This afternoon was filled with the completion of a lot of around the Triangle tasks. I started the day with some work on my television show at Raleigh Television Network in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. After finishing up there, I drove to the Wal-Mart in nearby Cary to pick up some supplies. All this running around (without having had breakfast) made me really hungry. I decided to kill another bird that I’ve wanted to throw some stones at for awhile and stop by Burger King to try out their Angry Whopper. As a connisseur of all things spicy, I was hoping for a challenge. Their commercial totally had me hooked:
The first time I saw the commercial with someone, we had this debate about the commercial itself. Most of the commentary centered around the idea of calling a hamburger “angry.” I suppose that’s a valid point. Who wants to spend a long day at work, shopping or watching the kids and top it off with something angry. That hamburger could be the catalyst that will get someone arrested, and it would be a lot more plausible than the Twinkie Defense. I took offense at the browbeating farmer aspect. That’s also not a positive message to put into customer’s heads. Burger King’s marketing and advertising department is either non-existant, geniuses or off their medication.
I ended up eating two Angry Whoppers. It was a pretty good burger with cheese, onion rings, onions, hot peppers and a slightly tangy BBQ-like sauce. The peppers were Jalepeno, except kind of sweet. It even had mayo and tomatoes. I hate mayo and tomatoes on burgers, but I ate them anyway because I was so hungry. But overall it was an overall good burger, although a little pricey for my taste as an everyday type of burger.
My biggest problem was that it was kind of sweet and western tasting, not really angry. I definitely wouldn’t have called it an Angry Whopper. I would have went with a name that sounded a bit more frustrated and inhibited. It kind of reminded me of the stories my gay friends would tell me about the time between when they realized they were gay and when they told someone for the first time. Maybe it should have been called something like the “In The Closet Burger.” They could have even kept the same commercial, with the guy throwing spicy vegetables at him a metaphor about how parents can have a hard time with these sort of things. The peppers, onion rings and sauce definitely give it a Brokeback Mountain type of feel. This burger almost made me want to put on a cowboy hat. That is, almost… Other than that, it was a pretty good burger.
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YOU talking about the ad company being off meds is priceless! *LMAO*
The commentary here reminds me a LOT of the Daily Show. Maybe you could be a guest reporter/commentator?
I can’t remember the last time I was so concerned about a food’s orientation. *lol*
Do you even own a cowboy hat? If so, where’s a pic???