Comments on: The Whopper Freakout = Genius http://www.sogoodblog.com/2007/12/10/the-whopper-freakout-genius/ An absurd look at the world of food Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:56:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Whopper Freakout : EveryJoe - Sports News – Tech Reviews – Entertainment – Life Tips for EveryJoe http://www.sogoodblog.com/2007/12/10/the-whopper-freakout-genius/comment-page-2/#comment-19719 Whopper Freakout : EveryJoe - Sports News – Tech Reviews – Entertainment – Life Tips for EveryJoe Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:12:32 +0000 http://www.sogoodblog.com/2007/12/10/the-whopper-freakout-genius/#comment-19719 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] the customers and recording their Whopper Freakout. According to the comment on this post from the So Good blog, they were offering $10 vouchers if the customers signed release forms to appear in the film. At [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] the customers and recording their Whopper Freakout. According to the comment on this post from the So Good blog, they were offering $10 vouchers if the customers signed release forms to appear in the film. At [...]

]]> By: Whopper Virgins: Spare Me Your Outrage | So Good http://www.sogoodblog.com/2007/12/10/the-whopper-freakout-genius/comment-page-2/#comment-8902 Whopper Virgins: Spare Me Your Outrage | So Good Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:10:29 +0000 http://www.sogoodblog.com/2007/12/10/the-whopper-freakout-genius/#comment-8902 [...] so well for them with the highly succesful Whopper Freakout campaign, which I praised as “genius” when it was first [...] [...] so well for them with the highly succesful Whopper Freakout campaign, which I praised as “genius” when it was first [...]

]]> By: Courtney http://www.sogoodblog.com/2007/12/10/the-whopper-freakout-genius/comment-page-2/#comment-5231 Courtney Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:52:49 +0000 http://www.sogoodblog.com/2007/12/10/the-whopper-freakout-genius/#comment-5231 Everyone needs to chill out. This commercial, was, in my opinion, Genius. You can tell that the customers were in good humor about it after they were told it was a joke.. I mean, honestly, do you really think there are people lying at home with there knees drawn up to their chin rocking back in forth thinking "I...need...whopper..." No. They found out it was a joke and laughed. It was funny! Even if some of the employee's were actors, they never said the employee's were real.. they said the customers were. Not alot of people have an amazing acting ability. This commerical made me laugh and actually made me start wanting to go to burger king all the time instead of McDonalds or A&W Cause' It makes me think they all have a good sense of humor and All in all, it was a brilliant marketing campaign... just the other day one of my friends said He had to go to burger king, (Which is a 30 minute drive from where he lives,) Just because he was craving a whopper for the commercial. Brilliant! Good job BK! Everyone needs to chill out.
This commercial, was, in my opinion, Genius. You can tell that the customers were in good humor about it after they were told it was a joke.. I mean, honestly, do you really think there are people lying at home with there knees drawn up to their chin rocking back in forth thinking “I…need…whopper…” No. They found out it was a joke and laughed. It was funny! Even if some of the employee’s were actors, they never said the employee’s were real.. they said the customers were. Not alot of people have an amazing acting ability. This commerical made me laugh and actually made me start wanting to go to burger king all the time instead of McDonalds or A&W Cause’ It makes me think they all have a good sense of humor and All in all, it was a brilliant marketing campaign… just the other day one of my friends said He had to go to burger king, (Which is a 30 minute drive from where he lives,) Just because he was craving a whopper for the commercial.
Brilliant! Good job BK!

]]> By: SilentMusic http://www.sogoodblog.com/2007/12/10/the-whopper-freakout-genius/comment-page-2/#comment-5179 SilentMusic Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:52:32 +0000 http://www.sogoodblog.com/2007/12/10/the-whopper-freakout-genius/#comment-5179 I sure pity the employees who had to go through all that, as if they already don't get dumped on enough, and for minimum wage. I sure pity the employees who had to go through all that, as if they already don’t get dumped on enough, and for minimum wage.

]]> By: S72 http://www.sogoodblog.com/2007/12/10/the-whopper-freakout-genius/comment-page-2/#comment-5085 S72 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:24:30 +0000 http://www.sogoodblog.com/2007/12/10/the-whopper-freakout-genius/#comment-5085 Eick, Thanks for starting the dialogue on this one. I also work in PR and marketing and find all the reactions fascinating! Were the staff actors? I said yes from the first few seconds of the clips. Was the tape edited for best effect - of course! Let's remember, this is entertainment! (my personal fav moment is when they offer the customer an autographed photo of the Whopper - hysterical) It's a commercial, not a scientific study that hoped to prove the Whopper was the best burger on the face of the earth. Love it or hate it, we have a saying ... any PR is good PR! Eick,
Thanks for starting the dialogue on this one. I also work in PR and marketing and find all the reactions fascinating!
Were the staff actors? I said yes from the first few seconds of the clips. Was the tape edited for best effect – of course!
Let’s remember, this is entertainment! (my personal fav moment is when they offer the customer an autographed photo of the Whopper – hysterical) It’s a commercial, not a scientific study that hoped to prove the Whopper was the best burger on the face of the earth.
Love it or hate it, we have a saying … any PR is good PR!

