McDonald's, Wendy's, Sonic, DQ, etc.

Which commercials do you like? Which commercial makes you want to boycott a restaurant because it's just so wrong?

For instance: Ronald McDonald. If I saw that statue on a bench, arm all outstretched, I would call the police to make the creepy man leave the park.

I do like the DQ FlameThrower commercial, but DQ is another one of those restaurants that advertises here, but is not here.

Anybody else seen the new Burger King commercial with the "Big Buckin' Chicken"? I will probably tire of it soon, but for now, it truly appeals to my inner 12-year-old.

I liked the Wendy's Dave Thomas commercials. I was really sorry when he died.

I want to hate the Ronald McDonald commercials, but I used to know a Ronald and he liked his job so much I just can't.

However, the King? Must die. I won't even go near a Burger King.

I love the new Long John Silver's commercial where the boss is screaming, and Worker A asks Worker B why. Worker B shows off the new LJS parmasean-flavored fish bites. Worker A tries one and says they are great- you don't even need tartar sauce. Then, worker A's eyes kind of widen as the camera pans up and you see that the whole warehouse is filled with Tartar Sauce.

I didn't explain it very well, but it cracks me up every time.

You mean you've never seen one in person? It is truly amazing. And by "amazing," I mean incredibly disturbing and child-molestery.

Those things are promininatly displayed at WalMarts which have a McBurgers in them. I think a friend took pictures of him molesting/getting molested by Ronald once.

I really, really need to get a copy of some Nancy Sinatra, so I can get that damn Pizza Hut jingle out of my head.

And don't get me started on how much I need to not see that kid pop a boner over Jessica and her pizza.

Me, too.

The fast-food place I will never, ever set foot into, based completely on their commercials, is Quizno's. They had that ad where the woman takes a half-eaten sandwich out of a sidewalk garbage can and starts chowing down. They had the "raised by wolves" ad. And now they have Baby Bob.

I will never eat at Quizno's. Ever.

I have. And I kid you not, the first two times I thought they said "big f---in' chicken." Which, if those were the real words, inappropriate for broadcast basic though they may be, would be quite funny.

Also, Arby's and their "New 100% all natural chicken"...what was their chicken made out of before?

My problem with the whole cheesy bites campaign is that it seems wrong to have an anthropomorphic pig promoting a pepperoni (or sausage or canadian bacon) pizza. It just promotes cannabalism, and I don't want my kids exposed to that.

I thought the 'big buckin' chicken' ad was saying 'big bucket chicken' which is perhaps less obscene than 'big fuckin' chicken' but no more correct.

And the ad is strange and creepy and just plain disturbing. Not to mention I never remember that it's Burger King, so it's not even a good ad.

And I, too, have hated all the Quizno commercials, and didn't even think they made the food look good. Then my husband insisted on going into one for a French Dip sandwich and loved it so we're stuck with Quizno's. ::sigh::

When Quiznos was airing those sponge monkey ads, I vowed never, ever to eat there. Those so-called monkeys looked like little, singing rats and I couldn't believe that they were associating those critters with food. Anyway, sad to say, they did start to grow on me shortly before the ads were nixed (I think it was the song) and I started eating at Quiznos. I guess it worked. Damn you, Quiznos!

Anyway, I love all the Jack-in-the-Box commercials. They crack me up. The one that made me laugh out loud every time was the one that was shown prior to the current one. It features this guy who pulls up to the drive-thru, obviously stoned and looking to stave off the middle of the night munchies. He can't decide what to order, so a little Jack appears on the dashboard of his van and suggests tacos. The guys asks how many should he order and Jack says "Thirty", to which the guy replies "That's what I was thinking!" It's all in the delivery. I don't care how many times I see it, it gets me every time.

Oh, I LOVE Jack In The Box commercials. The one for that chipotle chicken (or whatever kind) sandwich a few years back has become a part of my familial lexicon. Whenever I'm about to head out for work and school, I'll say "chipotople" just like how Mr. Jack mispronounces at the end of the commercial and my mom will say back, "Just leave," just like how the market stand lady said it.

