Comments on: The Burger King “Whopper Virgins” commercials (sigh)

By: TracyFood » Monkey Monday: Burger King is weird

TracyFood » Monkey Monday: Burger King is weird — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:14:09 +0000

[...] noise, and not the kind you get by licking your finger and rubbing it on the computer screen). Marion Nestle reluctantly wrote about the commercial on December 7, with an update on December 9. PunkAss Blog was a little more forthright in their response, as was [...]

By: Michelle @ What Does Your Body Good?

Michelle @ What Does Your Body Good? — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:32:35 +0000

Now, what about BK’s new Whopper fragrance for men? Again, kudos to their advertising for getting people talking. But it sickens me that people would go so far as aligning their personal scent with a cheap meat product!

By: Shana

Shana — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:17:41 +0000

There is a good article about the ads in the Boston Globe: http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/12/09/burger_kings_greasy_campaign/

By: Burger King Pops Whopper Virgins’ Cherries. Says He’ll Call, Doesn’t.

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:05:56 +0000

[...] -Marion Nestle [...]

By: Sheila

Sheila — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 02:26:44 +0000

Ink is ink, and manure is still, well…, manure.
Boy, what I would give for one of these companies to come up with a fast food product that tastes great AND is good for you. That would be so fantastic it would practically sell itself, and they could save millions on paying these advertising geniuses.

By: Colleen

Colleen — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:08:26 +0000

The “documentary” at BK’s website makes the case that this is really a sociological experiment, but the acompanying taste-test videos makes it looks like nothing more than well-funded mockery.

By: Michelle @ What Does Your Body Good?

Michelle @ What Does Your Body Good? — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:12:23 +0000

Crispin Porter is the ad agency behind Burger King. They are the same minds that put a sexy German woman in the passenger seat of a Volkswagen and resurrected Orville Redenbacher from the dead to sell more popcorn. They definitely rely on offending to create buzz.

By: Meghan Telpner

Meghan Telpner — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 01:30:54 +0000

That’s ridiculous! I live right in downtown Toronto. Grew up here too and I have never had either a Whopper or a Big Mac. As I child I was convinced they caused chicken pox as I have never had either. So the BK peeps didn’t need all those wasted fossil fuels, SUVs, helicopters, planes…. Though- I am not sure any incentive would have been enough to get me to eat that.