conuly

I think it's hilarous.

I don't see the scay init.

o_O, scary?

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conuly

So, you don't think that using sexy women to sell food on TV is... inappropriate? For anywhere but hooters?

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it may be, but I'm seeing the o__O ness more than that.

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I really didn't get that from it. Like

lakidaa I thought it was funny rather than scary or sexual. Then again, I don't focus on the attractive women in the commercial; I giggle at the randomness of it all, like the blocks of cheese for bricks and the King (which means I'm apparently the only person in the world who thinks he's funny/cute rather than creepy since I thought he was hilarious in the older "wake up in bed with the King" commercial).

Whenever I see the commercial, it's usually when I'm watching TV with Mom. Although she doesn't think it's funny, she doesn't find it to be overly sexual either. She just thinks it's a little too weird and/or creepy. So I hadn't really thought of the supposed "using sexy women to sell food" angle of the commercial until now. Besides all the women being attractive and most of them being in short skirts/shorts, what really makes the women stand out as being "too sexy" or just in there to get horny guys to buy the sandwich? I guess the dressing does sort of look like semen (though the thought of that just makes it even funnier to me rather than outrageous), but all the other women seem to be in innocent situations. *shrug*

And it's not like this is the only food commercial ever to feature sexy women. Remember the old 3-D Doritos commercial with Ali Landry at the laundromat? I'm not trying to justify food commercials using attractive women by saying it's fine just because it's been done before, but why single this one out? Another recent food commercial with good-looking women is the TGI Friday's one where the men are more interested in the food than the women, so it's not even as if this is the only food commercial on right now with sexy women.

I'm just sort of curious as to how this commercial is particularly inappropriate, as, mihi, it doesn't even really focus much on the attractive women in it and seems totally tongue-in-cheek. :/

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conuly

We've got boobybabe during the line "the breasts they grow on trees" and the sexy women on a trainthing during the "train of women coming with a nice caboose" line - how doesn't that hit you as sexual? And the line about dallas cheerleaders giving you a shave...

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Eh, guess I wasn't listening to the lyrics! I really hadn't noticed any of those lines, though I didn't understand half the lyrics coming from Hootie in the first place. (Maybe it's just me, but he sort of mumbles through most of the song.) I still find it pretty funny, though that's more for the surreal images than the song. :P

You're the first person I've heard mention it who brought up the sexual lyrics. No one in my family that I've seen the commercial with mentioned it; they just thought it was weird. I remember reading a short blurb about it in an Entertainment Weekly from a few weeks ago (mainly about the "What?!" factor of Hootie being in a Burger King commercial) that actually agreed with me in it being funny in its trippiness. Boondocks was more about Hootie, too.

So, really, is it that obvious? Just curious, not trying to say it's a perfectly appropriate commercial since nobody notices the lyrics. Did you catch on when you first saw it? Did any of your family/friends think of the sexy girls and lyrics when they saw it? Have you read any negative articles regarding it? I'm surprised that with how uptight people get about sex on TV nowadays (Nipplegate/Monday Night Football + Desperate Housewives, anyone?) that this isn't all that controversial.

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conuly

I don't know that most of my family has *seen* the commercial. I thought it was pretty obvious, though, and it came up in a few places online.

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*shrug* Maybe it's just my family.

You've gotten me curious, so now I've got to Google this and see what pops up about it. :P

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The chicks with the buckets of ~~semen~~ ranch dressing wig me out.

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Also. You look at skinbag, you love skinbag (http://www.livejournal.com/community/the_profane/34854.html).

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xxrosencrantzxx.livejournal.com

Oh god I hate that commercial. Way to ruin a classic bluegrass song.

Also, nothing rhymes with 'tendercrisp bacon cheddar ranch'.

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Actually, IIRC, Darius Rucker hated to be called "Hootie."

Can't see the video though. Trying to find another link.

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Haha, yes, I remember that too. It's silly of him. Why be the lead singer in a band called Hootie and the Blowfish if you don't want people to think you're Hootie? *shakes head sadly*

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AHA! (http://www.joeytomatoes.com/burgerkingfantasyranch05.htm)

Ya wow, that's a horrible commercial. But, strangely enough, I won't the sandwich and I don't like cheddar or ranch! Wow, does sex really sell that well?

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won't=want

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You can find shorter versions of it here (http://whoyoutalkinat.blog-city.com/). ("Commercial Potential" on the right side of the page.) The 15- and 30-second clips aren't nearly as bad as the full version, and they're the ones that are played on TV more often. In fact, I don't think I've seen the 60-second one ever, and I've seen the commercial quite a few times.

So, really, sex wouldn't sell that well since they don't play the entirely sexed-up version that often! ;)

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xmorningxrosex.livejournal.com

I first noticed "caboose" in the lyrics, then started paying more attention. I could never tell if he actually said "the breasts they grow on trees" but that's sure what it sounded like, and the timing of the woman showing up then just added to it. So yeah, I've noticed it and it's pretty sick. I don't buy Burger King anyway being vegetarian and all, but if I were a meat-eater, it's enough for me to not want to buy their stuff.

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leora.livejournal.com

People underestimate the power of a bad commercial. I'm still boycotting Old Navy, and it's been years. I don't think it was even in this millenium. But their commercials were just that bad.

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Their commercials still are bad, far as I'm concerned. I've been boycotting Old Navy for years, too.

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deceptica

Very true. I'm still annoyed with one of our banks here because of their commercial in which a woman had a loud orgasm every time someone told her about her stock options, even though they stopped showing that one years ago. And I don't like a certain shoe chain either because of all their damn oversexed commercials - yeah, lesbians french-kissing have so much to do with shoes.

