"Parts is parts" question

[David Werner]

In TV commercial did "parts in parts" originate? Answers to this
question are appreciated.

[Zawilski]

David Werner wrote:
>
> In TV commercial did "parts in parts" originate? Answers to this
> question are appreciated.

Don't know what this has to do with B5, but...the phrase is
actually "parts is parts". The commercial was for Perdue
chicken parts and the phrase above was the philosophy of
the generic competitor.

iz

[Elaine Michele Dowling]

I first saw the phrase in a fast food commercial (Wendy's?) attacking
McNuggets, and promoting their own chicken product which was all breast meat.
The commercial showed a guy asking a McDonalds counter person what part of the
chicken nuggest came from, and he said "Parts is parts".

Elaine Dowling
Edow...@QNS.com

[Laura Gillenwater]

David Werner <dwe...@netvigator.com> wrote:
>In TV commercial did "parts in parts" originate? Answers to this
>question are appreciated.
>

I'm pretty sure it was a Perdue Chicken commercial (sure enough to bet $5
but not sure enough to bet my cat).

HTH,

Laura

[John D. Powers]

Zawilski wrote:

> David Werner wrote:
> > In TV commercial did "parts in parts" originate? Answers to this
> > question are appreciated.

> Don't know what this has to do with B5, but...the phrase is
> actually "parts is parts". The commercial was for Perdue
> chicken parts and the phrase above was the philosophy of
> the generic competitor.

I should be embarrassed to know this. It is actually from
a Wendy's commercial about a guy who goes into a fast food
restaurant and complains about the chicken...

CUSTOMER:
"What's this?"

CASHIER:
"It's Chicken!"

CUSTOMER:
"What part?"

CASHIER:
"It's kind of like when they take all the different parts of
a chicken and *squeeze* 'em together."

SECOND EMPLOYEE (in monotone)
"Fused."

CASHIER:
"Parts is parts!"

Rather humorous, thought I.

-- JDP

[Michael J. Hennebry]

In article <328E0E...@netvigator.com>,

David Werner <dwe...@netvigator.com> wrote:
>In TV commercial did "parts in parts" originate? Answers to this
>question are appreciated.

In a Hardy's (?) ad that attacked the content of Chicken McNuggets.

Also, Carson or Leno, I forget which, wanted to know "just what part
of the chicken is the McNugget?"

--
Mike henn...@plains.NoDak.edu
"Well, before my sword can pass all the way through your neck, it has
to pass *half way* through your neck. But before it can do *that*, it
has to first pass *one-fourth* of the way through your neck. And
before it can do *that*...." -- Ray Radlein quoting Zeno, Warrior Princess

[David Frankel]

David Werner <dwe...@netvigator.com> wrote:
>In TV commercial did "parts in parts" originate? Answers to this
>question are appreciated.
>
>

I think is was Tyson Chicken, a coupla years ago. That fella with the
great voice would say something like "not all parts are parts"

I think.

David "is this a B5 thread?" Frankel

[Scott Johnson]

John D. Powers (doug....@turner.com) wrote:
: Zawilski wrote:

: > David Werner wrote:
: > > In TV commercial did "parts in parts" originate? Answers to this
: > > question are appreciated.

: > Don't know what this has to do with B5, but...the phrase is

: > actually "parts is parts". The commercial was for Perdue
: > chicken parts and the phrase above was the philosophy of
: > the generic competitor.
:
: I should be embarrassed to know this. It is actually from
: a Wendy's commercial about a guy who goes into a fast food
: restaurant and complains about the chicken...

I think it was related to the Wendy's chicken fingers, which were actual
slices of chicken, as opposed to those *other* chicken "nuggets" which are
just a bunch of chicken scraps compressed into a dinky shape and deep-fried.

Dave Barry actually had a funny description of this: (paraphrased)

Running a fast food restaurant is easy. All you need is the basic food
stuff -- the patty. You can then sell a variety of patty sandwiches.
Any nuggets that get old enough to start emitting a serious smell are sold
as the "seafood patty". Patties that get too old to sell as the seafood
patty are shredded and compressed into "nuggets".

Submitted for your amusement...
--
Scott Johnson Email: sco...@eecs.umich.edu
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~scottdj
"Do not meddle in the affairs of
[techno]mages, for you are crunchy
and good with ketchup."

[f_es...@alcor.concordia.ca]

Zawilski (ieza...@postoffice.ptd.net) wrote:
: David Werner wrote:
: >
: > In TV commercial did "parts in parts" originate? Answers to this
: > question are appreciated.

: Don't know what this has to do with B5, but...the phrase is
: actually "parts is parts". The commercial was for Perdue
: chicken parts and the phrase above was the philosophy of
: the generic competitor.

I thought this was from the Wendy's ad campaign in the mid eighties (1984?)
that included "Where's the Beef?". "Parts is parts" was, as stated a
comment on the generic chicken burgers/nuggets of the competitors,
contrasted with Wendy's wonderful, heavenly scrumptious servings (ahem).

[Christine C. Raasch]

sco...@quip.eecs.umich.edu (Scott Johnson) wrote:

[snip]

> I think it was related to the Wendy's chicken fingers...[snip]

>
> Dave Barry actually had a funny description of this: (paraphrased)
>
> Running a fast food restaurant is easy. All you need is the basic food
> stuff -- the patty. You can then sell a variety of patty sandwiches.
> Any nuggets that get old enough to start emitting a serious smell are sold
> as the "seafood patty". Patties that get too old to sell as the seafood
> patty are shredded and compressed into "nuggets".

And I might add, in Wendy's case, any unsold "nuggets" are
re-shredded and stirred into the "chili".

Any noxious gastrointestinal emanations that result are,
of course, blamed on the beans.

- Chris
--
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Winterizing: I always put my bike away after Christmas and don't get
it out again 'til January. Those long lay-ups are hell. (GC, COMPoST)

[A Murder of Crows]

Another funny tidbit...

Anyone out there play "Cyberpunk"? For those who haven't, in a nutshell,
it's a role playing game set in the (not so distant) future, and
high-technology is the order of the day. It's a rather dark game, but fun.
A running "limb count" is pretty common. :)

Anyways... In the main sourcebook, this quote can be found...

"Dead is dead. Parts is parts. Dead guys is parts."

Gotta love it. ;)
-Jamie

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[Devin P. Mccullen]

David Werner (dwe...@netvigator.com) wrote:
: In TV commercial did "parts in parts" originate? Answers to this
: question are appreciated.

It was Wendy's, and I can give you the whole commercial:

Customer: I'll have the chicken.
Next in Line: It's processed.
Cu:Processed?
Cashier: That's when they assemble the respective parts.
Cu: What parts?
Ca: What parts?
Manager: Different parts.
Ca:Parts is parts.
<break>
Ma: As I hear, all the parts are put together into one big part.
Ca: Fused.
Ma: yeah. And then the big part is cut up into little pieces parts. And
parts is parts.

Devin McCullen