Comments on: Is it “Waaaay Better Than Fast Food?” Your Thoughts Please.

By: tonalddrump

tonalddrump — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:25:11 +0000

If Wendy’s isn’t Fast Food then are they to change their approach and system of serving food? Are we to be attended to by waiters/servers/hostesses? Are we made to wait for our food while a chef freshly prepares each item? Are they to stop using processed food products drenched in calories, sodium, and fat as well? Not on your fucking life. Only stupid people eat fast Food, and the only people who are even more idiotic EAT AT WENDY’S. Eat up fatties.

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By: Der Senator

Der Senator — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 04:11:00 +0000

Oh, Richard, how far from Odeon we have wandered. It’s waaaaaaaay different being owned by a public company, innit?

By: Uwe Gutschow

Uwe Gutschow — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:47:24 +0000

the old campaign may not have done anything for sales, but I don’t see how trying to bullsh*t people by claiming it’s not fast food, will work. the new ads are like bad wallpaper.

By: required_name

required_name — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:40:01 +0000

founder: I got the most massive laugh out of the voiceover. she also did tons of supermarket and clothing retailer voiceovers and whatnot else. she’s the most unobjectionable voice in the biz.

By: required_name

required_name — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:38:38 +0000

and since you care about the dough: all you need is one campaign you’re famous for and you can ride the gravy train. another reason to try.

By: required_name

required_name — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:38:00 +0000

no sir, I do not accept that just because everything else is shit anyone has a license to also join in and cash a check for creating shit.

so you didn’t like the original campaign. fine. I thought it was mediocre at best myself. but the backlash was the frost that bit the toe stuck into the water. who knows where this could have gone. it might have stayed weak, it might have ended up being playstation.

instead we went back to shit. look at the commercials, now live a couple threads above. they’re exactly what I predicted.

note that I am not saying people shouldn’t critizise. that’s totally okay. but to legitimize shit is the license of the weak. if everything else in the category sucks, the potential upside to doing something cool is all the larger. you of all people should know that.

By: The Founder

The Founder — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:34:26 +0000

This is pretty comical … I had a good laugh… “mystery fish” …. and of course… Waaaaayyyy

By: George Parker

George Parker — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:17:18 +0000

Required Name… Are you a fucking lobyist for the National Council for Better Burger Advertising, or what? Get over it… It’s fast food advertising. It’s all shit, it’s always been shit, it will always be shit. Instead of worrying about a subject as pathetic as this, go do good works in Tibet or something… We’re talking about advertising here. As George Orwell says at the top of AdScam… Advertising is the rattle of a stick in a swill pail… But, if you’re lucky, you can make a shitload of money at it. (Well, I said the last bit!) Otherwise, fuck off to Tibet and do something useful with your life.
Cheers/George

By: required_name

required_name — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:09:27 +0000

>Do you really believe I single handedly got Wendy’s to shit can the Red Wig campaign?

I never said that. there are tons of people like you. especially the fat old franchise owners. all I’m saying is that the stuff they’re gonna do now is gonna suck all the more. read the comment, not just the headline.

the red wig campaign was mediocre but that’s besides the point. the problem is that nobody but burger king does anything interesting in that category and they only did it once or twice either. shit, perhaps jack in the box needs to wake up again.

By: Than

Than — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:31:18 +0000

Sad thing is, it’s probably the only honest work some of those ex ‘proactive award’ teams made too. I guess that means it’s much harder to make an ad when it’s real?