high-larious.. I'm suprised the Burger King went along with it. Surely they lost some customers that didn't know it was a joke.. or had no sense of humour.
Originally posted by kotsy
high-larious.. I'm suprised the Burger King went along with it. Surely they lost some customers that didn't know it was a joke.. or had no sense of humour.
actually, i'm pretty sure this was a fully-funded/initiated stint BY burger king.
at first it's funny, then you realize it's a blatant marketing campaign, and it ends up smelling pretty damn foul and contrived.
nice try though.
Dec-12-2007 23:07
Orko
Digital Hippie
Registered: Nov 2002
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
This is the new form of advertising. Is this viral marketing? I don't even know, it is such a buzz word.
It was pretty funny. If I went into Lala downtown and could not get a kafta kabob, I would lose it.
Dec-12-2007 23:23
mr. poopyhead
pho king guy...
Registered: Nov 2001
Location: mississauga, ontario
it's so faked... just a big ad.
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Dec-12-2007 23:43
chinamon
el shit disturbo
Registered: Nov 2000
Location: Markham, ON
yeah they had commercials for that all over dishnetwork. it was annoying. i think i need a whopper combo tonight around 2am.
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Dec-13-2007 00:05
devnull
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i love the guy from Oblivious!!
Dec-13-2007 00:17
malek
drinks your milkshake!
Registered: Nov 2001
Location: Montréal
quote:
Originally posted by muffinass
actually, i'm pretty sure this was a fully-funded/initiated stint BY burger king.
at first it's funny, then you realize it's a blatant marketing campaign, and it ends up smelling pretty damn foul and contrived.
Registered: Jun 2006
Location: Toronto/Sauga, Canada
quote:
Originally posted by kotsy
high-larious.. I'm suprised the Burger King went along with it. Surely they lost some customers that didn't know it was a joke.. or had no sense of humour.
I'm sure as soon as they left the store they got tons of free coupons and stuff and told them.
I'm sure they had to get consent from them to use them in their video.
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Dec-13-2007 01:04
LKD
Omni-peasant
Registered: Aug 2001
Location: Its June 18th, 2005, I'm at the Skybar
ok those of u that think this is all an act for the marketing campaign should know a few things
this is the latest buzz in the ad industry
it was made by the agency- Crispin, Porter & Bogusky
it has made so much hype cos all the interviews and videotaping IS infact real and has been confirmed...
the customers that are filmed were obviously told that it was a lie cos they had to sign consent forms to let them use their faces in the campaign (dunno if u noticed others were blurred out)
not ALL the customers ordered the whopper
and last but not least, not ALL the customers got hysterical over the loss of the whopper and were hennce not shown
