Whopper Virgins Do It At Hotels
Poor Burger King. Their garbage food is so delicious but they are never going to win. Their war on McDonald's is like Pepsi taking on Coke. Literally. There's obviously not a joke there, it's just the same thing. In each instance the second tier corporation with the smaller market share tries to put an end to the dominating corporation's controlling stake in the industry. But to no avail. Which is why Burger King can trot out its clever Subservient Chickens and it's Improv Everywhere Missions and still get totally demolished by a stock photo baby with golden arches for eyes and the words "I'm Lovin' It" coming out of its butt.
Now, in their latest round of trying to be the Justin Long to McDonald's John Hodgman, Burger King is trotting out a new series called Whopper Virgins, in which foreigners have been stolen from the remotest regions of the world, packed into slave helicopters, and shipped to some Hyatt Regency ballroom somewhere, for the "ultimate taste test" against the Big Mac. The campaign hasn't even launched yet, and it's already come under heavy criticism by the Xenophobic Asshole Police who hate when people or enterprises are Xenophobic Assholes. Come on, guys, don't you realize exploiting other people's native culture is just a funny way to sell more industrially produced garbage food? Burger King is literally made out of garbage. It's wonderful.
A couple ads preparing people for the ads have leaked to the internet. I've posted them after the jump. That's a thing now. There are ads to promote ads. ))<>((.
I'm actually pretty sure that first one was filmed in the exact same village as Borat, and we all know how well that turned out. Oh well, that's what you get when you make Jimmy Kimmel the VP of the North American Marketing Division.
Posted by Gabe at 4:15 PM in Free Advertising
Tags: Burger King | McDonald's | Xenophobia
))<>((. Forever.
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Two things are wrong here, 1) the Xenophobic Asshole thing they are doing and 2) comparing a Whopper to a Big Mac is a little unfair. Cause the Big Mac Special Thousand Island Sauce is an acquired taste, and can be a little off-putting at first try.
Better to compare the Whopper to a Quarter Pounder, and also to scratch the whole X.A. thing.
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Man has everyone gone mad. BK is just trying to pick an unfair fight. If their really all that great why don't they try the Big'N'Tasty which is literally the exact same thing as the whopper. Every thing the whopper has so does the bign tasty. Thats why it's a relatively new arrival at McDonalds.
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they don't have a word for burger?!? IDIOTS!
isn't this kind of like comparing garbage and more garbage.
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They actually have started airing these commercials...at least during football games... I've definitely seen the second one and definitely had a WTF moment over it.
Considering they have "never tasted a hamburger" what if they decide they actually just straight up hate the taste of a burger - any burger. What then? Does the question become - what do you hate *less*?! Worst product pitch ever!
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burger king to natives:
"i'm going to break your burger-hymen"
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Wonder if they're going to do this taste contest in any of those countries where it's a sin to eat beef?
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technically speaking aren't they also BigMac Virgins? I think Burger Virgins is the politically correct terminology.
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They might be assholes, but there is nothing xenophobic about it. They do not appear to have any fear of these foreign cultures, rational or irrational. Maybe these people will enjoy a delicious burger and engage in a positive cultural exchange with an American corporate marketing department.
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Sorry about the double post. I had a typo.
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They might be assholes, but there is nothing xenophopic about it. They do not appear to have any fear of these foreign cultures, rational or irrational. Maybe these people will enjoy a delicious burger and engage in a positive cultural exchange with an American corporate marketing department.
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Those ads have been airing for at least a week. You big city slickers and your lives full of things to do besides watch TV!
We had a disagreement about them being fake. I'm pretty sure BK did not shell out the money to actually find these remote villages, fly people there to get people to fly back to the States, and film these stupid commercials.
Plus, if they were real, all the people would say the same thing about all the burgers: disgusting. It's nasty to people who's palates aren't accustomed to the bland non-food that is fast food.
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I didn't know there were that many places in this world that didn't have a McDonald's on the damn corner.
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Just to clarify: the ads in which the RESULTS of the Whopper Virgins Taste Test are released are the ads that have not been aired yet. These ads (above) preparing you for the ads, however, have been airing, as many commenters have been pointing out, for some time. Thus their availability on the internet, which is why we're even having this discussion, etc.
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I love how the site is like "this experiment was conducted by independent third party researchers" when the experiment is called Whopper Virgins.
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To be fair I;m completely on the site of McDonalds. I like the food they cook much more than that of Burger King. BK will never win this war. It's a foolish idea to do the "ultimate taste test" against the Big Mac. I'm loving it!
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Nah man Burger King whopper is the best! Nothing can touch it I find Mcdonalds burger very sloppy and greasy
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They both are poising people with their fatty calorie saturated food, BurgerKing must focus more on low calorie health food and spotlight the Mcdonals's unhealthy meals and they will win.
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