# EW! Those nasty Carl's Jr. ads are BACK! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 5, 2000, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-those-nasty-carls-jr-ads-are-back/32028 "2000-09-05T01:35:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-those-nasty-carls-jr-ads-are-back/32028/1 "2000-09-05T01:35:52Z")
Ick, ack, ook, blech, barf, bleh, snarf, snort, yuck, yar… For a while, we were mercifully spared from the gross-out “Don’t bother me, I’m eating” ads. For those of you on the east cost, Carl’s Jr. is a burger joint that recently bought out the Hardee’s franchise (so they both sport the SuperStar logo). Anyhoo, these ads consist entirely of someone eating a burger or fries close-up. Slurp, crunch, munch, chew, chew, slurp, crunch…bleeeehhhHHHHHH! This latest ad I just saw was a close up of a very attractive lady in nice make-up and expensive clothing. I think it was supposed to be sexy…close up of her mouth chomping on a french fry, of her wiping the corners of her mouth, taking a big bite of the burger, etc. Maybe that would be sexy if she was eating \*strawberries…\*or whipped cream…or _some_thing other than a freakin’ HAMBURGER! Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! YAK! Bleh…ick…(and hey, I like Carl’s Jr. hamburgers!..but not _watching_ noisy close ups of people EATING them!) Watch gorgeous take a big gross bite of a big fat slimy burger, listen to it crunch, listen to gorgeous as she noisily chews and gulps and…ACK! Make it go away! Make it go away! ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-those-nasty-carls-jr-ads-are-back/32028/2 "2000-09-05T02:19:17Z")
The ones that always made me squirm are the ones where the sauce from the burger _drips_ (in big globs) on everything - clothes, etc. I think those are Carl’s Jr. ads as well. I always cringe when I see them, thinking of trying to clean the messed up clothes. (Of course, I think the “drips” in the ads were digitally added, but still…) ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-those-nasty-carls-jr-ads-are-back/32028/3 "2000-09-05T02:20:09Z")
Nothing like dripping grease and wilted tomatoes to stir the passion from within. ---
**Author:** ![CoyoteFish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/67e7ee/32.png) [@CoyoteFish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoyoteFish)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-those-nasty-carls-jr-ads-are-back/32028/4 "2000-09-05T04:05:09Z")
I agree. Those ads are disgusting. There is nothing appetizing about hearing people chomping and smacking one of those big-ass burgers. Ugh. I’ve decided that I will never go to Carl’s Jr. again just because their ads are so nasty. It seems like someone would’ve complained before now. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-those-nasty-carls-jr-ads-are-back/32028/5 "2000-09-05T04:19:02Z")
How about the ads where they had former rock stars performing? They also donate money to Right To Life groups and other Christian Coalition type places. I won’t eat there… And I miss Hardee’s, DAMMIT! ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-those-nasty-carls-jr-ads-are-back/32028/6 "2000-09-05T07:58:06Z")
Coyotefish… > [@](#): > > I’ve decided that I will never go to Carl’s Jr. again just because their ads are so nasty. It seems like someone would’ve complained before now. Hastur… > [@](#): > > I won’t eat there You’re both pussies. You’re grossed out by the sight of somebody _EATING_?!? You must not be a very fun date. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-those-nasty-carls-jr-ads-are-back/32028/7 "2000-09-05T08:38:31Z")
> [@](#): > > And I miss Hardee’s, DAMMIT! Eh. Screw Hardees. (I guess I never really ate there much.) One thing about the “new” Hardees. It ain’t Carl’s Jr. It doesn’t have fried zucchini. Phooey. ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-those-nasty-carls-jr-ads-are-back/32028/8 "2000-09-05T09:11:31Z")
In California those commercials never stopped. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-those-nasty-carls-jr-ads-are-back/32028/9 "2000-09-05T13:16:07Z")
Thought I recognized that star on the Hardee’s signs. Now they need to import the whole Carl’s Jr. menu. I lived in southern Cal. back in the early '80’s, and one of those big, sloppy, Carl Jr. burgers was the greatest hangover cure ever invented. Too bad about the ads, though. ---
