" I love the TenderCrisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch..."

[Darth K'Trava]

I didn't like it either - until someone pointed out to me that two of the women are porn stars, and that has some people quite riled. Now I get a little twisted kick out of it.

You're twisted enough to do that.....

I can't stand the commercial either. It's cheesier than "The Three Amigos" movie. And that was very cheesy. :\

 

[Mark]

It's surreal and hilarious, IMO. I'd just be speculating but I think the whole thing is meant to be tongue in cheek, pseudo-subversive...hence the use of Big Rock Candy Mountain (free cigs and booze!), buxom girls dressed like a Lil' Abner version of a beer commercial (sex!), the allusions to a yellow brick road (the journey of enlightenment?), and Hootie (in an obvious call back to Cowboy Curtis from PeeWee's Playhouse).

 

[Evilhalfling]

Wow the 60 second version really turned me around.
I disliked it on the air, and as it keeps playing during the NCAA tourney I didn't have much choice but to watch it.

Its pretty suggestive, lovely over the top obsene imagery, and the fact that the lead singer of Hootie is singing it? It won me over.

 

[Darrin Drader]

You can view the 60 second version online at the following URL: http://www.whoyoutalkinat.com/BKHootie_Long.wmv (Look on the right side of the screen under the heading "Commercial Potential." I take no responsiblity if any views represented on that website offend your delicate sensibilities, so click the link at your own risk).

I saved a copy to my hard drive.

edit: woah, way to completely miss the previous post.

 

[Brain]

That commercial seems like a vision of a halfling promised land, especially the bacon tumbleweeds.

 

[DaveStebbins]

That commercial is so campy, I've loved it since the first time I saw it. I don't watch enough TV that it's gotten old yet either. It works on SO many levels. I've watched it three more times just through the links provided.

Thanks!

-Dave

 

[der_kluge]

Personally, I think more ads on TV should look like this one. It's just fun.

And, a tendercrisp bacon cheddar ranch sammich sounds pretty damned good to me. I'll have to try one.

 

[Greylock]

Rotten Capitalist bastids, got to you too, die_kluge? Think I'll have to pop in a Utah Phillips cd and cleanse my soul.

 

[Angcuru]

I liked the commercial the first few times I saw it. Now it's just damned annoying.

Sounds like a tasty food item, though.

As for having porn stars in it, what of it. They're clothed, aren't they? Yep.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

Like it or not, it's one of the most interesting and unusual commercials on TV recently. The company that produced it is http://www.cpbmiami.com/ They have some other good commercials as well.

Burger King has been doing some odd publicity things recently. Anyone else remember this from last year? Bizarre
http://www.subservientchicken.com/