The Enormous Omelet Sandwich from Burger King
Justin Pate
have done a killer parody of it. Something similar in tone to the Graft
Cheese commercial, only this time the objective would be some
artery-clogging monstrosity. And John Candy would be in the commercial
somehow. He'd either be the one eating it or he'd play the advertising
mascot of the fast food joint pushing the massive sandwich.
Lulu
Burger King's new artery-cloggery isn't a patch on Hardee's "Monster
Thickburger" (I swear to God, that's what the marketing geniuses named it).
The MT (MT = "empty" calories?) has 2/3 pound of beef, three slices of
American cheese (yuck...orange synthetic cheese!), and four slices of
bacon slathered in gloppy mayonnaise. To top it off, the bun it's on is
buttered! I'm amazed they didn't get a Simpsons tie-in so they could
call it Homer Simpson's Instant Cardiac Arrest.
The MT is more than 1400 calories (only a couple hundred calories less
than a non-dieting average adult woman's recommended caloric intake per
day) with 107 grams of fat (approximately twice the maximum RDA for fat
intake per day).
What is this, social engineering? Are these corporations specifically
working towards the goal of a thoroughly bovine population by 2015? And
if so, why? In the same vein, has anybody else noticed the trend on
television of mismatched families of HUGE men and kids (most of them
would probably be considered clinically obese) and itty bitty women?
Here's Dad, 6' tall and 270 pounds, here's Junior, 12 years old, 4'10"
and 160 pounds, and here's Mom, 5'6" and tipping the scales at 104. You
could put your hands around her waist and the thumbs and fingers of each
hand would touch each other.
What is up with that?
-Lulu
Moe Berg
Don't forget the Big Dude TV Dinners. It could be argued that they
were two decades ahead of their time on this issue.
Silverhand
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Big Dude TV Dinners were a take off of the Swanson's Hungry Man Dinners.
A full pound in every package!
Justin Pate
"Silverhand" <oh...@notthat.com> wrote in message
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> Big Dude TV Dinners were a take off of the Swanson's Hungry Man Dinners.
> A full pound in every package!
>
>
in each package. My dad bought one of those one time, they were BBQ Chicken
and Ribs, took one bite out of it, didn't like the taste of it and threw it
in the garbage. Somewhere a starving child in Africa is screaming at the
thought...
elaich
> Boy, The media sure was talking about this a lot today.
I tried one. It wasn't very good.
elaich
> And John Candy would be in the commercial
> somehow. He'd either be the one eating it or he'd play the advertising
> mascot of the fast food joint pushing the massive sandwich.
>
He would be Johnny LaRue, pushing a real "man's" breakfast sandwich.
Justin Pate
Have you folks heard of the "Luther Burger"? It's like a hamburger but
instead of a regular bun, they use two Krispy Kreme Doughnuts instead. I've
never seen one, but I hear it's popular in Atlanta, Ga. It was named after
Luther Vandross, who invented it.
Also in Atlanta another popular item is the HAMDOG.
a hot dog wrapped by a beef patty that's deep fried, covered with chili,
cheese and onions and served on a hoagie bun. Oh yeah, it's also topped with
a fried egg and two fistfuls of fries.
Geez man, my ribs hurt just at the thought of it....
Lola
I can't get past the concept of a hamburger between two glazed Krispy
Kremes. That is a heart attack on a plate right there.
Did y'all see "Supersize Me", the documentary about they guy who ate
nothing but McDonalds for a month and went from being thin and fit to
obese in 30 days? Personally, I think that SCTV could have done a
killer parody of that film.
-- Lola
supertramp_...@yahoo.com
As for the other part of this post...as long as we have Arrested
Development, we have sanctuary from the "King of Queens" trend.