"The Breasts They Grow on Trees"

[scrivener]

That Burger King commercial for the Tender-Crisp Bacon-Cheddar Ranch sandwich is hilarious and I can't believe BK gets away with it! This is the one with a singing cowboy who looks (and sounds) a lot like Darius Rucker of Hootie and the Blowfish.

The first lines of the song he sings are "I love the Tender-Crisp Bacon-Cheddar Ranch / The breasts, they grow on trees / And streams of bacon ranch dressing / Flow right up to your knees."

The commercial is loaded with hot-looking women dressed in the old "farmer's daughter" tradition, and as Hootie (I just Googled the commercial and found out that it IS Darius Rucker!) sings about the dressing, two girls with pails of white dressing lick some off their fingers.

Then, I can't remember the song lyric, but later in the commercial, you see two guys leaning back on the ground and large French fries behind them are pushed upward--one of them is placed rather suggestively, like those hilarious sequences in the Austin Powers films where we don't see Austin's privates, but we do see all manner of phallic-shaped objects in their place.

I have just decided that I LOVE this commercial (the fact that's it's Darius Rucker makes it cooler to me), but how the heck does a commercial like this make it past the TV-station screeners? And why I haven't I heard any complaints about it?

What do you think of this great commercial?

[shaveice]

you're very observant. i immediately turned my mind off to it since it seemed so stupid. i think you're right, though: there's a lot more going on than i give it credit for.

still, when the doritos gal (ali landry) says, "come and git it!", i thought, "she must be kicking herself saying, "what the heck was my agent thinking?!?!?!"

or she may be laughing all the way to the bank!

[scrivener]

I didn't know that was Ali Landry. Now I like the commercial even more. >:)

The one I'd like to get to know is the virtuous-looking young lady paving the street with blocks of cheddar. But I guess I'd settle for Ali, too.

[helen]

I guess it's slightly better than the commerical with the Burger King character peeping through a window plugging their breakfast sandwich.

[scrivener]

That one cracks me up, too! "It's egg-normous. It's meat-normous. It's cheese-normous!" It's also 47 grams of fat, according to what I've heard. I also hear that when you first buy one, they give you a stamp-card, and when you've eaten twenty-four of them, you get half-off on your next angioplasty.

Still, this commercial is not rife with sexual imagery, as is the subject of this post. I simply can't believe a single ONE of the images I've mentioned made it through the screeners; the fact that they all did is astounding. The breasts, they grow on trees? That's...brilliant. Man, I wonder if getting Darius Rucker to do the commercial was part of the suggestiveness; you know, Hootie. That name.

Hootie and the Blowfish's first two albums were suggestively titled, too, by the way: Cracked Rear View and Fairweather Johnson. I wonder if Rucker WROTE the dang commercial!

[kupomog]

The woman on the swing isn't Ali Landry, it's Brooke Burke.

On another website I help out at, our April Fool's joke was to turn the entire forum into an advertisement for the tendercrisp bacon cheddar ranch, with Rucker as our mascot. Needless to say, we all love that commercial.

[Glen Miyashiro]

Oh, my. I've only seen this ad a couple of times, and brushed it off as just plain goofy. But considering all this, I think it deserves a repeat viewing. I might get to like it as much as the Spongmonkeys' Quiznos ad. :D

[kimo55]

What do you think of this great commercial?


I think this great commercial is a great commercial.

Thought that dude looked familiar.
breasts growing on trees, all the while the girls are swinging on or reaching for trees with protruberatin', cantilevered cleavage.

whootah! It has an effect on me, but it ain't hamburgers I'm hungry for...

[zztype]

Spongmonkeys

http://www.rathergood.com/moon_song/

[kupomog]

Rathergood doesn't seem to have the viking kittens who sing "Immigrant Song" anymore. It makes me sad :(

[kimo55]

http://www.rathergood.com/moon_song/


those brit brothers are as wacky as they are creative.
They admit almost anyone can do what they did;
just get java and animate a buncha photoshopped images, (culled from the net...)

[helen]

whootah! It has an effect on me, but it ain't hamburgers I'm hungry for...

I guess in a way the commerical is working since it was pitching for a chicken sandwich and a not a hamburger.

[kimo55]

I guess in a way the commerical is working since it was pitching for a chicken sandwich and a not a hamburger.


uh, that was said generically, as in: "I aint' hungry for fastfood..."

