I’m sorry, but these have struck a disturbing chord with me.
I find it completely icky whenever I see these ads… Some fat idiot brings the burger to his mouth, bites into it, and we’re serenaded with the lovely artificial, overly-amplified sounds of the burger being bitten.
That alone is bad enough. Then we’re treated to the sight of the burger dripping fat, juices, and sauce all over the loud slob.
I am not sure why these ads turn me off so much, but they are the most disgusting displays i’ve ever seen on television.
I guess if I were actually dining at carl’s jr., and I was subjected to the loud auditory feeding of another customer, coupled with the slobbery of dripping gristle, i’d lose my appetite.
I’m getting queasy just reading about it, ewwww. What is carl’s jr, anyway? Is it a chain like McDonalds? I keep hearing people on this board talking about it, but I’ve never seen one. Where are they located? Are the burgers good?
(Not sure why I want to know, since I never, ever want to eat there)
Mmmmm…Arby’s. Nope, never saw a Carl’s Jr in my life. All we have here is McDonalds, an American Burger King, an American Taco Bell (only 1 hour away!), an American Subway, and a German KFC (they serve eat in orders on real plates, with real silverware! And they’re all clean unlike the ones in Memphis. Alas, it’s over 1 hour away). Oh, and Pizza Hut and Dominoes.
Hey, shouldn’t you be in bed by now? Don’t make me turn Korean Mom on ya!
I hate hearing all that chomping, lip-smacking, and slurping. Why not just set that crap up in a trough and stick your face in it, if you can’t have a minimum of table manners–like the simple act of closing your mouth when you chew?
Feh. It’s all part of the decline of Western Civilization… vulgar art & music… poor education… now, table manners…
NO! NO! GOD NO, YOU ARE NOT ALONE!!! Everytime I see one of those sickening commercials I turn the channel, and I ALWAYS think “I have GOT to make a thread about this in MPSIMS” but I never remember! Thank you for letting me get this off my chest and for a most worthy thread!
Well, you obviously haven’t seen the one where a pretty model walks down the runway. But she hasn’t taken her anti-allergy medicine, you see? (Forgot all about the name). And, suddenly, she sneezes and a nice streak of snot shoots out of her nose and ends up on one of the fashion critics. Not once, but TWICE are we regaled to this spectacle.
Hardees/Carl’s Jr. decided a while back that while the other fast food chains often try to play up their healthier fare, why not go the other way? After all, their target demographic is not exactly all that health conscious, so why not riff on the sheer unhealthiness of it? Hence the slogan, “If you’re gonna go, go all out.”
This also resulted in the Monster Burger, aka the Sudden Cardiac Death Burger. IIRC, this involved 1/3 pound of beef, 3 slices of cheese, and 7 or 8 strips of bacon. I got chest pains just from watching the commercial.
“Don’t bother me. I’m eating.” should be changed to, “Don’t bother me. I’m a sickening, disgusting pig who has no table manners or respect for my fellow man.”
Oh, man I hate, HATE these new commericals! They completely gross me out, and believe me, that takes a lot! I particularly despise the one of the girl in the library. YECH!
Now that the “If it doesn’t get all over the place, it doesn’t belong in your face” campaign is apparently over, they seem to be fishing for a new slogan. I much prefer the “Without us, some men would starve” one that’s out right now. FWIW, I know some people hated the “…doesn’t belong in your face” campaign, but I rather liked it. THIS new approach should be on the cutting room floor, however.
Non-Californians: Carl’s was a new experience when I moved here from Indiana. It’s your basic fast-food joint, although I do think the burgers are better than Burger King, Wendy’s, and McDonalds (not that that’s saying much).
There was a few Carls in Utah, but I never truly experienced the place till I moved here. I personally think it’s better than all of the other fast food joints, and I like their new commericial, the one about some people starving.
Although everytime I eat there I’m sick for the rest of the night. But I think it’s a small price to pay
I like those commercials. Go ahead and throw things at me. Carl’s Jr. burgers are ambrosial to me, and the commercials are food porn. I think they’re less hypocritical than McDonald’s commercials, which focus on everyone having barrels of fun at McD’s, which is hardly the case IRL.
Mr. Rilch’s boss worked on the commercial where the prison guards are committing “cruel and unusual punishment” by eating SuperStars in full view of the cons. That commercial upsets me, because I, too, could be broken by the sight of someone eating Carl’s Jr. while I was stuck with institutional slop.
Is Carl’s Jr. a west coast chain?
I have never seen one here in Maryland.
Seems like all the Hardee’s here closed, too; I thought they went bankrupt.
We have the usual McD’s, Burger King, Taco Hell, KFC, Subway, and Wendy’s (which has gone waaaaay downhill recently).
Couple of the Boston Chicken’s closed, too. Did they go belly-up also?
We also just got Checkers, but I have not tried them yet.
There WERE Carl’s Jr. restaurants here for a short time, but they reverted back to Hardee’s name in Ilinois and Missouri from what I’ve seen. I guess the people prefer the Hardee’s name round these parts.
Boston Chicken went bankrupt, I think, as did Kenny Roger’s Roasters.
Boston Chicken became Boston Market, and it’s still around here, as is Kenny Roger’s.
I thought Carl’s bought Hardee’s, not the other way round, but I could be wrong. My biggest complaint is that the Carl’s Jr. sourdough burger isn’t nearly as good as the old Hardee’s version, which I would kill for sometimes.
Oh, man…those commercials aren’t new…at least not in CA…we’ve been seeing them for MONTHS.
Besides the fact that I won’t eat at Carl’s Jr. for political reasons, those commercials are enough to keep me away for reasons of decorum! I’m sorry…if I’m going to have to put up with the SOUNDTRACK of a bad porno movie, at least I wanna see the ACTION!
Hey…mebbe that’s where porno foley artists get their sounds…cruisin’ Carl’s Jr…