... but yeah, I too miss Dave Thomas's presence on those Wendy's commercials. I'll still stick with Wendy's because I like their food smorgasboard, but I'd prefer to not think of their more recent commercials when ordering. Actually, if Jack In The Box began offering side salads and baked potatoes in their restaurants, I'd be awfully tempted not to go back to Wendy's (but I'd start actively contributing to the Dave Thomas Foundation).

I too heard 'big fuckin chicken'. That commercial bothers me because it looks like they've saddled up the Subservient Chicken.

You beat me to it, TraceyBee. While I don't recall whole pack-of-wolves ad, I won't set foot in their establishment until they kill Baby Bob. Hate!

Toss up between this thread and commercials that make you laugh. Sonic's with the male/female couple, he makes a comment about knowing everything about bacon being encoded in his DNA. She tells him that she has things encoded on her DNA too, like something to tell her he's full of it.

Damn you In and Out for not extending to the East Coast. My mouth is watering as I type.

Not sure if these just run in Canada or not, but A&W's new ad is laughable. It's not terribly bad, just very unrealistic. Maybe my hatred of this spot is fuelled by how stupid I think it is that they stereotypically name their burgers...Mamma Burger, Papa Burger (the biggest of the bunch), teen burger...

Anyway, the commercial features a young couple and the young man's parents dining at A&W. The folks order a Mamma and Papa burger and the kids order the teen burger. When they get to the table, the dad notices he got a Grandpa Burger. Cue sappy music. This is how they tell pops that he's gonna be a grandfather! Seriously, a fast food joint is where you want this moment to happen? Ugh.

That's EXACTLY what I asked myself when I first saw that commercial. Good God, I know where I won't be eating ever in life.

I must say I love those Sonic commercials with the husband and wife. And the food looks good. Of course thefood is probably Heart Attack in a Bag but damn if I don't want one of those Sweetheart Brownie Blasts or those slushie thingies they always show. Too bad there are no Sonics where I live.

Discarded tissue from Joan Rivers' many operations. :D

(FWIW, I wondered the same thing. I'm also now wondering if:
A. There may be a specific fast food chain that Arby's is targeting - if so, I'd like to know which one so I can avoid ordering the chicken.
or B. All other fast food chains except Arby's use fake chicken - in which case, I have eaten a lot of it.)

While this also counts (for me) as most disturbing, it seems appropriate here as well. The latest McDonalds commercials? Awful.

They're for breakfast in general and coffee in particular, and the hook is that the coffee will really wake you up to your life or something. The worst one is this woman driving her children around in a minivan who takes a swig of the coffee, looks in the backseat, and "realizes" that she's a soccer mom. None of the children actually play soccer. The last bit where the newly-realized mom has a conversation with her children about whether they play soccer/hockey/do ballet is supposed to be funny, I suppose, but really the entire commercial is both immensely depressing and entirely infuriating. The whole thing smacks of neglect and abuse, and I just think the compaign is woefully misguided.

I know Applebee's isn't a fast food joint (especially not the fast part) but what the hell.

I know that Gilligan's Island part of the commercial is annoying, but I have to say that the short haired guy playing the bass (?) is so damned hot. I don't even know why I find him hot, because he's so not my type. But rowr.

And I do love that the curly-haired guy ends up with a seagull on his head when they are still in the water. Makes me laugh every time.

I hate with the new Ruby Tuesday commercials with a passion. First, they show "chefs" in the kitchen...yeah, right guys, you have "chefs"...then they are cooking their burgers on an ice cold grill..they didn't even bother to add steam to the commercial...burgers look about as warm and appetizing as chewed up jerky dog treats. Stop pretending you care, people.

Wow, they really put no effort into that, did they?

Same thing as McDonald's original nuggets: beaks 'n' assholes.

I realized what I dislike the most about McDonald's "drink our coffee and find out you have a wife" commercial. It's the complete. monotone. of. the. voiceover.

Coffee is supposed to wake you up, but his voice puts me to sleep.

The new Wendy's commercials bother me. I miss Dave Thomas, if only because when he was around, the ads didnt make it seem like every Wendy's is located next to a rave.

