Burger King Chicken Fries advert

Has anyone seen it? Rock band wearing bizarre bird masks. The Burger King bobble-head at the end was creepy. I think I want one.

BTW, does anyone remember when the Burger King character was new? Man, he’s still got that '70s vibe going!

Isn’t the weird/creepy Burger King a new image? Back in the 1970’s they had a cartoon Burger King to go along with their advertising (“Burger king — Where Kids are King!”). In the 1960’s they had a different, but still very cartoony King. You could see him up in neon on the Burger King signs. I don’t recall seeing the current creepy King until the past couple of months.

I agree with CalMeacham. The life-sized, plastic-faced Burger King is something that I can’t remember having seen until quite recently. The old image of the Burger King was a little cartoon guy.

Maybe it’s a false memory. I thought there was a live-action actor in the mid-'70s.

This was one of the most bizarre commercials I’ve ever seen – General weirdness coupled with pretty blatant sexual references – “Coq Rock” – a hottie eating a french fry in a very suggestive manner.

The story behind the Burger King head is actually kinda cool. Here’s an article about it. Basically, a guy at an ad agency found it for sale on Ebay and decided to use it in the ad campaign. There was a Burger King character from the Seventies but he didn’t wear the gigantic head. The head currently being used was actually designed to fit atop a helium conister so the ballons could be filled through the mouth.

There was a live-action Burger King in the 70s, of whom the new mardi Gras-like BK is a hideous take-off.

WTF is a chicken fry anyway?

Maybe it’s something along the lines of a “calf fry” or “lamb fry”.

A chicken fry is a thin strip of boneless chicken (possibly chickenless too :smiley: ), fried like a french fry. It looks like a thick, lumpy, thinly breaded french fry.

They aren’t too bad, but not worth the money IMO.

-Butler
(Dreaming about fried lamb… that HAS to be good!)

It looks like it more or less the same thing as a chicken finger or a chicken strip or a chicken nugget – battered, deep-fried pieces of boneless chicken.

Well, technically, I suppose lamb fries are fried lamb …

Just a very specific part of the anatomy of the lamb. And no, I’ve never tried them.

Hmm. Considering what “lamb fries” and “calf fries” are, I am starting to feel a bit odd about “French fries.” :stuck_out_tongue:

Oh,… I had no idea that there was such a thing. Having had a “Rocky Mtn Oyster”, I’ll take a pass on the Lamb & Calf fries. :eek:

I was more thinking chicken fried lamb, or chicken fried calf, or any “other” part of the animal… fried.)

Yeah a real guy who was actually a respected young stage magician. I have an old magic newsletter that interviews him about being a mascot how he was trying to bring more magic into the character… something McDonalds had done (or was about to do?) with Ronald.

Chicken fries are basically chicken tenders in a shape for grownups. They do come in a cool box that has a sauce holder, though.

The Kreepy King is just so disturbing. Yet, I can’t look away. It freaks me out.

Coq Roq, to be precise. That’s funny enough for me to try these chicken fries at least once.