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Friday, June 05, 2015

Burger King’s Fantastically Creepy King Mascot Is Back

Have you been counting the days until Burger King’s terribly creepy “King” mascot re-appeared in the brand’s ads? It seems unlikely that any potential customers missed the King, and he’s possibly been slumming behind the counter of a Taco Bell since his spots stopped airing in 2011. Here’s your warning: the King is coming back to your television. Sorry.

Our readers declared the perpetually smiling, plastic-faced King to be the second creepiest fast food mascot of all time in a poll just over a year ago so maybe it was us who guaranteed his return. Bringing back the King doesn’t just mean he quits working for other fast-food joints: it means that his re-appearance earns the chain free publicity from sites like…well, Consumerist. We’ll probably even embed the YouTube version of the 15-second ad, earning them free views.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

They got nothing as popular as him other commercials stink.

Anonymous said...

The pre King BK country music commercials were as bad as it gets.I'll bet Darius Rucker is ashamed of them.He was in all of them.I'll take the King running for a touchdown over all of them.

Anonymous said...

I still have one of the bobble heads of him that I got in a kid's meal long ago. I have no idea as to why I saved it.