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January 13, 2010 3:13 PM   Subscribe



 
Bad dreams for me tonight. Thanks.
posted by white_devil at 3:19 PM on January 13, 2010 [2 favorites]


They should have ended up at Domino's at the end.
posted by Liquidwolf at 3:21 PM on January 13, 2010


Flagged for, uh, ewww?
posted by mdonley at 3:21 PM on January 13, 2010


Truly you are the king... of burgers.
posted by boo_radley at 3:26 PM on January 13, 2010


Well, they're not going to get sued, are they?
posted by metaxa at 3:27 PM on January 13, 2010


hmm hadn't thought about that
tag added
posted by tehloki at 3:33 PM on January 13, 2010 [1 favorite]


I can confirm that it was, as advertised, a rather silly music video.
posted by Jofus at 3:34 PM on January 13, 2010 [1 favorite]


This is spectacular.
posted by bigmusic at 3:41 PM on January 13, 2010


A small boy was lost at the fast food court of a large shopping mall. He approached a uniformed policeman and said, "I've lost my grandpa."

The cop asked, "What's he like?"

The little boy replied, "Jack Daniels and big boobs."
posted by netbros at 3:41 PM on January 13, 2010 [11 favorites]


Pizza would have been a good non sequitur, but the figureheads end up at the small franchise Carney's.
posted by Monstrous Moonshine at 3:55 PM on January 13, 2010


Was the male stripper with Pippy Longstocking braids Nick Swardson? (Of Reno 911 Terry the gay roller skater fame.)

Actually I decided to Google it while I was previewing. It appears the answer to my question is yes.
posted by Babblesort at 3:58 PM on January 13, 2010


Wow - about three quarters of the way through the video, I noticed that one of the people was dressed as Ronald McDonald. I did not notice that the others were other fast food icons until reading the comments here.

I don't know whether to feel stupid or happy. Or both, I guess.
posted by Flunkie at 3:59 PM on January 13, 2010


I've discovered that once you just accept the feeling stupid it's much easier to get on with the feeling happy.
posted by Babblesort at 4:01 PM on January 13, 2010 [2 favorites]


I don't even OWN a cheeseburger, man
posted by tehloki at 4:01 PM on January 13, 2010 [1 favorite]


For the record, I thought the Burger King was Jesus, and I had no idea what the hell the Jack in the Box was. For all of them, I thought they were just people dressed in unrelated random costumes; Ronald happened to be one of those costumes.
posted by Flunkie at 4:02 PM on January 13, 2010


Porn star Amia Moretti (aka Amia Miley) appears at 2:40.
posted by Crotalus at 4:13 PM on January 13, 2010


So, basically it's a tame version of this combined with the overdone gag of commercial mascots in putatively subversive contexts.
posted by oddman at 4:20 PM on January 13, 2010 [1 favorite]


That's Wendy, not Pippy Longstocking.

This was awesome.
posted by chairface at 4:28 PM on January 13, 2010


what a great metaphor for american corporate capitalism
posted by Jon_Evil at 4:35 PM on January 13, 2010


(i'm only half-joking)
posted by Jon_Evil at 4:37 PM on January 13, 2010 [2 favorites]


So, basically it's a tame version of this combined with the overdone gag of commercial mascots in putatively subversive contexts.

The thing is the "Smack my bitch up" video as kind of become a trope. You see a lot of videos like that now. I thought that was a sendup of that overdone trope.
posted by delmoi at 5:53 PM on January 13, 2010


the figureheads end up at the small franchise Carney's.

Wow. Carney's may or may not have "probably the best hamburgers and hot dogs ... in the world!", but they for sure have probably the worst web site in the world. Sweet Jeebus in a Waffle House, that's painful to look at!
posted by fairywench at 6:49 PM on January 13, 2010 [1 favorite]


In case you feel like returning to your comfy womb of innocence, also via corporate mascots.

The large "bee" on the right is a mascot for Jollibee, the biggest fast food chain in the Philippines; the chicken is from KFC.
posted by ropeladder at 6:58 PM on January 13, 2010


Nick Swardson as stripper wendy was the best part. the song was really good but the video was just "eh".
posted by djduckie at 7:05 PM on January 13, 2010


I got high just watching that.
posted by clarknova at 7:09 PM on January 13, 2010


Lazy. If you're going to pick American corporate culture as a target (worthy as it is), you'll need to come up with a more interesting angle than this. Having said that, if this was shot on one of the new Canon or Nikon SLR's, hats off to the cinematography.
posted by tighttrousers at 8:33 PM on January 13, 2010


This was epic on so many levels I don't know where to begin.
Perhaps I'll begin by stating that I would like another one, this time with extra "cheese."
posted by Quasimike at 10:37 PM on January 13, 2010


Having said that, if this was shot on one of the new Canon or Nikon SLR's, hats off to the cinematography.

From the discussion on Vimeo:

RED w/ Hawk Anamorphics
posted by Muddler at 11:22 PM on January 13, 2010


It is kind of silly.

But this is 110% commitment to silliness.
posted by louche mustachio at 3:29 AM on January 14, 2010 [3 favorites]


im lovin it
posted by Potomac Avenue at 7:18 AM on January 14, 2010


Oh, Wendy, where did you go wrong?
posted by Evilspork at 3:48 PM on January 14, 2010


Kind of lost its potential at one point, but I liked it.
posted by Durn Bronzefist at 5:08 PM on January 14, 2010


That... that girl giving The Colonel a lapdance is in a chicken outfit!
posted by Durn Bronzefist at 7:30 PM on January 14, 2010


Wow, really stupid.
But ya, the footage looks great. What are those RED cameras, like 100 grand or something?
posted by chococat at 9:15 AM on January 15, 2010


Goddamn. I'm still watching this thing. I'm hooked.
posted by Durn Bronzefist at 9:21 PM on January 26, 2010


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