BenFor those of you not terminally online, I bring you news of an escalating hamburger CEO war, which started with the CEO of McDonald's doing a video that went viral of him eating their new burger, which he called 'product', took a tiny nibble of and appeared not to enjoy it. The the King (Burger King) got involved and did a similar video where the CEO took a hearty bite out of one of their Whoppers. I regret to inform you that (sir this is a) Wendy's CEO has now got involved and done a video of him demolishing a burger then dipping fries in milkshake and consuming with gusto. What is next? John Eckbert, the CEO of 5 guys Meg Ryan When Harry Met Sally orgasming over their premium burger? The KFC Colonel doing a Man Vs Food with whatever it is they sell in those buckets? Calm down, CEOs. We know you eat alfalfa and sleep in bacta tanks - stop trying to human.
Oh no it really is snowballing. Some company called A&W is now also in on the action and it is..... not good. I would advise this person against making this video from a PR perspective. Telling everyone that the star of the show is the lettuce which is green and then going on about teen sauce. This has got to be a joke, no?
@IanAMartin HAS MOVED!@TheBreadmonkey They guy in the advert is the longtime spokesman for the Canadian A&W Restaurants’ TV adverts. This is an actual fast food outlet that exists in both the USA and Canada. A&W is famous for its root beer, as well as its burgers. For decades (like, right after WWII) the have sold burgers of various sizes and named based on family members. Papa, Mama, and Baby hamburgers; plus, yes, the Teen Burger. That one has bacon. Papa has two patties of hamburger and the Mama has something different; who cares?
“The Teen Burger; get it while you can” is… well… inappropriate in today’s news cycle, but I can think of ways they could make it worse than this already shows.
“Get a Teen Burger for yourself, but don’t tell anyone!”
“Grab a Teen Burger today! There’s no guilt!”
“Give into your craving for a Teen Burger today! You deserve it!”
And so on.
‘Thank God it wasn’t worse than it was’ is what I’m saying here.
David Cohen@IanAMartin @TheBreadmonkey I love their root beer. Had no idea they did burgers.
@davidbcohen @TheBreadmonkey Fries! Onion rings! Floats! Deep fried zucchini! More!