ilikedragons wrote:
If I saw the Burger King guy I'd run. Its creepy.
The Burger King character is actually a resurrection of a character from an advertising campaign they did back in the 1970s when I was a kid. The character was called "The Magic Burger King" and he did magic tricks. It was Burger King's second effort(that I know of) to create a character to compete with Ronald McDonald. Prior to this, they had an animated character called the Burger King in their commercials, and even sold stuffed toys of him at the restaurants. My sister had one and it might be worth quite a bit on Ebay today if she still has it.
I recently learned the actor who portrayed The Magic Burger King in the commercials had previously portrayed Ronald McDonald. They did these commercials for a while, then they disappeared. I find it hard to understand what the current King is supposed to be, mainly because every time I see him, I think of the guy who did magic tricks.
Locally, we have alot of commercials for Jack in the Box and they have a character who looks like a jack in the box clown. You can see him here at
http://www.jackinthebox.com.
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