No Whopper for You! Burger King 'Discontinues' Its Signature Sandwich
Posted by Adam Kuban, December 17, 2007 at 11:00 AM
Usually, when the major chains try to get into the whole viral video thing, the results are lame, lame, lame. But, OMG, this Burger King video is pretty damn good.
In it, they outfit a Burger King with hidden cameras, punk customers by claiming the Whopper has been discontinued, and then record the resulting freakouts. The also prank the customers by placing Wendy's and McDonald's burgers in their sacks instead of Whoppers—recording the results, of course.
One of the best quotes, from an irate drive-thru customer: "I want your manager at the window when I get there!"
Sorry, Adam, gotta disagree. Calling a place "Burger Queen" because they serve lesser burgers smacks of sexism. Now, "home of the whatever we have" is genius pure and simple.
OK. Lauren and BCT, you are both correct. I'm sorry for the error in judgment. Watching it again, I can see that that statement was lame. Apologies all around. I think most regular readers know AHT is neither sexist or homophobic, so I've subbed a better quote for the offending one. Thanks for calling me out.
Launate: It's true. McDonald's and Wendy's partisans would have the same reaction, I'm sure. Too bad they didn't think of the same faux-Punk'd prank first!
We've been seeing snippets of this video and other similar ones in TV ads for a week or so now, way out west along the Rio Grande. Hate to bust BK's bubble, but Whoppers are to burgers what Coors and Bud are to beer: mass produced and no cometition to local, hand-crafted varieties. Cute ad, tho.
Proud at being among the not-so-lowest-common denominator of fast food lovers, I was almost in tears watching these poor folks express their love and desire for the Whopper. So this means that BK is riding on one product alone?
(Just call me "Burger Queen". I won't take offense!)
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10 Comments:
"What if I gave you a pie?" XD
Christina at 11:22AM on 12/17/07
that really was hilarious... enjoyed it.
cook eat FRET at 2:31PM on 12/17/07
Sorry, Adam, gotta disagree. Calling a place "Burger Queen" because they serve lesser burgers smacks of sexism. Now, "home of the whatever we have" is genius pure and simple.
Lauren Krueger at 3:10PM on 12/17/07
Cute but you would've got the same reaction at McD's or Wendy's. bigmacfreakout.com anyone?
launate at 4:41PM on 12/17/07
Lauren - "Burger Queen" smacks more of gay bashing, which is equally offensive if you have absolutely no sense of humor.
bct at 5:00PM on 12/17/07
OK. Lauren and BCT, you are both correct. I'm sorry for the error in judgment. Watching it again, I can see that that statement was lame. Apologies all around. I think most regular readers know AHT is neither sexist or homophobic, so I've subbed a better quote for the offending one. Thanks for calling me out.
Adam Kuban at 5:27PM on 12/17/07
Launate: It's true. McDonald's and Wendy's partisans would have the same reaction, I'm sure. Too bad they didn't think of the same faux-Punk'd prank first!
Adam Kuban at 5:29PM on 12/17/07
Not picking on you, Adam, just the statement itself. You're a well represented equal burger opportunist, no worries.
Lauren Krueger at 5:48PM on 12/17/07
We've been seeing snippets of this video and other similar ones in TV ads for a week or so now, way out west along the Rio Grande. Hate to bust BK's bubble, but Whoppers are to burgers what Coors and Bud are to beer: mass produced and no cometition to local, hand-crafted varieties. Cute ad, tho.
pattyplus at 6:17PM on 12/17/07
Proud at being among the not-so-lowest-common denominator of fast food lovers, I was almost in tears watching these poor folks express their love and desire for the Whopper. So this means that BK is riding on one product alone?
(Just call me "Burger Queen". I won't take offense!)
RichardCrystal at 10:06AM on 12/18/07