**Author:** ![Phouchg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/41988e/32.png) [@Phouchg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phouchg)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-those-nasty-carls-jr-ads-are-back/32028/10 "2000-09-05T19:53:56Z")
Screw Carl’s Jr. - since moving from So Cal to the east coast 6 months, I miss IN-N-OUT burger the most!!! What I wouldn’t give for a double double w/extra spread right about now… ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-those-nasty-carls-jr-ads-are-back/32028/11 "2000-09-05T20:07:51Z")
Along those same lines, the “Got Milk?” ads nauseate me. I do NOT want to see people with milk smeared on their faces, especially guys with moustaches! Even if I liked milk, those ads would turn me off it forever! ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-those-nasty-carls-jr-ads-are-back/32028/12 "2000-09-05T20:18:52Z")
Since we’re in slight hijack mode . . . There’s an ad for Rice Krispies Squares which features an obese sweaty guy fashioning a life size woman out of the stuff. His dog ends up eating the head of the doll. At the end there is a shot of this fat, unshaven, sweaty face - close-up on the mouth - shoving a Square in his mouth. It looks like bad '70’s porno. What’s worse, is they show it at the movies along with the coming attractions. Imagine those Carl’s jr. ads on the big screen. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-those-nasty-carls-jr-ads-are-back/32028/13 "2000-09-05T20:19:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hastur \* > \*\*And I miss Hardee’s, DAMMIT! \*\* And I miss fuckin’ **Roy Rogers**. :sigh: ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-those-nasty-carls-jr-ads-are-back/32028/14 "2000-09-05T20:22:53Z")
“And I miss fuckin’ Roy Rogers. :sigh:” —Yeah, you and Dale Evans . . . ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-those-nasty-carls-jr-ads-are-back/32028/15 "2000-09-05T20:57:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*“And I miss fuckin’ Roy Rogers. :sigh:” > > —Yeah, you and Dale Evans . . . \*\* BWAHAHAHAAHHAA. Oh, that’s priceless. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-those-nasty-carls-jr-ads-are-back/32028/16 "2000-09-05T21:42:17Z")
I guess I’m the only person on the planet who actually loves Carl’s Jr’s food. However, I do agree with **Phouchg** (how is that pronounced?)… In 'n Out is much better. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-those-nasty-carls-jr-ads-are-back/32028/17 "2000-09-05T22:22:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE Bo Diddly \* > Hastur… > > > [@](#): > > > > I won’t eat there > > You’re both pussies. You’re grossed out by the sight of somebody _EATING_?!? You must not be a very fun date. \*\* No, \*\*dolt[/]. I won’t eat there because the owner donates some of the profits to zealous conservative christian causes, including the 700 Club. Why should I spend money at a homophobe owning restaurant so he can use the money I spend there to cause me problems? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-those-nasty-carls-jr-ads-are-back/32028/18 "2000-09-05T22:26:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hastur \* > \*\*I won’t eat there because the owner donates some of the profits to zealous conservative christian causes, including the 700 Club. \*\* Hastur, I’m not saying I don’t believe you, but I’ve never heard that before. Do you have some cites? I’d like to know, because it would cause quite a moral dilemma for me, as I happen to love Carl’s Double Western Bacon Cheeseburgers. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-those-nasty-carls-jr-ads-are-back/32028/19 "2000-09-05T22:37:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*“And I miss fuckin’ Roy Rogers. :sigh:” > > —Yeah, you and Dale Evans . . . \*\* Eve, That was WAY TOO EASY! I laughed my ass off! Zette ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-those-nasty-carls-jr-ads-are-back/32028/20 "2000-09-05T23:30:16Z")
Hastur… > [@](#): > > Why should I spend money at a homophobe owning restaurant so he can use the money I spend there to cause me problems? Same reason I give to all PETA types when they ask me why I eat meat… It tastes fucking great. But my apologies… my original post was referring to everybody who decided not to eat at Carl’s because their commercials depicted people who happened to not be using their sald fork properly. I guess you just happened to get lost in the crowd. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-those-nasty-carls-jr-ads-are-back/32028.md?page=2)