Is anyone else creeped out by the Burger King?

[Poiuyt]

I especially hate the commercial where the guy wakes up and finds the King hovering over his bed. I'm not going to eat at a place that gives me nightmares.

[Danger Mouse]

1. FUCK YES THIS GUY IS CREEPY.

I love that 'Time to die' pic...
those blank soulless eyes...that sinister grin with the teeth showing...the plastic face...
I don't know southpaw...think this tops a clown in the creepy department?

[AlCzervik]

2. omg yes! He reminds me of that creepy ass duracell family, remember them?

same type of thing.

[Danger Mouse]

5. Duracell family...now that sounds vaguely familiar...

it's on the tip of my tongue...but what was it???

[AlCzervik]

7. the puttermans, i checked the google and there they were---creepy.

[Danger Mouse]

8. This may bring back some memories then...their laughter will haunt your soul...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEVEmoqhRJg


CREEPY AS HELL :scared:

[Poiuyt]

11. The Puttermans

[Orsino]

68. They were less creepy, I think...

...because they spoke, and you could tell what they were thinking. That BK dude, man, you don't know what he might try. He just stands there. Looking at you.
:scared:

[AlCzervik]

12. eeeeekkkkk!

[Danger Mouse]

13. Isn't their laughter positively EVIL??

[AlCzervik]

14. that has to be one of the worst advertsing campaigns ever.

[Danger Mouse]

17. Oh come on, don't be ridiculous! Giving children nightmares is the PERFECT WAY

to sell your product.
Incidentally, I had forgotten about the puttermans. Speaking of really creepy commercials, anybody remember Snake?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSIZQRi4M6c
Yesssssss

[XemaSab]

69. Here's the antidote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88kemB0oFbA&mode=related&search=

[LostinVA]

3. God, YES

[SeattleGirl]

4. OMG! I freakin' HATE that "thing"!!!

I cannot watch those commercials. The Burger King looks like a fuggin' pervert. :scared:

[Danger Mouse]

6. "LOOKS like"???

[SeattleGirl]

20. Don't tell me you've been perverted upon by this creep!

:hide:

[Danger Mouse]

24. I was taking a shower...and I drew back the curtain only to find...

staring into my soul with his empty eyes...

[SeattleGirl]

27. Oh gawd! The Burger King stars in "Psycho"!

:scared:

[Danger Mouse]

29. I thought I was done for...but he shoved a double cheeseburger in my face.

And ran off.
I'm still in therapy because of it.

[krispos42]

57. Burger King killed by homeowner

Sioux Falls, SD (AP)- The King is Dead.

The Sioux Falls Police Department is investigating the shooting death of the character "The King" from the Burger King fast-food franchise early yesterday morning. Initial reports state that The King was shot while trespassing in a home in the 3200 block of South Phillips Avenue early this morning.

According to police, Sarah Tschetter, 32, a single mother of two, awoke to find The King squatting next to her bed and staring at her at approximately six o'clock in the morning. Tschetter threw her blanket over her intruder and quickly retrieved a .357 Magnum revolver from a fast-opening gun safe. As the intruder disentagled himself from the blanket, Tschetter aimed the gun at him and demanded he freeze.

According to police, The King then reached behind his back and started to withdraw something, at which point Tschetter fired two rounds, striking The King in the chest. She then fled the bedroom and gathered up her youngest daugher. Together they proceeded to barricade themselves in the oldest daughter's room and called the police.

Patrol units and paramedics responded immediately to the 911 call. The King was pronounced dead on the scene.

The object The King was reaching for was in fact a breakfast sandwich. It was found scattered on the floor beside the body.

The Sioux Falls Police Department immediately initiated an ivestigation. When reached for comment, Minnehaha County Attorney Erik Johnson said it was too soon in the process to decided on what, if any, charges would be filed, but it appeared to be a clear-cut case of self-defense.

Tschetter has refrained from public comment and is seeking counseling for the incident, her family stated in a press release.

The Sioux Falls Argus Leader contributed to this report. Copyright ©2007 by the Associated Press

How's that, Elrond? :-)
Sleep well tonight!