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]]> By: Fake Restaurant is the New Whopper Freakout | So Good http://www.sogoodblog.com/2007/12/10/the-whopper-freakout-genius/comment-page-2/#comment-3155 Fake Restaurant is the New Whopper Freakout | So Good Thu, 22 May 2008 19:51:31 +0000 http://www.sogoodblog.com/2007/12/10/the-whopper-freakout-genius/#comment-3155 [...] tactic in fast food marketing campaigns. First it was the fake discontinuing of the Whopper for Whopper Freakout. Then it was passing your pasta off as high-end pasta from an Italian restaurant for Pizza [...] [...] tactic in fast food marketing campaigns. First it was the fake discontinuing of the Whopper for Whopper Freakout. Then it was passing your pasta off as high-end pasta from an Italian restaurant for Pizza [...]

]]> By: Pizza Hut Pasta Uses the "Whopper Freakout" Angle | So Good http://www.sogoodblog.com/2007/12/10/the-whopper-freakout-genius/comment-page-2/#comment-2497 Pizza Hut Pasta Uses the "Whopper Freakout" Angle | So Good Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:50:50 +0000 http://www.sogoodblog.com/2007/12/10/the-whopper-freakout-genius/#comment-2497 [...] has a new commercial promoting their line of Tuscani pastas. Taking a cue from Burger King’s Whopper Freakout campaign, Pizza Hut is utilizing a variation of the “real person” hidden camera style that made [...] [...] has a new commercial promoting their line of Tuscani pastas. Taking a cue from Burger King’s Whopper Freakout campaign, Pizza Hut is utilizing a variation of the “real person” hidden camera style that made [...]

]]> By: The Results Are In: Whopper Freakout Worked | So Good http://www.sogoodblog.com/2007/12/10/the-whopper-freakout-genius/comment-page-2/#comment-1527 The Results Are In: Whopper Freakout Worked | So Good Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:14:53 +0000 http://www.sogoodblog.com/2007/12/10/the-whopper-freakout-genius/#comment-1527 [...] readers of So Good know that I was one of the first bloggers to post about the Whopper Freakout campaign, praising it as “genius.” In early January, I conducted an analysis of the Whopper [...] [...] readers of So Good know that I was one of the first bloggers to post about the Whopper Freakout campaign, praising it as “genius.” In early January, I conducted an analysis of the Whopper [...]

]]> By: Joyce - MyBlogLog http://www.sogoodblog.com/2007/12/10/the-whopper-freakout-genius/comment-page-2/#comment-1384 Joyce - MyBlogLog Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:49:59 +0000 http://www.sogoodblog.com/2007/12/10/the-whopper-freakout-genius/#comment-1384 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] The Whopper Freakout = Genius (sogoodblog.com) ? [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] The Whopper Freakout = Genius (sogoodblog.com) ? [...]

]]> By: James http://www.sogoodblog.com/2007/12/10/the-whopper-freakout-genius/comment-page-2/#comment-1338 James Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:46:51 +0000 http://www.sogoodblog.com/2007/12/10/the-whopper-freakout-genius/#comment-1338 I believe it is the stupidest idea ever to conceive. Are you telling me that our society is infested with such slacked jaw hicks (as we can see in the commercials) that are soooo devoted to the whopper that they couldn't eat a burger from another fast food joint? Ridiculous. And they're not the same couch potatoes who watch 100 hours of television a week and not notice the "manager" is a friggin actor I've seen in other commercials?? Obviously, Burger King took the ten people who actually freaked out, and not the 5500 people who said, "Fuck it, I'll go to Carl's Jr." I believe it is the stupidest idea ever to conceive. Are you telling me that our society is infested with such slacked jaw hicks (as we can see in the commercials) that are soooo devoted to the whopper that they couldn’t eat a burger from another fast food joint? Ridiculous. And they’re not the same couch potatoes who watch 100 hours of television a week and not notice the “manager” is a friggin actor I’ve seen in other commercials?? Obviously, Burger King took the ten people who actually freaked out, and not the 5500 people who said, “Fuck it, I’ll go to Carl’s Jr.”

]]> By: Noah http://www.sogoodblog.com/2007/12/10/the-whopper-freakout-genius/comment-page-2/#comment-1321 Noah Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:42:29 +0000 http://www.sogoodblog.com/2007/12/10/the-whopper-freakout-genius/#comment-1321 I agree that it is a great marketing campaign, but I started losing interest in Burger King when they brought back the italian chicken sandwich and then promptly took it away because it just "limited time only"... I remember getting into arguments with the managers of various bks because I love that sandwich. I honestly could care less for the whopper... In closing, I would have been one of the people that would've been happy to score a big mac instead of a whopper. I agree that it is a great marketing campaign, but I started losing interest in Burger King when they brought back the italian chicken sandwich and then promptly took it away because it just “limited time only”…

I remember getting into arguments with the managers of various bks because I love that sandwich. I honestly could care less for the whopper…

In closing, I would have been one of the people that would’ve been happy to score a big mac instead of a whopper.

]]> By: jonathan http://www.sogoodblog.com/2007/12/10/the-whopper-freakout-genius/comment-page-2/#comment-1292 jonathan Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:57:45 +0000 http://www.sogoodblog.com/2007/12/10/the-whopper-freakout-genius/#comment-1292 just watching the whole skit on the official website makes me want a whopper and i dont even like BK just watching the whole skit on the official website makes me want a whopper and i dont even like BK

]]> By: So Good's Top 6 Posts of 2007 | So Good http://www.sogoodblog.com/2007/12/10/the-whopper-freakout-genius/comment-page-2/#comment-1255 So Good's Top 6 Posts of 2007 | So Good Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:53:53 +0000 http://www.sogoodblog.com/2007/12/10/the-whopper-freakout-genius/#comment-1255 [...] 1. The Whopper Freakout = Genius [...] [...] 1. The Whopper Freakout = Genius [...]

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