or 4 commercials our there
http://www.unc.edu/~brianz/tendercrispbaconcheddarranch.html
http://www.unc.edu/~brianz/tendercrispbaconcheddarranch.html
95bravo

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Posted: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 - 03:06 PM UTC
oookaaaayyyyy
Moving right along......
that was just too weird.
The subservient chicken?...and downloadable mask?????
Vadster

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Posted: Thursday, April 21, 2005 - 04:07 AM UTC
:-) :-) :-) :-) :-) Man, I can't believe it - I'm not the only one who gets freaked out by the Burger King! My sister & I have talked about that at length about how creepy that is! It is strange though because here in the Nashville area of Tennessee all the Burger Kings are closing/ closed. ?
Now the commercial with Hootie singing...I don't give 2 bits about Brooke Burke in the swing. I'm more into "the girl with the nice caboose" - per the song. You only see her for a half a second on that commercial - talk about sex selling burgers!
Vida Guerra
Now the commercial with Hootie singing...I don't give 2 bits about Brooke Burke in the swing. I'm more into "the girl with the nice caboose" - per the song. You only see her for a half a second on that commercial - talk about sex selling burgers!
Vida Guerra
yagdpanzer

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Posted: Thursday, April 21, 2005 - 11:57 AM UTC
Shuddder! Creepy is right! If I opened the shade and was confronted by that, the plastic king would be riddled by several rounds from my 45 ACP Colt combat Commander
!!!!
!!!!blaster76

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Posted: Thursday, April 21, 2005 - 04:06 PM UTC
Well. I freaked with the first one..waking up with this guy in bed handing the other guy a sandwich. I figured well someone's gonna get canned big time. Then they came out with that Cowboy one with all the cute sexy girls...listen to the words the guy is singing.....it ain't all about the sandwich. Now the open your blinds and surprize...the bright spot in that is at the end when he gets hit by the newspaper....I don't think the guy in the suit knew it was coming don't know how their sales are going, but someone in the heirarchy must like this bozo line of advertising
sphyrna

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Posted: Thursday, April 21, 2005 - 04:07 PM UTC
When I was a kid in the 70s the MacDonald's Hamburglar literally gave me nightmares (the older more scary version). This weird Burger King is freaky, little kids across the country are waking up screaming "Mommy the grinning king is going to get me"
And all I can say about those other commercials (the ones with the blonds) -- poor Hooty, he shoulda sticked with the Blowfish...
And all I can say about those other commercials (the ones with the blonds) -- poor Hooty, he shoulda sticked with the Blowfish...
ShermiesRule

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Posted: Friday, April 22, 2005 - 05:02 AM UTC
I also think the talking baby from Quiznos if freaky too.
What's up with these fast food places?
What's up with these fast food places?
GI_Babycakes

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Posted: Friday, April 22, 2005 - 05:07 AM UTC
i think its a little wierd too. baby shouldnt be talking like he's got a cigar out one side of his mouth 

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