12.12.08 WHOPPER VIRGINS (THE NON-PORN VERSION)
By now you’ve probably seen that “Whopper Virgins” Burger King commercial about traveling to remote places (Thailand, Greenland, and Romania, to be specific) to do a Whopper vs. Big Mac taste test among people who’ve never eaten burgers. The resulting documentary (watch the whole thing below) was actually directed by Stacey Peralta, previously of Dogtown and the Z-Boys and Riding Giants (as well as the planned director for the adaptation of Allan Weisbecker’s book, In Search of Captain Zero).
It’s entertaining, if not necessarily effective as a commercial, considering some of the people choose Big Mac, and the guy above says he prefers seal meat (so does Heidi Klum - Heyo!). I think a pretty funny joke would’ve been to have the people take a bite of the burger and then tell them, “You have three minutes to live. We’re taking your soul back to America in our cameras.” Or travel to India and not tell the people what they’re eating, and then after they take a bite say, “See? They’re not just sacred, they’re delicious!” and have that guy in the king mask come out and start breakdancing.
Another problem with the documentary as an effective commercial: They explain what great pains they took to bring an authentic Burger King flamebroiler with them, but they never say what steps they took to make an authentic Big Mac. Was the thing sitting under a heat lamp all the way from L.A. to Greenland? Or did they just try to reverse engineer a Big Mac when they got there? Either way, I want one of those hair jackets.
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There are 28 comments about:
WHOPPER VIRGINS (THE NON-PORN VERSION)
Some people are freaked out by clowns, right?
The fucking Burger King guy gives me the willies on par with being alone with my Uncle Frank.
Ahaha foreigner’s don’t know how to eat hamburgers!
Now grab your spoon, I’m in the mood for some sush-i.
The Big Mac can stay fresh and warm for up to 36 hours without the need for an external heat source.
I was only a “Whopper Virgin” until the first night I worked the night shift at Burger King. Then I dropped trou and…
Stupid security cameras,it’s not like I was taking a bath in the sink!
“I like seal meat better.”
Coming from a guy who wears steak mittens.
They took Wendy’s quarter-pound singles with them too, but decided to narrow down the competition after the first native to try one grabbed a spear and accused the filmmakers of assaulting him.
“I like seal meat better.”
Director: “Look, we DON’T HAVE any seal meat, OK? You ATE all the seals! There ARE no more seals! Just eat the damn burger.”
Carl’s Jr.wanted to get in on this ad, but Paris Hilton froze to the top of the car.
“Well, at least it isn’t smallpox.”
It would be much more effective if set to Ice Cube’s We Be Clubbin’.
Dammit Juan, I was gonna make a “brought to you by Carl’s Jr” reference. Thanks. Dick.
As if an American would instinctively know how to eat of of their OompaLoompa Stickers or their Scnausagebongs. Pretentious jerks.
you snooze, you lose (maniacal laughter)
I’m glad they edited the part out when everyone dies.
Some people, J? This is a perfect segue for a song He has been writing. Stay tuned!
This is clearly a photoshop job. Also, this is from that movie “Never Back Down”.
Nobody was gonna make a steak mittens joke. Especially not on No Lynn Day. This pancake is eating me.
BURNGO!
I call bullshit. If they wanted real third world peasants that’ve never tried American fast food due to economic and cultural repression . . . why didn’t they go to Figueroa and Washington in East L.A.?
The Amish sent a warning to these people about America’s lack of respect for the traditions of other cultures. It should be arriving in a couple of weeks.
Who would guess that the worldwide spread of mad cow disease that decimated the global population would be traced to a stupid advertising stunt in 2008.
I like how the sewage tank is above their homes. Beautiful. This is in canada, isn’t it?
I took part in a similar campaign run by Japanese film makers. Let’s just say I’m no longer a tentacle virgin.
They obviously didn’t have the Burger Kings around Lincoln making the Whoppers. Those don’t look like they’ve been used to level out a table.
The film makers arrived in a rural section of Great Britain. They introduced themselves as representatives of Burger King. A peasant woman responded “King a’da ooo?”
New up, with blood and boobs.
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