Wendy's Ad Generates Complaints

cnn ^ | 09/20/07 | AP

[TornadoAlley3]

NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Hamburger chain Wendy's International Inc. is getting complaints that its TV commercial showing floating customers who apparently inhaled helium sends the wrong message to children about inhalants.

[Perdogg]

oh please.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Forget the helium, the black guy with the red pigtails is the real complaint.

[Cobra64]

[mamelukesabre]

Haha. They got “high” off of helium. Get it?

[Jet Jaguar]

It’s a fricken commercial.

It’s not REAL.

[TornadoAlley3]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0nbjSJfOo0

commercial

[TornadoAlley3]

LOL.

[GlennBeck08]

We have become an oversensitive bunch of wusses in this nation.... sickening, freaking sickening. Children wouldn’t get the wrong idea if parents did the job of raising their children and knew the difference between right and wrong...

[ElkGroveDan]

Someone needs to slap these ninnies and tell them to get a life — all of them.

[Army Air Corps]

Note to the weenies:

Lighten-up, Francis.

[Obie Wan]

Ha,ha,actually I think any black guy with red hair is kinda funny !!!

[goodnesswins]

Sooooo.....what kind of messages do most hip-hop rappers send to “children?” Oh, and what about some of what passes for evening tv programming.....sexual inuendo, and worse....HHHMMMMMMMMMMMM. These complainers better watch what they ask for....

[GregB]

Thats what I said about the caveman now they have a citcom....sigh!!!

[Tamar1973]

A black man with red hair! Gotta love it! : )

[the invisib1e hand]

but hey, ghetto rap is kool!

[longtermmemmory]

at least it is not as gross as that oreo pizza(!) barf-o-rama

[ridesthemiles]

Forget the helium, the black guy with the red pigtails is the real complaint.”

AMEN!!! I love Wendy’s food. Try and use them ahead of others, with what little I eat out.
The skinny black guy with the red pigtails is really CREEEEEPY, IMO.

[SmoothTalker]

We have become a country of whiners.

[HungarianGypsy]

It was just pointed out to me my son’s Lego magazine has and that shows a Lego boulder on fire. I should complain about the message that sends. Kids might go out and start setting their Legos on fire and chuck them at each other.

[Tamar1973]

Here's a pizza commercial for ya.

aoki pizza I think it was done by the same animators for Ren & Stimpy.

[Theresawithanh]

Criminy, and here I thought the complaints would be about the black dude in the red yarn pigtails! These folk go to the top of my “Get a Freakin’ Life” list.

[mylife]

Sigh.....

Whats the beef?

[AnalogReigns]

The skinny black guy with the red pigtails is really CREEEEEPY, IMO

I agree, what is up with their current weird ad campaign? I can't imagine Dave Thomas would approve....

[saganite]

Its a really stupid add. I didn’t see what it had to do with selling hamburgers but maybe that’s just me.

[badpacifist]

http://www.leenite.org/thecritic/wavs/bystand/helium.wav

[martin_fierro]

[mylife]

It was just pointed out to me my son’s Lego magazine has and that shows a Lego boulder on fire. I should complain about the message that sends. Kids might go out and start setting their Legos on fire and chuck them at each other.

All toys are made better with fire.

[elkfersupper]

Just about the time I start to thinking that all the joy has been sucked out of life, along comes something like this.

[longtermmemmory]

NO THANKS!!!!!

[mylife]

Had a cuttlefish pizza in tokyo. It was disgusting L0L

[Brilliant]

Give me a break.

[cmsgop]

I HATE PC!

[rwfromkansas]

Oh give me a break.

The ad is dumb, but not promoting drug use.

Morons.

[mountainlyons]

And abortion mills don’t?

[Tamar1973]

Here's an alternative....TropicMonster in the Kitchen: Grilled Kimchi Pizza (#2)

[mylife]

Yummy! These girls can cook for me anytime. I love Kimchee

[mwyounce]

The skinny black guy with the red pigtails is really CREEEEEPY, IMO.

They were obviously trying to out-creepy Burger King....

[Tamar1973]

Yummy! These girls can cook for me anytime. I love Kimchee

They are so goofy! They would not be in my kitchen unless we had a Fireman outside with the truck as a backup in case they blow up my house!

[mylife]

Bummer! They burnt it! and they were doing so well.

I guess they need my supervision

[MadelineZapeezda]

It also sends a message that there are stupid ad agencies, imo

[Tamar1973]

Bummer! They burnt it! and they were doing so well. I guess they need my supervision

They certainly need some adult supervision! LOL!

[Cobra64]

[dighton]

I think it was done by the same animators for Ren & Stimpy.

Yep, sure looks like the work of John K.

Scroll down to the 9/29/07 entry in his blog.

[Disciplinemisanthropy]

dennis rodman?

[freekitty]

I don’t even understand this commercial; so why is there a stink about it? LOL

I am old and some things just go over my head, thank heavens.

[TornadoAlley3]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWVnPlUCrf8

Jack In The Box ad:)

[mylife]

I prolly shouldnt say this but NYT blew up the grill at Ms B’s L0L.

To be fair, I did the prep work on the grill :^~

[Tamar1973]

I prolly shouldnt say this but NYT blew up the grill at Ms B’s L0L. To be fair, I did the prep work on the grill :^~

Ms. B knows about this and still talks to you guys? ; )

[Tamar1973]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2O5Q1z6phk&NR=1