I like all Taco Bell commercials. I don't know why.

Agh! You had to mention In and Out?????? I'm from CA, here in RI now. I get to have them twice a year when I go back and visit. I doubt they would expand. It took them forever to just expand to the San Diego area and Nevada!



How can you mention this guy and not mention the "king" from Burger King??? HE is CREEPY! When they show him looking into the window and you just see this huge head coming at you? Agh!

And those burgers look like a heart attack waiting in the wings.

I'm sorry that I can't get on board with you there. They used to be amusing in the '90s (before and after the era of the dog), but now they just grate. I hate the whole "good to go" slogan.

Oh, ugh. I hate that stupid hand gesture that they make. If I saw someone doing that I'd slap their hand and tell them to get away from me.

Yes, that fucking hand gesture needs to be "good to go."

Yes, but I love the look on his face when she says "we're like newlyweds again". The distant look, the smile, the little nod.

Big Buckin' Chicken......I don't even have anything witty because thought processes aren't possible....



The poor children whose mother needed McD's to realize they were alive! Someone call social services!


Edited because I just realized I will never be able to use the word "Sensational" again without wanting to shoot myself....thanks Wendy's.

So, is "Big Buckin' Chicken" what happens to "Subservient Chicken" after taking too many steroids?

The Arby's commercial.

Three construction workers are sitting on a wall. They watch Gorgeous Chick#1 walk by. Not a peep.

Georgeous Chick #2 walks by...nothing (you get the idea).

Then a little fat bespectled accountant-looking guy (total stereotype) walks by with an Arby's bag and an Arby's drink, and they're all like "Woo, BABY, c'mon OVER Here!" and the guy is looking at them... Over their heads are the little Arby's hats.

It's just wierd.

I love the chicken in BQ...also love it when the customer is about to sit down at the booth, and a surly BQ employer says, "Don't Sit There! I just Cleaned that Table!"

Wish THAT scenario happened in a real-life fast food joint.

Hee. I think "Big Buckin' Chicken" is my new catchphrase. Used, of course, in place of "Big Freakin' Deal."





What irks me about the commercial is the part where the v/o says in regards to the wife something to the effect of "since he saw she was cute, he decided to give it a whirl." So not only does the new McDonalds coffee wake you from a zombie like state, it also manages to make you into a superficial jerk.

There's one at one of the local McDonald's, and it freaks me out every single time. I always first see it out of the corner of my eye and I think it's a person. (shivers)

At the McDonald's we went to when I was a little kid, they had a painting or cutout of Ronald on one side of the drive up window. So as you approached to get your food, you'd see him staring at you as you passed by. My mom still laughs about how much that freaked me out.

I always laugh at the commercial, mentioned earlier, where the fast food employee ends up fighting with the customer over the microphone, yelling, "You're not supposed to talk into the thingie!!!" I'm not sure why it's so funny, but it has to do with how seriously the employee takes his "power" over the customer, while at the same time wearing an angry, disgruntled expression that shows how much he resents having to do it dressed as a chicken.

I hate, hate, HATE those Taco Hell commercials about the Chicken Caesar Salad burrito (or whatever it's called).

"It's a burrito, where's the caesar salad?"
"You just have to peek under its little toga." *giggle*

Not only does that sound incredibly stupid, but something about "peeking under its little toga" sounds creepy to me. Like something a child molester would say.

First time I saw that commercial, it annoyed me to no end. Plus just the thought of a "chicken caesar salad burrito" makes me throw up in my mouth a little.

On a side note, I tried McD's new premium coffee today (don't hate me...it was cold out, I needed some coffee and didn't want to get out of my car). It tastes just as awful as their old coffee version, only now it's pricier! Because they put it in a pseudo-coffee house take out cup! And it's premium! Premium dreck, IMO. The only good thing it's got going for it...it smells fantastic. Too bad smell doesn't translate into taste. And no, after drinking it, I did not suddenly discover I had children lurking in my backseat or a spouse I never knew waiting for me back at home.

