If I were Boing Boing, the title of the previous post might’ve read like so: Hardee’s commercial likens young women, virgins to breakfast meat. No reply yet from Hardee’s or the advertising agency responsible for the commercial. (I’ve called them both.)
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Michael Leddy “Orange Crate Art” is a song by Van Dyke Parks and the title of a 1995 album by Van Dyke Parks and Brian Wilson. “Orange Crate Art” is for me one of the great American songs: “Orange crate art was a place to start.”
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comments: 3
I'm so interested to hear what they (Hardee's and Ad Agency) have to say to you!
For personal reasons, I'm not much for blues and etc., but you'd think they'd have done a little more vetting on the music!
Also disturbing to me is the sfx audio added to illustrate the act of biting into the biscuit. Why is it making such a loud, "gelatinously crunchy" noise. I felt my stomach turn over as I watched it.
Hi Berit. I guess neither of us is the “hungry young guy” of Hardee’s target audience. I’m still hoping for a reply but beginning to doubt that I’ll receive one.
Oops, missed a question mark in there. I apologize.
Isn't it early yet? Still time for them to make a timely response as long as it is this week, I think.
By the way, my boyfriend laughed aloud when I read him your "single entendre blues" one-liner. Good stuff. :D
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