Does that vomit (pseudo cheese) they put in burgers count as a deadly cheese?
The Hammurderer is quickly becoming regarded as the worst-received advertising mascot since Kool-Aid's 1989 discontinuation of "The Grapist," a huge purple monster who sodomizes thirsty children.
Bowing to outcry from consumers and parents groups, the McDonald's Corporation announced Monday that it is discontinuing its new advertising mascot, "The Hammurderer," a mischievous, homicidal imp who kills McDonaldland characters and takes their sandwiches. Developed by Chicago advertising agency DDB Needham, the Hammurderer made his debut two months ago and has since appeared in a series of Saturday-morning television commercials, as well as on Happy Meal bags and activity placemats. All appearances by and references to the violent, ill-tempered prison escapee will be dropped. "Over the years, McDonald's has successfully introduced a number of new characters whose defining characteristic is a certain measure of comical, criminal intent," said Andrew Perlich, McDonald's vice-president of promotions. "Such shady characters as The Hamburglar, The Goblins, and the bloodthirsty pirate Captain Crook have all fit nicely into the McDonald's advertising universe. We had every reason to believe that the Hammurderer, with his long rap sheet of burger-related crimes and his signature cry of 'Stabble Stabble Stabble,' would take his place in this proud lineage of McDonaldland mischief-makers." The Hammurderer's Jan. 11 debut ad—in which he seizes and devours the McDonald's Happy Meal Guys, oblivious to their frantic screams—earned poor marks from parents and child-development experts, who feared the spot might send the message to children that killing is acceptable. Several weeks later, more controversy erupted over the promotional coloring book "Shivved In The McRibs," in which the Hammurderer decapitates Mayor McCheese and eats his head. Responding to widespread public outrage, McDonald's executives defended the coloring book as "not nearly as violent or socially irresponsible as it has been made out to be, given that the Mayor's head is, in fact, a giant and conceivably edible cheeseburger." But the uproar over the latest commercial, in which Birdie The Early Bird is garroted by the Hammurderer and her body tossed in a Dumpster, was vociferous enough to prompt the fast-food giant to pull the plug. "We are sensitive to the concerns of parents and will immediately begin phasing out this character," Perlich said. "Whether we will remove him from commercials without explanation or write him out of the spots with a bloody police standoff, we have yet to decide. But we're confident the Hammurderer will be off the national radar by April." Hammurderer toys and promotional items, which include dolls, T-shirts, ski masks, and spiked bats, have been recalled and are expected to become prized collectibles. This is not the first time a McDonald's character has stirred controversy for its violent nature. In 1982, the company introduced "Shakes McJunkie," an emaciated addict who robbed characters of their possessions, which he then sold to buy McDonald's shakes. He was later reworked as "The Machead," a homeless, wild-eyed Big Mac addict who turned to panhandling and gay prostitution as a means of supporting his severe burger habit.
I really can't see how that advertises burgers. Am I being a bit slow, or what?
If you believe that it was a real advertising mascot, then you are being more than a bit slow
CUNNNNTTTTTTTTTTT!
Hope there aren't any coulrophobes reading this thread.
Quote from: lagerstarfish on June 18, 2008, 01:00:37 pmIs it this that causes you to make the Fiend/Maccy Ds link? Or is it something completely made up by you to annoy the poor chap?It's fucking toss. I very very rarely happen to go to one of the capitalist junk food chains and just because I'm not too much of a fucking snob to admit to it, people keep jumping on that as if that 0.00000000001% of my eating experience is in the slightest bit relevant which it isn't. There's no link there - there's more of a link with me eating foie gras (also mentioned in that thread - no-one jumped on me for that, eh??) or in Michelin starred restaurants because those events although rare happen more often than disreputable junk food chain visits. I have plenty of more amusing, relevant, and actually existing (rather than entirely exaggerated) foibles to mock instead of something so utterly minor I'm surprised anyone even noticed it - as far as self-depreciating humour goes I find stuff that is even vaguely on the mark a lot funnier than something that is almost entirely unrelated to me.
Is it this that causes you to make the Fiend/Maccy Ds link? Or is it something completely made up by you to annoy the poor chap?
85% of females who ate Stilton had some of the most unusual dreams of the whole study. 65% of people eating Cheddar dreamt about celebrities, over 65% of participants eating Red Leicester revisited their schooldays, all female participants who ate British Brie had nice relaxing dreams whereas male participants had cryptic dreams, two thirds of all those who ate Lancashire had a dream about work and over half of Cheshire eaters had a dreamless sleep.
Don't rise to the bait but bully-boy Sharpe will never get bored and leave you alone :patronising smile:
It's fucking toss. I very very rarely happen to go to one of the capitalist junk food chains and just because I'm not too much of a fucking snob to admit to it, people keep jumping on that as if that 0.00000000001% of my eating experience is in the slightest bit relevant which it isn't. There's no link there - there's more of a link with me eating foie gras (also mentioned in that thread - no-one jumped on me for that, eh??) or in Michelin starred restaurants because those events although rare happen more often than disreputable junk food chain visits. I have plenty of more amusing, relevant, and actually existing (rather than entirely exaggerated) foibles to mock instead of something so utterly minor I'm surprised anyone even noticed it - as far as self-depreciating humour goes I find stuff that is even vaguely on the mark a lot funnier than something that is almost entirely unrelated to me.
