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Burger King: Burgers, Blow Jobs -- What's the Difference?

Posted by Melissa McEwan, Shakesville at 2:47 PM on June 24, 2009.


Burger King has done it again with a new ad that Copyranter describes as "the new leading 'most overtly blow-jobby ad' I've ever seen."
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Burger King, whose adverts have previously featured in this series not once, not twice, not thrice, but four times, has done it again with a new ad that Copyranter describes as "the new leading 'most overtly blow-jobby ad' I've ever seen."


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Fill your desire for something long, juicy and flame-grilled with the NEW BK SUPER SEVEN INCHER. Yearn for more after you taste the mind-blowing burger that comes with a single beef patty, topped with American cheese, crispy onions and the A1 Thick & Hearty Steak Sauce.

It's hard to identify what the best part of this ad is. The appalling lack of subtlety (OPEN MOUTH: INSERT MEAT: HAR HAR!)? The globby mayonnaise suggesting cum? The human woman made up and posed to maximize a resemblance to a blow-up doll? Christ. What a clusterfucktastrophe.

I would argue that BK should be ashamed of themselves, but they clearly lack the capacity.

(H/Ts to Shakers Dave, ReedMe, Kristen from MA, Eudaimonia, and Azzy.)

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Melissa McEwan writes and edits the blog Shakespeare's Sister.


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Despite the lack of political correctness
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Posted by: drfun on Jun 24, 2009 3:38 PM   
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that sandwich sure looks good to me!

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Isn't it obvious?
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Posted by: Xynyx on Jun 24, 2009 5:19 PM   
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Eating Burger King Burgers is apparently like sucking cock.

Have at 'em, guys! Try to get all of it in your mouth!

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Having a dirty mind...
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Posted by: oregoncharles on Jun 24, 2009 11:31 PM   
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is SUCH fun.

You have seen the "king" in the BK ads, haven't you? Someone at BK, &/or its advertising agency, has a very tweaked sense of humor. They haven't been fired, so I suspect it's working for them.

Face it: this stuff is pretty funny.

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Replace The Girl With L.Craig
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Posted by: Razional Thinker on Jun 25, 2009 2:54 AM   
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and watch the republicans scream....

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» Or... Posted by: laoma
» RE: Or... Posted by: Razional Thinker
That's why they call it fast food
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Posted by: weathered on Jun 25, 2009 3:36 AM   
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in and out, come and go.

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Bad taste in their ads ...
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Posted by: taxidriver on Jun 25, 2009 4:50 AM   
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And bad taste in their food ... at least they're consistent.

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fezziwig28
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Posted by: fezziwig28 on Jun 25, 2009 5:18 AM   
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Thanks for a great start to a great day.

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» Terrytom RE: fezziwig28 Posted by: Terrytom
Lighten up, Francis
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Posted by: souffrantfleur on Jun 25, 2009 5:28 AM   
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It's just an ad. Gauche and gross, it is. But give 'em this- BK sure knows their audience.

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There is a BIG difference!
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Posted by: geometeer on Jun 25, 2009 5:31 AM   
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American cheese tastes disgusting.

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There is a BIG difference!
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Posted by: geometeer on Jun 25, 2009 5:31 AM   
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American cheese tastes disgusting.

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Given what this ad is saying...
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Posted by: bobtr900 on Jun 25, 2009 6:06 AM   
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Given the message and the meta message. The GOP and their Religious Right who just worship business should continue to be very happy in their marriage of theology and business.

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BK toilets.
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Posted by: melpol on Jun 25, 2009 6:08 AM   
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The ad is geared at women who love to blow. But it would turn off heterosexual guys. Millions of gay men have been stimulated by the ad and are cruising Burger King toilets.

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Burger King.....
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Posted by: raine1 on Jun 25, 2009 6:12 AM   
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No woman would EVER eat one of those things...this is guy food. Hence the ad is very funny, even though repulsive. Heck THE SANDWICH is repulsive. Garf! Mayo, a ton of bacon, ground beef and only the King knows what else, coupled with about a zillion calories. Good luck on this one.

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» RE: Burger King..... Posted by: terzip
Now, instead of calling it "fast food"
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Posted by: AMERICAN VETERAN on Jun 25, 2009 6:13 AM   
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call it "quickie food".

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You disappoint me, Ms. McEwan.
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Posted by: Moore Hognutz on Jun 25, 2009 6:13 AM   
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I thought you had bigger fish to fry.

The use of sex in advertising is not news. That story broke some sixty years ago. Or perhaps earlier. (The White Rock girl?)

And Americans are not exactly legendary for having 'good taste.' (Do a wardrobe check at your next Repblican rally.... Where to those darlings shop?)

You're better than this. Take a cold shower, get dressed, go out in the world, and see what's actually happening. I'm sure you'll find something to write about.

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burgers, blow jobs-- what's the difference?
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Posted by: gallery on Jun 25, 2009 7:08 AM   
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A blow job never made me go screaming to the terlit to drop a deuce two minutes after having one.

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What do you expect from a company that offers meat scented perfume?
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Posted by: DCostello2 on Jun 25, 2009 7:46 AM   
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Just slap on some ode de Whopper, ladies and watch the men come running. Seriously, there is a BK meat scented perfume.

