Where's the Beef?

The BK does it again.

Burger King wins the creepiest-marketing-campaign-ever award for the third time. First it was the King. Then the Subservient Chicken. Now its' a naked King trying to sell meat scented body spray. No really. I'm not lying.


You can see it for yourself here. Or read about it on Yahoo.

Burger King Corp. may have just the thing. The home of the Whopper has launched a new men's body spray called "Flame." The company describes the spray as "the scent of seduction with a hint of flame-broiled meat."

The fragrance is on sale at New York City retailer Ricky's NYC in stores and online for a limited time for $3.99.

Burger King is marketing the product through a Web site featuring a photo of its King character reclining fireside and naked but for an animal fur strategically placed to not offend.

Ewwww. I think I just vomited a little in my mouth. Those hand gestures by the King are just a bit too suggestive for me.

And seriously? Do you really need a body spray that makes you smell like beef? Who is going to be impressed? "Oh baby, get over here, you smell like burgers."

Subservient Chicken

Oh my holy word!

Burger King wins creepiest mascot award again. First it was The King and now it's the chicken. Actually, I'm not so sure it's the chicken, or if it's what the chicken will do.

"Have it your way" Go to www.subservientchicken.com

I can't believe I didn't stumble onto this site earlier, when it has been around since 2004. It wins most disturbing on the web. Whatever you type into the box, the chicken will do on camera. I probably spent an hour yesterday torturing the chicken.
A few of my favorite commands:

Jump
Play dead
Shake your tail
Sit on the couch
Eat McDonald's (ha ha ha)
Lay an egg
Do a cartwheel
Take off the chicken suit (he didn't like that one)
Riverdance
Fly
Kiss me (don't worry he'll only make out with the pillow) but...
Kiss (he'll give you a peck)
Pose
Turn off lights
Moonwalk
Hide and Seek

I just wonder how much they paid the guy in the suit?
I hope it was enough to salvage some dignity. Right.

Creepy King Contest

I stumbled upon a website that had a contest to photoshop in the creepy Burger King mask into a photo of your choosing. They were quite amusing. And a little disturbing if I might say so. A lot of the photos don't load anymore, but the ones that do are worth a looksie.

Even though "The King" is creepy, I think that is what makes Burger King's advertising campaign so effective. Sometimes a buzz is what makes you memorable (even if it's eerily pedafilish).

Does anyone know of any more contests like these? I didn't even know they existed. I would love to participate next time.

BK

The highlight of my day was at Burger King. Yes that's right. My dad pulled up through the drive thru, stopped, and started giving his order. It wasn't the machine. It was the trash can. My dad was telling the blue trash can that he wanted a whopper. For some reason they stuck the trash can before the ordering thing and they do look vaguely similar...I still laugh at the thought. I'm still not sure whether my dad was joking or not.

Then, I really wanted chili. Is that too much to ask? Recycled hamburger chili, but they said they wouldn't sell it us because they couldn't find the lids. We said, "Oh we don't care, just hand it to us carefully." The woman was like, "No!, it's illegal to sell chili without a lid." Is that riduculous or what?