What is it with rats as mascots for restaurant/fast food chains? At least this Quiznos rat is vaguely cute, in a creepy way. The Chuck E.
In this Quiznos commercial, two women eat a Quiznos sandwich and one declares "It's not lackin' any meat, and that's what real women need." Not exactly subtle, but it's a funny twist on the "real men eat meat" cliché. It seems to have triggered some guy's anxiety about, uh, meat, cuz here he pretends not to understand what Quiznos was thinking.
Can anyone on television get whipped up into a self-righteous frenzy quite like former sportscaster-turned-pundit-ranter Keith Olbermann on MSNBC? Here, an impersonator shows us what it would look like if ol' Keith told us what he really thinks about Subway's double meat special. He really gets rolling when he brings in the big guns, i.e.
From the genius who brought you the Quiznos ads with the weird rat-thing mascot, here's a British ad for Crusha milkshake mix, featuring singing kittens with French accents.
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Why is it that fast food restaurants always choose the creepiest mascots to represent them? Is it reverse psychology? You're scared--so the food's gotta be good?