[pzarquon]

Burger King ad stirs buzz with racy camp (http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/special_packages/business_monday/11288587.htm)
Phil Kloer, Cox News Service/Miami Herald, Monday, April 4, 2005
The commercial, in which [Darius] Rucker sings new lyrics to the song Big Rock Candy Mountain while the background swirls with images of sex and food, touts BK's Bacon Cheddar Ranch sandwich. It was created by hot ad wizard David LaChapelle, who's known for music videos like Gwen Stefani's Rich Girl. ''They're trying to separate themselves from McDonald's, which focuses on kids with Ronald McDonald and playgrounds, by appealing to twentysomethings,'' says Steve Hall, a former adman who now runs the weblog www.adrants.com (http://www.adrants.com).

[sinjin]

The commercial struck me as very "Blue Velvetesque", if you will.

I was at the "Jazzfest" in New Orleans a few years ago and remember laughing with my partners when we heard Hootie on a distant stage singing "Fight the Power". Guess he lost.

[shaveice]

that's brooke burke, not ali landry! :D

[scrivener]

I was at the "Jazzfest" in New Orleans a few years ago and remember laughing with my partners when we heard Hootie on a distant stage singing "Fight the Power". Guess he lost.

Oh, that's hilarious.

Hootie played "Fight the Power" when they were in Honolulu several years ago, too. In fact, the entire last third of the set was just really fun cover songs the band had been playing together for years. It was a really good show--I highly recommend them if you get a chance to see them live.

[sinjin]

Oh, that's hilarious.

Hootie played "Fight the Power" when they were in Honolulu several years ago, too. In fact, the entire last third of the set was just really fun cover songs the band had been playing together for years. It was a really good show--I highly recommend them if you get a chance to see them live.

I would recommend Jazzfest to you if you ever get the chance. A little less crazy than that other holiday there and what a town. Soft shell crab. Yum.

[Glen Miyashiro]

Here's (http://www.boardsmag.com/screeningroom/commercials/1580/) a decent Quicktime version of the ad, which is apparently called Fantasy Ranch.

[kimo55]

Here's (http://www.boardsmag.com/screeningroom/commercials/1580/) a decent Quicktime version of the ad, which is apparently called Fantasy Ranch.
oh yea. girls licken cream off their fingers, "ladies with the nice caboose;" sung and shown!
fallic fries...

ok; couldn't resist.
minimovie:
"the levi's fries rise"
http://www.tikitv.com/fries.html





\m/

[scrivener]

Here's a decent Quicktime version of the ad...

Thanks for the link--I like this extended version better.

Here are some screen caps:

http://www.mitchellkdwyer.net/bk1.jpg
http://www.mitchellkdwyer.net/bk2.jpg
http://www.mitchellkdwyer.net/bk3.jpg

[kimo55]

Thanks for the link--I like this extended version better.

Here are some screen caps:



and if ya look closely, right when Brooke Burke swings over... the fries have a little mayonaise at the tips.


doooh!

[shaveice]

for a look at other clever ads, go to the link below and you'll see a bunch of other commercials...

http://www.adweek.com/aw/creative/best_spots_05/050314_05.jsp

and the lyrics go like dis:

When my belly starts a-rumblin’
And I’m jonesin’ for a treat
I close my eyes for a big surprise
The Tendercrisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch

I love the Tendercrisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch
The breasts they grow on trees
And streams of bacon ranch dressing
Flow right up to your knees

There’s tumbleweeds of bacon
And cheddar paves the streets
Folks don’t diss front you ‘cause you got the juice
There’s a train of ladies comin’ with a nice caboose
Never get in trouble, never need an excuse
The Tendercrisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch

I love the Tendercrisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch
No one tells you to behave
Your wildest fantasies come true
Dallas cheerleaders give you shaves
Red onions make you laugh instead
And french fries grow like weeds
You get to veg all day
All the lotto tickets pay
There’s a king who wants you to have it your way
That’s the Tendercrisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch

Come ‘n get it…

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oh one last thing. did anyone mention that it's Vida Guerra with the shorts that says VIDA?

[kimo55]

for a look at other clever ads, go to the link below and you'll see a bunch of other commercials...

http://www.adweek.com/aw/creative/best_spots_05/050314_05.jsp



how does one play the ads?

[shaveice]

if you wanna download and play the burger king ad, go to this site

http://www.hellblazer.com/archives/2005/03/dallas_cheerlea.html

and there are like 4 links.

Fantasy Ranch 30 second windows
Fantasy Ranch 30 second quicktime
Fantasy Ranch Full length windows
Fantasy Ranch Full length quicktime

(i should say that the full length quicktime file didn't play on my computer; the full length windows version did.)

enjoy.

[shaveice]

i think you'll enjoy reading this article since you love the commerical so much.

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/93/roost.html

it'll give you an appreciation for the minds that thought up the ad strategy...

[kimo55]

it'll give you an appreciation for the minds that thought up the ad strategy...

who created this clucker

http://www.subservientchicken.com/