I hate them because they show a complete lack of historical understanding. Why does the guy say, "My lady, your chariot doth awaits" in a British accent? If anything, they would speak with Italian accents in Rome. Secondly, I'm not certain on this point, but I'm pretty sure Roman chariots were used in war or sporting events a la Ben Hur, and were small and designed for one person only. Transportation for the wealthy or noble, which would more properly be called a "carriage", was not designed until much later. In fact, I'm not even sure they used carriages until the late Middle Ages/Renaissance. I know I'm overanalyzing a stupid commercial, but I hate it so much.

I like the Sonic ad where the two guys are talking about basketball and all of a sudden one guy slaps a tater tot out of the other's hand and shouts at him to get that weak tot action OUT of here! Cracks me up every time. I love the expression on the reject-recipient. Maybe you have to be a basketball fan.

I have a picture...somewhere...of me straddling one of these Ronald's and fake making out with him. It's one of the creepiest pics in the history of the world, mostly because my face is so serious. (Too bad I was in real clothes -- it would have been funnier if I was in lingerie.) My cousin used the picture in one of her art classes in college, some project about misleading art in advertising. *shrug*


I'm assuming that, by "100% All Natural", they mean it's hormone-free. Or organic, or free-range, or something. Not that I eat at Arby's anyway. Soooo gross.


I just saw the Big Buckin' Chicken commercial. Boy, BK really knows how to get our attention! And did anyone else start hearing "Big F*ckin' Chicken" by the end?

I love Wendy's (ok maybe love is too strong) but . . . if they don't stop airing those pseudo info-mercial ads with the blond, stick-up-her-ass, over-the-top radio voiced chick talking about SENSATIONAL salads, I am going to lose it. They are freakin' salads and they are pretty much like the ones you've always had. She says Sensational!!! about 12 times in 30 seconds then mock chuckles at herself. It's just so horrendous. Someone else out there must know my pain.

I don't think anyone's mentioned the KFC commercial yet where the mother awkwardly critiques her 20-something daughter for "going to a casual dining place and paying $8 for a meal". I know they have to differentiate between "fast food" and, well, "casual dining place", but there's got to be a way to do it without making someone actually say it. Still, unnatural dialogue is a given in a lot of commercials, right?

But then the daughter, in a strangely defensive tone, insists (paraphrasing here): "Mom, no! I went to KFC and paid only $4!" The mother, smiling a little too broadly, then asks, "Well, if you're so saving so much money, why haven't you moved out yet?" Daughter, slightly shocked, kinda ducks her head and just goes, "Oh, mom..." And that there is some weird-ass passive-aggressive they-cut-off-before-a-giant-throwdown vibe that I do not care to associate with eating, ever.

Also, yeah, the toga line from that Taco Bell commercial is...kind of not right, somehow.

Who is the guy on the Arby's commercial that is supposed to be Hulk Hogan all slimmed down? He annoys me so much!

I really hate the whole 'casual dining' thing. I'm pretty sure I griped about that in the old thread. It's such a ridiculously awkward phrase that no one in real life ever says. I know they can't have people saying IHOP/Applebe's/TGIMcScratchy's...etc but you'd figure they just have the someone in the ads say "some places charge almost $8 for what I can get at KFC for $4".

Then again, I haven't liked any of the recent KFC ads. Anyone remember 'kitchen fresh chicken' and the whole southern-fried sweet home Alabama thing. Or my personal fave (not), the mom whose idea of making dinner is slamming a bucket o'chicken on the table with nary a mention of buscuits, mashed potatoes, or any other sides. Actually that ties with the ad where the mom yells dinner and the kids head out to the car. Only she's already brought tonight's dinner: KFC. So instead of eating dinner in the car, they get to sit down at home to eat their greasy KFC food.

"I like the Sonic ad where the two guys are talking about basketball and all of a sudden one guy slaps a tater tot out of the other's hand and shouts at him to get that weak tot action OUT of here! Cracks me up every time. I love the expression on the reject-recipient. Maybe you have to be a basketball fan."

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Yeah, that commerical is classic. I love it! That guy was so serious, too.