If you're trying to SELL FOOD, why must you make me lose my lunch?

The BBQ Pit
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Popeye’s Chicken is running commercials for its new fastfood concept: Naked Chicken Strips. (No breading, no sauces, just plain chicken strips, deep-fried.)

I don’t even have to describe the commercial for you, do I? You can probably picture it yourself.

I’ll describe it anyway.

Popeye’s Chicken Worker (hereafter PCS) is on-camera. Customer, off-camera, orders Naked Chicken Strips. Cut to customer: Unattractive Naked Man With Cash Register Hiding Naughty Bits (hereafter UNMWCRHNB), standing in Patented Classic Super Hero Pose (hereafter PCSHP), hands on hip and gazing heroically at something-or-other off to one side (The aforementioned Chicken Strips? A Super Villian? A Classic Collectible Comic Book With Variant Hologram Cover?). PCS says something stupidly like “You know, you don’t have to be naked to enjoy Naked Chicken Strips.” Cut to various displays of Naked Chicken Strips with VO description. Then ANOTHER UNMWCRHNB orders Naked Chicken Strips and stands in PCSHP.

Why does someone think that multiple UNMSCRHNB*s are going to inspire me to eat their chicken?

I may have to gouge my eyes out if this ad campaign continues much longer.

*See Spoiler Box for acronym explanation.

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I thought this was going to be another Carl’s Jr. rant.

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No breading? What keeps the chicken juice inside the chicken? Where does it get its flavor? And if you’re naked, how do you keep food crumbs out of the uncomfortable places?

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I thought it was going to be Quizno’s.

I prefer Bojangles or KFC chicken. Never cared for Popeye’s

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No, although Quizno’s is now using the title character from the TV show “Baby Bob” as its spokesman. I find this even more sickening than the Spong Monkeys that they used last year to hawk their subs. They make some tasty sammiches but they can’t advertise worth a damn.

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MMmmmm. Mashed potatoes with Cajun gravy.

-lv

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I have to admit, this is the first time I’ve seen a spoiler box used to describe a commercial.

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I disagree on both points. Their sandwiches don’t impress me, which is a shame because I love the spungmunkeys!

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“they got a pepperbar!”

Why did Quiznos ever think that what appears to be dead mice were a good choice to sell sandwiches?

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I thought they looked like hamsters on crack. It sure had people talking about Quiznos though, didn’t it?

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Evidently Quiznos and Popeyes are using the same ad agency that came up with the brilliantly nauseating ads for Carls where the put a microphone in someone’s mouth as they’re eating.

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I was worried about someone reading the description while eating. :smiley: Plus, now I don’t have to worry about accidentally reading part of it when I read the replies.

Couldn’t they at least have gotten attractive actors for the commercial?

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Good thing too! A newbie might think the BBQ Pit was a food forum.

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I think the creepy talking baby is even worse. And is that chick his grilfriend or his mother? Either way, it’s squicky.

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Way too true! It is (IMO) perfect chicken gravy. I can’t eat the cream stuff. At first my boyfriend thought I was eating soup. Later on, when I convinced him to try it, he was licking the styrofoam bowl clean.
We’re NW Illinois, but whenever we get a little bit south we try to find a Popeyes.

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Also, isn’t Naked Chicken Strips redundant in a way?

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You may recall that Baby Bob originally appeared in advertisements for the now-defunct Internet service freeinternet.com. So here we have a spokesperson for a company who ends up starring in a TV show that ends up becoming the spokesperson for another company.

I don’t know if this is better or worse than the career of the 1-800-Bar-None dog (formerly the pets.com dog).