BK One-Ups Wendy's with Severed Hand

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Unfortunate timing

Burger King has had so much fortune with its various daring commercials and viral efforts over the past couple years, but its luck ran out when Crispin Porter & Bogusky's newest effort (via Adland) happened to involve a severed hand. Severed hand, you ask? What could possibly go awry with a campaign for a big fast food burger that involved a severed hand? Yeah, now you see it. Wendy's recent fracas involving a chili-dipped severed finger of unknown provenance is currently slamming its marketshare nationwide, and especially on the West Coast, where that's actually considered grody.

by     Apr-22-05   Click to Comment   
Topic: Commercials   

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Dude, it's a prosthetic hand.

Posted by: Johnny Whopper on April 24, 2005 6:20 PM

Dude, prosthetic hand or not, it's still a lame commercial.

Posted by: Mayor McCheese on April 25, 2005 9:49 AM

Dudes, to replace a hand with a prosthetic hand, you need to sever your hand.

- Handburglar

Posted by: Tig Tillinghast on April 25, 2005 10:01 AM

Sheesh. Dudes, Dudes, Dudes... This commercial, and another one airing like it (involving a mouth needing widening to handle the big ol' BK sammich) is done Plastic Surgeon consultation-style - it references elective surgeries like breast augmentation and facelifts, not grevious injuries or cooked digits.

It's not CP+B's best work, but it's still leaps and bounds above the current Micky D's and Wendy's tripe.

Posted by: Ghost of Dave Thomas on April 25, 2005 11:30 AM

What is this, a dude ranch? I think we all get the joke, Ghost of Dave Thomas. It's just weak. Whether it's better than what McDonald's or Wendy's is airing is beside the point.

Posted by: Grimace on April 25, 2005 2:32 PM

poor taste - pun intended.

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