(By the way, remembering the examples above, I don't find this particular commercial that bad in comparison. ;-))

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sunnydecho.livejournal.com

I can't stand that commercial. Every time it comes on I want to chuck the remote at the tv.

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pehanoie.livejournal.com

Dang, I never notice that commercial. You know, certain things are background music, and that is definately background.

If it comes on tonight though, I think I'll have to watch it. Because you put those thoughts in my mind.

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I think it's hilarous.

I don't see the scay init.

o_O, scary?

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conuly

So, you don't think that using sexy women to sell food on TV is... inappropriate? For anywhere but hooters?

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it may be, but I'm seeing the o__O ness more than that.

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I really didn't get that from it. Like

lakidaa I thought it was funny rather than scary or sexual. Then again, I don't focus on the attractive women in the commercial; I giggle at the randomness of it all, like the blocks of cheese for bricks and the King (which means I'm apparently the only person in the world who thinks he's funny/cute rather than creepy since I thought he was hilarious in the older "wake up in bed with the King" commercial).

Whenever I see the commercial, it's usually when I'm watching TV with Mom. Although she doesn't think it's funny, she doesn't find it to be overly sexual either. She just thinks it's a little too weird and/or creepy. So I hadn't really thought of the supposed "using sexy women to sell food" angle of the commercial until now. Besides all the women being attractive and most of them being in short skirts/shorts, what really makes the women stand out as being "too sexy" or just in there to get horny guys to buy the sandwich? I guess the dressing does sort of look like semen (though the thought of that just makes it even funnier to me rather than outrageous), but all the other women seem to be in innocent situations. *shrug*

And it's not like this is the only food commercial ever to feature sexy women. Remember the old 3-D Doritos commercial with Ali Landry at the laundromat? I'm not trying to justify food commercials using attractive women by saying it's fine just because it's been done before, but why single this one out? Another recent food commercial with good-looking women is the TGI Friday's one where the men are more interested in the food than the women, so it's not even as if this is the only food commercial on right now with sexy women.

I'm just sort of curious as to how this commercial is particularly inappropriate, as, mihi, it doesn't even really focus much on the attractive women in it and seems totally tongue-in-cheek. :/

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conuly

We've got boobybabe during the line "the breasts they grow on trees" and the sexy women on a trainthing during the "train of women coming with a nice caboose" line - how doesn't that hit you as sexual? And the line about dallas cheerleaders giving you a shave...

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Eh, guess I wasn't listening to the lyrics! I really hadn't noticed any of those lines, though I didn't understand half the lyrics coming from Hootie in the first place. (Maybe it's just me, but he sort of mumbles through most of the song.) I still find it pretty funny, though that's more for the surreal images than the song. :P

You're the first person I've heard mention it who brought up the sexual lyrics. No one in my family that I've seen the commercial with mentioned it; they just thought it was weird. I remember reading a short blurb about it in an Entertainment Weekly from a few weeks ago (mainly about the "What?!" factor of Hootie being in a Burger King commercial) that actually agreed with me in it being funny in its trippiness. Boondocks was more about Hootie, too.

So, really, is it that obvious? Just curious, not trying to say it's a perfectly appropriate commercial since nobody notices the lyrics. Did you catch on when you first saw it? Did any of your family/friends think of the sexy girls and lyrics when they saw it? Have you read any negative articles regarding it? I'm surprised that with how uptight people get about sex on TV nowadays (Nipplegate/Monday Night Football + Desperate Housewives, anyone?) that this isn't all that controversial.

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conuly

I don't know that most of my family has *seen* the commercial. I thought it was pretty obvious, though, and it came up in a few places online.

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*shrug* Maybe it's just my family.

You've gotten me curious, so now I've got to Google this and see what pops up about it. :P

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The chicks with the buckets of ~~semen~~ ranch dressing wig me out.

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Also. You look at skinbag, you love skinbag (http://www.livejournal.com/community/the_profane/34854.html).

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xxrosencrantzxx.livejournal.com

Oh god I hate that commercial. Way to ruin a classic bluegrass song.

Also, nothing rhymes with 'tendercrisp bacon cheddar ranch'.

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Actually, IIRC, Darius Rucker hated to be called "Hootie."

Can't see the video though. Trying to find another link.

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Haha, yes, I remember that too. It's silly of him. Why be the lead singer in a band called Hootie and the Blowfish if you don't want people to think you're Hootie? *shakes head sadly*

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AHA! (http://www.joeytomatoes.com/burgerkingfantasyranch05.htm)

Ya wow, that's a horrible commercial. But, strangely enough, I won't the sandwich and I don't like cheddar or ranch! Wow, does sex really sell that well?

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won't=want

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You can find shorter versions of it here (http://whoyoutalkinat.blog-city.com/). ("Commercial Potential" on the right side of the page.) The 15- and 30-second clips aren't nearly as bad as the full version, and they're the ones that are played on TV more often. In fact, I don't think I've seen the 60-second one ever, and I've seen the commercial quite a few times.

So, really, sex wouldn't sell that well since they don't play the entirely sexed-up version that often! ;)

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xmorningxrosex.livejournal.com

I first noticed "caboose" in the lyrics, then started paying more attention. I could never tell if he actually said "the breasts they grow on trees" but that's sure what it sounded like, and the timing of the woman showing up then just added to it. So yeah, I've noticed it and it's pretty sick. I don't buy Burger King anyway being vegetarian and all, but if I were a meat-eater, it's enough for me to not want to buy their stuff.

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leora.livejournal.com

People underestimate the power of a bad commercial. I'm still boycotting Old Navy, and it's been years. I don't think it was even in this millenium. But their commercials were just that bad.

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