Dec 31
People Freaked.
I love the ads for Burger King with the (presumably authentic) hidden camera footage of customers being told that the Whopper® had been discontinued.
Here’s a summary of the practical joke:
Anyone who knows me well probably already knows that had I been one of the customers being told that there was no longer any such thing as a Whopper on the menu, things wouldn’t have gone well.
Not well at all.
My favorite quote from one of the customers who thought they were being interviewed by a legit news organization after the joke:
“What are you going to put on the logo now, ‘Home of Whatever We Got’?”
On the other hand, the chain was spared any tirade from me by the fact that I haven’t had a Whopper (or the more-damaging, 1400+-calorie Hardee’s Monster Burger) in almost a full year.
Oh, yes…I still miss them.
December 31st, 2007 at 8:42 am
Whopper is Cliff’s favorite; he hasn’t had one since his open heart surgery. We do, on occasion, select a double-cheeseburger from the $1 menu at McDonald’s. It’s unhealthy, but I figure if we eat really low-fat, low-salt, no-meat the rest of the day, we’ll be OK.
I had never seen this commercial until a fellow-blogger linked to it this morning.
December 31st, 2007 at 6:37 pm
These commercials are brilliant. I loved when the guy got the Big Mac instead of the Whopper. Too, too hilarious. The reactions are golden.
Happy New Year, Patrick!