I think this Super Bowl prop is hilarious

jwblue · Jan 25, 2006

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Will The Burger King Score TD
Any Commercial Between Kickoff and Last Play
</TD></TR><TR class=altrow><TD class=center noWrap>02-05-2006
12:00:00 PM</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT ondblclick=this.checked=false; onclick="addS(this,'1611688V',-500,0)" type=radio value=SV1611688_S name=side1>000 Yes (-500)
<INPUT ondblclick=this.checked=false; onclick="addS(this,'1611688H',350,0)" type=radio value=SH1611688_S name=side1>000 No (350)
No Burger King Commercial Is NO</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
:lolBIG:

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Budworth22 · Jan 25, 2006

Similar to the one from 2 years ago..

Will there be a streaker. AND SIA PUT THIS STIPULATION IN

"Must Be completely Naked"

Now anyone who has gone streaking before knows that you often to forget to remove your shoes. So me, Hinesward86, and AFLGuru bet no on it. One of my finer gambling moments, along with a 36 unit LittleLeagueWorldSeries.

jwblue · Jan 25, 2006

Budworth22 said:
Similar to the one from 2 years ago..

Will there be a streaker. AND SIA PUT THIS STIPULATION IN

"Must Be completely Naked"

Now anyone who has gone streaking before knows that you often to forget to remove your shoes. So me, Hinesward86, and AFLGuru bet no on it. One of my finer gambling moments, along with a 36 unit LittleLeagueWorldSeries.

What were the odds on "NO"?

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hellah10 · Jan 25, 2006

hmmmm

think i will email BK hq's and just ask them if they are gonna air any ADs during the Super Bowl

Budworth22 · Jan 25, 2006

I don't remember exactly, and SIA will not let me go back 2 years, but I believe that they were like +180.

For the record, mark Roberts DID streak, and DID forget to remove his shoes and his hat.

Budworth22 · Jan 25, 2006

hellah10 said:
hmmmm

think i will email BK hq's and just ask them if they are gonna air any ADs during the Super Bowl

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hellah10 · Jan 25, 2006

Burger King plans Super Bowl ads, contest

It's been 11 years since Burger King Corp. last advertised during the Super Bowl broadcast. But the fast-food chain said it will air a 60-second spot during this year's game.

The Miami-based company said Miami-based ad agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky created the commercial that returns it to Super Bowl advertising. The spot is scheduled to air in the second pod of ads, immediately following kickoff.

Super Bowl XL is scheduled to take place in Detroit, Feb. 5. The broadcaster is ABC.

Burger King also has partnered with the National Football League all this season. But the chain pointed out the Super Bowl is often the nation's highest-rated TV program. Last year, Burger King said more than 133 million viewers in the United States tuned into the game. This year, the chain put the game's potential worldwide audience at 1 billion people in more than 225 countries and territories.

Burger King did not give a precise description of its Super Bowl ad, but did detail an accompanying contest. Among other ads Crispin Porter + Bogusky has created for Burger King, an online game known as Subservient Chicken was also interactive.

The contest is to start this morning, with Burger King restaurants across the country giving customers a chance to go to the Super Bowl in the "Text To Score" sweepstakes.

During the three-week sweepstakes, scheduled to end Jan. 30, Burger King said its guests will be able to text a 10-digit unique entry code found on NFL-themed Burger King Chicken Fries packaging. Prizes include 20 trips for two to this year's Super Bowl.

As part of the contest, Burger King has added a 36-piece Chicken Fries Party Pack. The new product is to have four "Text to Score" sweepstakes entry codes, while the company's established, six-piece and nine-piece Chicken Fries containers are to have one sweepstakes entry code each.

Other sweepstakes prizes include five trips for two to this year's Pro Bowl game in Hawaii, Feb. 12; two 2006 Hummer H3 vehicles; 10 Samsung plasma 40-inch-wide LCD TVs, 400 Visa gift cards worth $40 each; 200 EA Sports Madden NFL 06 Xbox 360 video games; and 200 "Super Bowl Moments" DVDs from Warner Home Video.

Also starting this morning, Burger King said it will air a new series of NFL-themed television ads. The commercials are to featuring company spokesman the King going head-to-helmet with the pros.

Budworth22 · Jan 25, 2006

What is the limit on this?

If we go and pound this, how much will this rise, +520?

Doug · Jan 25, 2006

I won that SIA prop also, forgot the odds.

RobFunk · Jan 25, 2006

In the BK football commercials, does'nt the king always score?

Well, I only remember the one where he is Deion Sanders. I think that commercial right there, put the king on the map.

I'd like the idea for the prop better if it was'nt a contest, but I guess there's no other way to do it really.

HinesWard86 · Jan 25, 2006

Well there are two now where the King doesn't score. One where he's dumping Gatorade on Shula, another where the King does the Lambeau Leap.

arniesarmy · Jan 25, 2006

The one that I saw this weekend where they superimpose him onto Steve Young on that unbelieveable TD run against the Vikings was hilarious.

hellah10 · Jan 25, 2006

i tried calling BK...and i was on hold for 40 minutes...had to hang up...lol

hellah10 · Jan 25, 2006

from what i know.....that 60 second ad will be in the first half

Dante · Jan 25, 2006

found more info might pound the NO

adland: Burger King brings out the Whopperettes for the Super Bowl
Posted by: caffeinegoddess on Saturday, January 21, 2006 - 02:44 PM CET

In a :60 spot, CP+B have created an over-the-top production in the spirit of 1930s musicals, 92 "Whopperettes", featuring gals dressed as burgers, flames, pickles, lettuce and tomatoes who will sing and dance to new lyrics for the famous "Have it Your Way" jingle.

In addition, BK has teamed up with Sprint to send out the ad and extras along their wireless network to those who opt-in within 30 minutes of the ad airing on TV. There will also be a Whopperettes site.
The ad will be downloadable to iPods and within days will be shown in movie theaters. Whopperette posters also will go up in Burger King's 7,600 U.S. restaurants.
[snip]
"As much as people want to write the TV network obituaries, alternative media becomes a way of extending what is still the No. 1 form of viewership in the world," says Russ Klein, Burger King's top marketer.
Production for the ad totalled about $1 million.

hellah10 · Jan 25, 2006

i wonder if they bought just that one 60 second piece....or if they get a few slots throughout the game...cuz if its just that one 60 second piece....i may have to pound this NO

TescoVee · Jan 25, 2006

hellah10 said:
i tried calling BK...and i was on hold for 40 minutes...had to hang up...lol

you should call their Ad Agency that creates the campaign. try sweet talking a woman that will help you to "win a bet with a buddy"

or just ask them how many commercial spots they bought

hellah10 · Jan 25, 2006

hmmm

good idea

beetman · Jan 27, 2006

I remember that streaker prop on SIA. The no was around -700 or so.

earl · Jan 27, 2006

Tesco Vee said:
you should call their Ad Agency that creates the campaign. try sweet talking a woman that will help you to "win a bet with a buddy"

or just ask them how many commercial spots they bought

.......anybody get any new info regarding this? i love the idea of placing a wager i know is a lock.