In an ad for their Junior Heart Clogger right in the middle of it this blue Muppet type thing pops up out of nowhere and exclaims the price. It was 3am when I saw this. Had I been a stoner it might have really freaked me out.
He’s the only animated character on the ad, everyone else is a human. (If you don’t count the huge parrot. Just what ya want, live, uncaged animals molting and shitting in the restaurant you’re eating in:rolleyes:).
So WTF?
Here’s the thing about all advertising: None of it makes a lick of sense anymore.
It means the person who wrote the ad recently watched the Jason Segel Muppet movie.
Yeah, he’s definitely made in the classic Henson Muppet ‘style’ so that’s all it is. They’re so ubiquitous that a ‘Muppet’ version of something is just a thing…
My wife and I were wondering the same thing. It just seems so out of place in the commercial. I assume it is to attract the kiddies that are the target audience for the Whopper Jr. or whatever thing is called. (the muppet wierded me out, so I blocked out whatever it was they were trying to sell me)
My interpretation is Burger King is doing their own “Harlem Shake” video. There are supposed to be weird and random props/costumes in these videos; The puppet just adds to the weirdness. ETA: Because they are ad guys in suits doing a viral fad video that’s already over, they of course get it totally wrong.
That commercial is just annoying. I can’t believe they killed The Creepy King for this bull shit.
And yes, the Muppet cameo is a big WTF?
I haven’t been to BK in ages. Do they really serve it on a wooden cutting board?
The little blue puppet is WTF after some guy in pantyhose, a house coat and a mask loses a shoe while staggering in a parking lot?
So it’s not just me?
How awesome would that be if we all just slipped into a parallel reality where sentient puppets exist and just kind do their thing.
Like Greg the Bunny?
Like I mentioned in the OP, I think they’re just trying to fuck with stoners!
While the others have yet to really be individually introduced, its first batch of new ads touting BK’s new breakfast offerings shows a random smattering of characters including a mom/cheerleader, a hipster in a hat, a security guard, a swaddled kangaroo carrying park ranger, someone with a tuba, and a blue Muppet.
Yeah, let’s bring smelly, uncaged wild animals into our place of sup. :rolleyes:
I hope he is always only ever referred to as “someone with a tuba.”
Did they actually make a commercial where they kill off Creepy King? Because that would be awesome, and I would watch it over and over.