Sacrificial beef

First the oddly impassive mascot with the giant head, then the notorious Whopper Virgins campaign, and now a perverse experiment in reverse social engineering. If nothing else, Burger King has the trophy for creepiest fast food chain locked up in a bulletproof vitrine. Sadly the Whopper Sacrifice does not involve a sacrifice of Whopper Virgins, but instead a pitch where if you de-friend ten of your Facebook Friends, they will give you a free sandwich.  The whole "I'd throw our online friendship in the hopper for the taste of a Whopper" thing inevitably recalls shirts with the slogan at right. Stay tuned for the BK Super Bowl spot with Crispin Glover in a drum major's uniform, putting out matches on his tongue to explain the secret of flame-broiled goodness.

Comments

[cinetrix]

You, sir, are on fire today. I was still laughing about cognac and Febreeze when I read about Crispin.

[Marco Romano]

http://www.kottke.org/09/01/facebooks-valuation-in-whoppers