Those commercials are weird, and I'm frightened! Am I the only one?
2007-03-28 05:53:42 · 25 answers · asked by ? 2 in Dining Out ➔ Fast Food
No....he is a weird freak. That would explain why we don't see Ronald McDonald and KFC's Colonel Sanders around often. He scared them off.
2007-03-28 06:03:05 · answer #1 · answered by TDK 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I haven't been back to BK since those commercials came out. I can't believe that anyone thought that was a good idea. Creepy doesn't even begin to cover it. That guy is weird with a beard!
BTW: In reply to airhead -
Burger King's first restaurant, originally called Insta Burger King, was opened on December 4, 1954 in a suburb of Miami, Florida, USA by James McLamore and David Edgerton, who were both alumni of the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration. McLamore had visited the hamburger stand belonging to Dick and Mac McDonald in San Bernardino, California; being able to sense potential in their innovative assembly line-based production system, he decided to create a version of his own.
Coincidentally, the McDonald Brothers's milkshake machine was sold to them by Ray Kroc, who later bought the McDonald's restaurant chain from them and oversaw its worldwide expansion.
In 1967, Burger King was bought by Pillsbury, which was bought by Grand Metropolitan PLC of Britain in 1988.
In 1989, the Burger King brand acquired many locations of its major UK rival Wimpy when its parent company bought the brand from its previous owner United Biscuits and re-branded them as "Burger King", giving it an even greater presence in that country. While other "Wimpy" locations are still trading today (now independent from BK) they no longer have the presence they once did (the market is now dominated by Burger King and the larger McDonald's).
In 1997, Grand Metropolitan merged with Guinness to form a company called Diageo.
On Friday, December 13, 2002, Burger King was purchased from Diageo for $1.5 (US) billion by a private equity group headed by Stanley Foster and the investment firm Texas Pacific Group. The company planned to go public within the next two years, though this was delayed until 2006. The new owners, through several new CEOs, revitalized the company; they realized about $367 million of the dividends.
On February 1, 2006, CEO Greg Brenneman announced TPG's plans to turn Burger King into a publicly traded company by issuing an Initial Public Offering. On February 16, the company announced it had filed its registration for the IPO with the Securities and Exchange Commission. On May 18, 2006, Burger King began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol BKC.
Franchisor Background
Established: 1954
First Franchise: 1961
Franchise Units: 9913
Company-Owned Units: 1228
Total Units: 11141
Distribution:
North America -- Operations in 50 States, 9 Provinces
Units Owned by Minorities:
African-American: 227
Hispanic: 308
Asian-American: 174
Native American: 36
Other: 361
2007-03-28 09:27:54 · answer #2 · answered by Wally T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope,you are not the only one who thinks that the Burger King guy is scary! Personally,I think he is a creepy looking,psychotic freak,EEEKKK!! :-( Burger King needs to come up with a better looking king,because this one looks like a possessed clown!!
2007-03-28 08:03:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the nut is very creepy. But that is very understandable, considering the management of Burger King is made up from a all black group. Burger King is owned and runned by blacks. I don't go there to eat. Can't stand the place, or the food.
2007-03-28 09:15:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I hate the commercials with the King! It's so weird, because every guy I know loves them, and thinks they are hysterical. Girls think the guy is creepy! LOL
2007-03-28 07:35:32 · answer #5 · answered by ShouldBeWorking 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't understand that's dumber ... The pervert, peeping Tom Burger King guy who's in mattress with human beings whilst they awaken or who peeps in direction of the window ... or the Huckin' poultry, who does extreme activities and rides a rodeo bronc jointly as Darius of Hootie and the Blowfish sings. they are the two distinctly frightening.
2016-11-24 19:32:16 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes he is he he has a weird face and he dresses weird abd burger king needs to find a new mascot you should mention that next time you go there
2007-03-28 06:34:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think he's creepy and funny! The commercials just keep getting stranger! They even made xbox games with him in it! LOL STRANGE!
2007-03-28 06:11:07 · answer #8 · answered by Hermione 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no he is scary as hell, with his huge head and mustach. He gives off the same kind of scariness as a clown...It shouldn't be scary but it is. Its like he's creepy
2007-03-28 06:45:38 · answer #9 · answered by yougood 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hate all of the commersials. They are WAY TOO weird and that guy is just totally beyond creepy!!!
2007-03-28 06:04:46 · answer #10 · answered by KD 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