[Aristus]

9. Why don' t they just bring back the live-action Burger King from the 70's?

Back then, BK was trying to outdo McDonald's with their Mcdonaldland characters; Grimace, Hamburglar, Mayor McCheese and so on. BK created a similar gang with the Burger King, the Duke Of Doubt and some others. Pretty stupid stuff, but on the whole, less creepy than the plastic Burger King.

[HughBeaumont]

44. The Duke of Doubt kicked much ass.

Can you imagine a polyurethane version of THIS guy:



http://www.pop-arena.com/articles/burger.html

[bicentennial_baby]

10. ...

[Danger Mouse]

16. Before you die you see...

THE KING

[XemaSab]

70. LOL

[WiseButAngrySara]

15. Is this for real? I've missed it. ....n/t

[Poiuyt]

34. Watch this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIi_WFONCgw

[Danger Mouse]

38. nonononopleasenogodno

[WiseButAngrySara]

53. That is pathetic! I almost feel sorry for ... I'm not sure who! ....n/t

[SPKrazy]

18. Creepier Than Even Clowns!

yes

:scared:

[Danger Mouse]

26. Which is worse, Southpaw? Which haunts your soul more?

This:


or this:

[SPKrazy]

32. All Right...

you presume I have a soul

but since I do, I'll have to go with the evil clown from IT

what's his name, I forgot.

Ewwwwwwww

[Danger Mouse]

33. Pennywise the Dancing Clown...and he wants you to come down to the sewers...

...where you'll float.
We all float down here.
Oh yes.

[SPKrazy]

37. I Already Float Down There Elrond

remember

I float

[Danger Mouse]

39. By float he means eat you alive

slowly.

[SPKrazy]

40. He Is

that's as good an explanation as any for how I feel

:shrug:

[Danger Mouse]

41. You doin okay?

If pennywise the clown is eating you alive, then that can't mean good things...

[SPKrazy]

42. Pennywise Is Under Control!

:rofl:

[Danger Mouse]

43. So is it kinda like 'Sometimes you eat Pennywise, and other times, Pennywise eats you?'

Do we have a new proverb in the works?

[SPKrazy]

45. It's Symbiotic If That's What You Are Saying, Yes

we are mutually beneficial to each other right now

[Danger Mouse]

46. This is starting to get really weird.

Can he get in on the action?

[SPKrazy]

47. No, He's Toxic With burger king waste

we don't want to contaminate our symbiotic man eating clown eating man party

[Danger Mouse]

51. That's scarier than any clown...

:scared:

[Oeditpus Rex]

19. Dude oughta be on one o' these:

[TroubleMan]

21. They made a video game where you sneak up on people as Burger King.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIVw6p9lCgg

So I think they made him creepy on purpose as a joke.

[deucemagnet]

22. Very creepy.

I love the commercial where he wipes out on his little mini-bike. YES!!! Take that, creepy King-guy!

[Left Is Write]

23. Not as creeped out as I am by the reanimated Orville Redenbacher.

[Danger Mouse]

25. So, what is it with using nightmare fuel to sell stuff these days?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM124k2JU8c

After the commercial stops filming, the undead abomination that was once orville started feasting on the warm flesh of the living humans that surrounded him...

[jobycom]

28. No way! He reminds me of my dad.

Only different, somehow...

[RevolutionaryActs]

30. Yes!

He's creepy as all get-out. :o

[GenDem]

31. It's his dead, cold, face.

The plastic, motionless, expression. He's a freak show...and he looks like a child molester. :scared:

[QMPMom]

35. OMG yes. God help the world if ever there is a BK ad during

The Wizard of Oz. The Flying Monkeys creep me out, too. Scare me silly, as a matter of fact.

[Awsi Dooger]

36. Cheese is creepy; the King is awesome

Thie thread reminds me I have some Burger King coupons. Two Whoppers sounds like a good opener for tonight. You guys just inspired a sale.

[VelmaD]

48. He is even creepier...

than the zombie Orville Redenbacher.

