Subservient Chickens?

Submitted by platypus matt on May 8, 2004 - 11:05.

What can I say? This has to be the strangest BK advertising campaign in history. The idea is simple--tell this chicken what to do. I tried having him jump, dance, and hit himself with a pillow. The possibilities are endless.

Is it just me, or is this truly a bizarre marketing campaign?

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Time Travel

Submitted by mre on May 11, 2004 - 01:02.

Is it just me, or are we an entire month behind the zeitgeist?

Try these. My favorite: "Taco Bell".

And, by the way, while Burger King has reserved both domains: "subservient" is spelled with an 'e'.

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Thanks

Submitted by platypus matt on May 11, 2004 - 08:17.

Wow, thanks. So glad to have somebody actually acknowledge one of my posts! I'll definately make more speling errors from now on. :-)

DVE

Submitted by mre on May 11, 2004 - 11:33.

Well, DVE does it too, so you're in fine company. Some of my favorites: "cabbage patch", "throw pillow", and "you're scaring me". :)

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Speak for yourself...

Submitted by Clancy on May 11, 2004 - 14:22.

I read about the subservient chicken when it came out in Wired. :) And you're not error-free yourself, mre. I had to go in and fix your href tag in your link to xeni's site; you were missing a ". :P

CultureCat

Thanks!

Submitted by mre on May 12, 2004 - 20:00.

Always happy to have what I write corrected or argued with, especially when I learn from it. Which makes me say: not quite sure what you meant with the Wired reference?

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Look at the date

Submitted by Clancy on May 15, 2004 - 15:50.

You asked if we're an entire month behind the zeitgeist. Look at the date of the article in Wired: 14 April 2004. That's when I first learned of the subservient chicken. My point is, *I* am not behind the zeitgeist. :)

CultureCat

Re: The Date

Submitted by mre on May 17, 2004 - 20:56.

OK, I know it's totally dorky of me, but if we're gonna go there, you know I can't resist a date-based challenge: the BoingBoing post linked in my original response has a date of 4/8, and the MeFi is 4/7. Boo-yaa! :)

Now, if you'll excuse me, I think I've just served as living proof of the offensive cautionary axiom about internet argumentation and the Special Olympics.

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