And for you guys, the new chocolate body spray because all women love a bite of chocolate, especially during that time of month.

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Make up your mind, Alternet
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Posted by: ssdd on Jun 25, 2009 8:01 AM   
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"We need to be more liberated when it comes to sex!"

"This advert is sexually suggestive! How crude!"

Ya can't have it both ways.

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So...
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Posted by: mtatasmith on Jun 25, 2009 8:30 AM   
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Burger King SUCKS...what's new?

Eat more veg.

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Disguested at comments
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Posted by: geming on Jun 25, 2009 9:20 AM   
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The comments themselves illustrate how the f*ck an ad like can even exist today. Shame on you for some of the "It's just a joke", toilet comments, heterosexist and plain stupid comments up here

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It all makes sense now....
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Posted by: Voicedude on Jun 25, 2009 9:31 AM   
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I used to joke that Burger King's ad men (or should I say 'ad boys'?)
used to do Carl's Jr.'s overtly stoner and/or lascivious ads.
Then someone told me it was true.

It all makes sense now....

Most TV ads are now written for and by college aged slackers.
So we shouldn't be surpised really....

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This will always be.....
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Posted by: Fencerider on Jun 25, 2009 9:35 AM   
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Burger Kings' pinnacle in advertising:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cffi7vkQZcI

Talk about innuendo!

"The breasts they grow on trees"

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The ad is hilarious! I love it...but,
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Posted by: jimidee on Jun 25, 2009 9:38 AM   
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when I make light of these same things with my little homespun humorous stories, they seem to evoke the terms "vile" and "disgusting" from some...and I just recently had a post removed because it didn't meet the standards! REALLY!!! I think that some folks on Alt have a real problem with all things sexual. Unfortunately, some of them are moderators...

Lighten up Puritans! We do not all wear huge buckles on our brains. Sex is funny.

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Whine
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Posted by: cdmsr on Jun 25, 2009 9:39 AM   
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I like BK's food (best fast food burgers on the market) and I like the ad (it does its job -- witness your free dissemination [Beavis & Butthead: heh-heh-heh] thereof) and I have no sympathy for people who whine about such things as though they assume the public totally lacks judgement or discernmnet.

Get a life.

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» RE: Whine Posted by: luzmejor
Hilarious
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Posted by: bettyn on Jun 25, 2009 9:47 AM   
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but I'm about to have a heart attack just looking at that sandwich. Grease, fat, and utter grossness.

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Dude...
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Posted by: Pirate1 on Jun 25, 2009 11:21 AM   
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What you see here is ultimately more about you than anything else. I mean, you see what you want to see, what you're looking for, are obsessed with, etc. Having said that, it's not hard to imagine some BJ obsessed, male ad execs putting this one together... I'm amazed by how stuck at age 14 so many males are in this country. They're all so Beavis and Buttheed like... "Huh-huh... You said..." There's so much more to sexuality... subtleties I doubt they ever get to be aware of let alone experience... probably because some idiot they respected or feared in their youth told them it wasn't "manly" or something.

Personally I've never had a BJ that could compare to genuine flagrante with a woman who really wanted me... Most women give men BJs because they aren't really into being with them all the way... it ends the bleating and pleading and pressure for sex for a while and gives them some time to regroup, get some sleep or to slip away. Taking all our cues from outside sources (churches, laws) that define what is "normal" has reduced what should be one of the high points of being alive for both genders into boring mediocrity for the most part or some loathsome "duty" that's part of a contract.

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sex sells
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Posted by: xmvince on Jun 25, 2009 11:30 AM   
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sex sells and in this economy, businesses NEED to sell

I hate fast food and I haven't been to a burger king in about 5-6 years but after seeing this ad, I might stop by :)

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Whatever sells seven-inch sandwiches...
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Posted by: Cooltruth on Jun 25, 2009 12:56 PM   
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We already know Burger King blows. They didn't have to rub it in with their gross ad. (a seven incher indeed!)

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Reminds of the ole Taco Bell Run for the Border ads...
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Posted by: DaBear on Jun 25, 2009 10:50 PM   
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lots o' sauce lickin' in the back seats o' automobiles there....

good naughty fun. Thankfully the "food" product they sell ain't worth the money, but the ads are salacious fun.

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Burger king maddness
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Posted by: thearmadillo on Jun 26, 2009 4:06 AM   
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A ARMADILLO LOOKS AT THE INGREDENTS OF BAD TASTE AND MEDIOCRE BRAINS

WHICH IS BUT ANOTHER SAMPLE OF
A CULTURE OF EDUCATED FOOLS

Burger king maddness

These non-think bad taste show their lack of talent and there corporate committee ad and marketing refugees for the school of the brain dead.

They have created the ultimate in mediocre communication of why we should eat spoiled food with enough salt, sugar and reconstituted ingredients to make even a cockroach sick.

I say like all bad food put "it/them" in the tolit and flush it.

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» The preferred nomenclature... Posted by: Moore Hognutz
Perfect emblem
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Posted by: Zeugitai on Jun 26, 2009 2:22 PM   
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The ad is another perfect emblem of American culture.

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