[swag]

49. Surely all have seen this Tarantinoesque moment

[Danger Mouse]

50. He would do that, too, that depraved psycho.

You will suffer before you die, maggot.

[WiseButAngrySara]

54. LOL! Ronald McDonald or Jack in the Box being shot by the

Burger King! That's creepy! I had never noticed the resemblance to Stephen King's Clown until I read this thread...thanks all!

[Blue_Tires]

56. brilliant n/t

[krispos42]

59. [thunk] I just laughed my ass off! n/t

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

52. Big plastic smiling heads are inherently scary. DEVO understood this, I think their

video for "Shrivel Up" had some creepy plastic head imagery but I couldn't find any pics.

[gemdem]

55. The University of Dayton student section

has adopted(?) the king. Starting last season, one of the students came to the games dressed as BK and would get up and dance to start the second half of basketball games. He graduated, but other students have picked up the baton and are BK this season. They don't do the dance with the same flair as the kid from last season, but it's still pretty funny. This not withstanding, the commercial spots give me the creeps.

[The Traveler]

58. "Those eyes ... like a doll's eyes ..."

Where is Captain Quint when you need him? Someone needs to harpoon that sucker!:yoiks:

[krispos42]

60. Actually, as long as they stay out of the bedroom stuff

I don't mind him at all. But if I woke up with him in my bed... well, read my fake news story above.

[blitzen]

61. no...He looks pretty much like a Mardi Gras king

[Der Blaue Engel]

62. Absolutely!

:scared:

I hate any kind of full-head mask or full-body costume.

And its funny that you posted this, because I was just about to post about a similar creepification: The Chips Ahoy cookies with faces:



http://www.nabiscoworld.com/Chipsahoy

I do NOT want my food to have a face on it! Gurg!!!! Make it die!!!!!

[stranger81]

63. good god yes -- he's like an evil King Friday . . . .

from Mr. Rogers' Land of Makebelieve . . . . .

[regnaD kciN]

64. Is anyone NOT creeped out by him...?

:scared:

[donheld]

65. Yes he's creepy

:banghead: :hide:

[veganred]

66. the BK man will send someone to therapy!

He is scary!!!

[woo me with science]

67. Sigh. The creepiness is the point, folks.

Hence the scary "mood music" in the latest commercials.

Geez, it makes me sad that so many people respond to these idiotic ads in just the way the company intended.

[XemaSab]

71. His eyes are dead and soulless.

[applegrove]

72. Yes. Those ads for the video game are creepy.

[Shakespeare]

73. YES. You should see me dive for the remote when those commercials come on.

Creeps me way the fuck out.

[salin]

74. even creepier (but funny) bk promotional:

the subservient chicken website. www.subservientchicken.com Who runs their pr department?

Btw, if you haven't seen the above side - check it out.

[Little Wing]

75. I liked the 80's Burger King commercials where he'd be in a skate park

and things of that nature. The new ones are admittedly odd, but you're talking about them so mission accomplished

[WritingIsMyReligion]

76. He reminds me of George Costanza from SEINFELD in the episode "The Gum."

You know, when he puts on the Henry VIII costume at the end of the show.

:D

[Deja Q]

77. What sort of coked up dreamhead is making those sick adverts anyway!?

My guess is it's somebody from gen Y or somebody overseas... No doubt ad and marketing will be done over there too...

[Frank Cannon]

78. He is creepy, but that's part of the fun of it

As creepy as the BK is, he's always doing funny or benign things, like playing football or offering people food. They even made a video game where you (as the BK) sneak up on people in scary situations (at night/jogging alone/etc.) and give them Whoppers and bacon-and-cheese biscuits.

I think the ad campaign is ingenious. It's obviously working, because people like you not only remember the ads but also the product that's being sold, and that's a tough combo to work out in the advertising world.

[Redstone]

79. Very much so.

Redstone

[Scarlett17]

80. He is the skeeviest mascot I can imagine.

My kids laugh at how much I cannot stand those commercials. Remember the early one where the guy goes to the window and the "King" is staring in? Wonderful, a freaky, whacked-out, psycho-looking peeping tom. I have not gone to Burger King since.