# The (Burger) King is Dead! Long Live No King! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 20, 2011, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-burger-king-is-dead-long-live-no-king/593400 "2011-08-20T02:46:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-burger-king-is-dead-long-live-no-king/593400/41 "2011-08-20T21:58:37Z")
I dunno—I think the _new_ ad campaign might be going [a bit _too_ far](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbwG1DCnQSU#t=3m15s)… ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-burger-king-is-dead-long-live-no-king/593400/42 "2011-08-20T22:01:40Z")
I liked the creepy king. Too bad we can’t get them to[do the same thing to Ronald Mac](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OzqaKqMdqFw/SwqxXKR74WI/AAAAAAAAAwE/OJTvfIc8LQU/s400/ronald+mcdonald.jpg)Donald. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-burger-king-is-dead-long-live-no-king/593400/43 "2011-08-20T22:39:41Z")
Aw, I liked the King. But then I neither am nor have a spookable four-year-old. So I get it. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-burger-king-is-dead-long-live-no-king/593400/44 "2011-08-21T01:34:30Z")
> [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](#): > > Good riddance ya creepy fuck. Give my regards to Satan. [demonic bureaucrat hat on] The Great Mouth has [del]asked[/del] commanded me to remind you all that neither he nor any other member of the Lowerarchy was in any way responsible for the King, who is _not welcome in Hell_. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2011, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-burger-king-is-dead-long-live-no-king/593400/45 "2011-08-21T03:59:45Z")
I think they finally figured out what the King was up to after hours: (warning, profoundly NSFW) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/yPXnzyDiiWw/maxresdefault.jpg "RAD OMEN - "RAD ANTHEM"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPXnzyDiiWw) ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2011, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-burger-king-is-dead-long-live-no-king/593400/46 "2011-08-21T04:55:28Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Awww, I kinda liked those CMs. It was a good kinda creepy. Yeah, [it was](http://needcoffee.cachefly.net/needcoffee/uploads/2008/09/burger-king-where-is-your-god-now.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2011, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-burger-king-is-dead-long-live-no-king/593400/47 "2011-08-21T05:35:40Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > I grew up with a neighbor, across the street, being a McDonald’s mascot. At least part-time, anyway; never thought to ask if that was all he did. And on Halloween they always gave out…toothbrushes. And McDonald’s certificates. Come to think of it, I think he was a dentist. But getting toothbrushes from Ronald McDonald was just weird. Man, we must be from the same place… I seem to have a vaguely similar halloween memory. Or maybe I am just in reverie. There couldn’t be two toothbrush, gift certificate, Ronalds, could there? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2011, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-burger-king-is-dead-long-live-no-king/593400/48 "2011-08-21T05:46:37Z")
Daughter works at BK. She’s been feeling ill but, when I picked her up yesterday she was smelling of a Whopper. “So, you no longer have ciliac disease?” “Maybe.” “Or a sensitivity to glutens?” “Possibly.” “And you might possibly admit that you are distressingly healthy, get sick only once in a great while, act like the biggest baby, and went for days before I–I--figured out you had the flu and you shouldn’t go to work?” A couple days before: “Will you call in for me? I think I am dying.” My generation was sick all the time. It’s a wonder we are still alive. I don’t understand these kids. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-burger-king-is-dead-long-live-no-king/593400/49 "2011-08-21T19:53:38Z")
I’m sad The King was cool ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2011, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-burger-king-is-dead-long-live-no-king/593400/50 "2011-08-21T19:57:53Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Daughter works at BK. She’s been feeling ill but, when I picked her up yesterday she was smelling of a Whopper. > > […] > > My generation was sick all the time. It’s a wonder we are still alive. I don’t understand these kids. What? This is crazy weird in a thread about the Burger King. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-burger-king-is-dead-long-live-no-king/593400/51 "2011-08-22T13:29:33Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > What? This is crazy weird in a thread about the Burger King. It almost kind of reads like a Burger King ad: “So good you’ll eat it even if it makes you sick!” ---
**Author:** ![SecretaryofEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SecretaryofEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecretaryofEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-burger-king-is-dead-long-live-no-king/593400/52 "2011-08-22T19:23:57Z")
I’m reminded of the Taco Bell chihuahua. The commercials were seemingly great for brand name recognition. Apparently they stopped the add campaign when they realized that it was also reminding people that their food has been compared to dog food. The King seemed to be good for brand name recognition, but apparently being kind of creepy in a humorous way doesn’t make people more inclined to by hamburgers from you. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Bosstrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstrain)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-burger-king-is-dead-long-live-no-king/593400/53 "2011-08-22T21:59:12Z")
Nooooooo…not the King…how could this beeeee!..He still owes me a burger. So is this how he gets out of debt? Dieing? Huh, I might have to try that. Comedy aside, I do have to agree, that guy was pretty freaky, and most of the commercials seemed like childish pranks, though the ones where the cops were arresting him were kinda’ funny sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-burger-king-is-dead-long-live-no-king/593400/54 "2011-08-22T22:14:22Z")
I want to know what Doper works for [Cracked.com](http://Cracked.com). My evidence- [http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-8-most-baffling-food-mascots-all-time\_p2/](http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-8-most-baffling-food-mascots-all-time_p2/) \>The dialogue for the picture from the “Wake Up With the King” ad. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5326384&postcount=51](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5326384&postcount=51) \>He holds up a finger - "hold on, I had something to show you, I’m not here to steal your teeth, … I googled to see if there was some sort of meme about the B-King & teeth-stealing. Nope- just on [Cracked.com](http://Cracked.com) & on the SDMB. BraheSilver was last here in May 2011. I wonder… ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-burger-king-is-dead-long-live-no-king/593400/55 "2011-08-22T22:37:54Z")
The author of that article is “Seanbaby.” He’s been around for quite some time on the internets. As far as I know he isn’t a doper, but who knows. I think he lives in NorCal and BraheSilver says SoCal. You could check if teeth are mentioned on his website (guess the URL). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-burger-king-is-dead-long-live-no-king/593400.md?page=2)