Thoughts on Carl Jr's "Paris" commercial?

[paineinthearse]

It can be viewed at http://www.carlsjr.com/home & http://www.spicyparis.com/paris.html

Faux is asking for comment - [e-mail] - and will be discussing shortly....

My thoughts are although I do not support any form of sexism or exploitation, it think it will set off the fundies on two levels:

1. The raw sex.
2. (more subtle) - the sountrack has a sultry-sounding woman singing the words "I love Paris in the springtime......

[slackmaster]

1. I wouldn't eat their food or their "talent"

:puke:

[TahitiNut]

2. Carl's Jr is now selling FurBurgers, huh?

:evilgrin: I'd rather eat at the Y. (I never ate a burger when I was in Paris.)

[ET Awful]

10. I may be wrong, but I don't think

there's any fur on that burger. It's more like steak tartar :evilgrin:

[GoneOffShore]

63. Brazilian Waxed Burgers

That's the only way she appeared in the video.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

3. I find it totally fucking humorous that the religious right has a problem

with the ad campaign of one of Operation Rescue's biggest funders.

[mongo]

51. Didn't know that - HA! n/t

[tinrobot]

4. That burger is bigger than her brain

...then again, most things are bigger than her brain.

[swag]

5. Back in 1979 or 1980 the then-CEO of Carl's Jr. was a major

monetary and philosophical force behind the Moral Majority.

So this commercial comes as no surprise.

[Initech]

6. I dont like Carls Jr's food, but...

I was thinking about eating there for lunch just to spite the fundies who are protesting it.

Kevin And Bean (morning jocks on LA's KROQ station) interviewed the guy who made that commercial and he said it was no more pornographic (whatever that is) than a lot of the music videos that he's made.

[SteppingRazor]

7. Huh, what?

Sorry, I was too busy watching the commercial.

[RaleighNCDUer]

8. I know it may be unamerican of me, but I don't patronize a store

because of its ads. I patronize a store based on (1) its product, and (2) when possible, its political affiliation.

Carl's Jr is associated with Hardee's, and Hardee's is, I understand, heavily RW. I don't eat there.

So what's Paris got to do with it?

[ronnykmarshall]

24. I'm not a prude about sex ...

but if it means bashing Paris Hilton, I'm all for it.

[RaleighNCDUer]

37. Why be harsh? Even spoiled millionaire heiresses

need to make a living.

[bleedingheart]

9. A Classic - "Do as I say...not as I Do "....fundie situation

a fundy makes money off of selling sex....

[paineinthearse]

11. O'Reilly sez

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,157493,00.html

Is Paris Hilton's New Video Too Spicy for TV?
Tuesday, May 24, 2005

This is a partial transcript from "The O'Reilly Factor," May 23, 2005, that has been edited for clarity.

Watch "The O'Reilly Factor" weeknights at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET and listen to the "Radio Factor!"

BILL O'REILLY, HOST: In the "Back of the Book" segment tonight: Carl's Jr. (search) is a burger franchise mainly out on the West Coast and in its wisdom has hired Paris Hilton to sell its product.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (singing): I love Paris in the springtime. I love Paris in the fall. I love Paris in the winter when it drizzles. I love Paris in the summer when it sizzles. I love Paris every moment.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

O'REILLY: Hungry?

Joining us now from Miami is Barbara Lippert, who works for "Ad Week" magazine and wrote about — an article about the situation. The CEO of Carl's Jr., Andrew Puzder (search), was supposed to appear this evening but canceled. He did, however, send us a statement that says he considers Ms. Hilton to be an "intriguing cultural icon." Indeed.

[ET Awful]

14. "the situation"? WTF is that supposed to mean, there is no situation

it's a frickin' TV commercial. Tell O'Splotchy I said to kick back, have a Pepsi, listen to some Ludakris and shut his pie hole. :)

[question everything]

39. Read more about O'Reilly

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x128208

[brainshrub]

12. Lame

It was a lame commercial designed to piss the fundies off more than to sell the product.

I guess Hardies figures publicity is publicity. :shrug:

They didn't need to hire Paris for the spot. Any attractive woman would have done just as well.

[ET Awful]

15. But if they'd just used any woman, they couldn't have used her trademark

dumbass line "That's hot."

[ronnykmarshall]

28. Paris Hilton: Attention Whore

What why they hired her.

[sabra]

13. You mean that was a commercial for a hamburger?

I thought it was just another one of those Paris Hilton videos floating on the net...

[Rob H.]

16. Pretty weak commercial

Then again, I'm vegetarian and Paris really does nothing for me, either. There's something plastic and creepy about her that makes her completely unappealing to me. (Seriously. Get a good look at her sometime--it's as if her skin has no pores at all.)

[Goblinmonger]

29. I concur

I am also a vegetarian, and I also don't get the appeal of Paris. She has the shapeless body of a middle school boy. Not my idea of sexy.

[RetroLounge]

38. "shapeless body of a middle school boy"

Some people like that.

Just saying...

RL

[Mitt Chovick]

17. Now I'm hungry

[demgurl]

18. I hate to sound like a fuddy duddy, but ....

I do not like the commercial at all. I am not sure what time and when they are airing it but I have small children. I had to wait for my 5 & 6 year old to be out of the room before I could watch this. I would have to clear them out of the room each time it airs. I hope they pull it unless it is airing late night.

I do not want to censor and the commercial is fine if adults want to watch it. My husband always says he can not understand places like Hooters or strip clubs with lunch time buffets. He says he either wants to eat or see naked women but it is very distracting when you combine both. He is not saying strip clubs should be outlawed, he is human and has visited more than once. He is just saying it is bizarre to combine one of these things. This looks like an ad for the Playboy Channel, not a hamburger!

[progressivebydesign]

42. I'm soo not a prude at all and I agree with you. It's not G rated.

I would die of embarrassment if my older relatives were inthe room when that came on, or would feel really uncomfortable trying to explain to my 13 year old daughter why it's okay to be a total skank and re=enact a porno scene on a TV commercial during her favorite shows, and why it's not okay for her to emulate that.

Paris Hilton looks like a chicken bone with the meat picked off, and she's getting that George Hamilton look. If theyr'e going for horny teen boys, fine, but why must the rest of us suffer?

[mongo]

52. Your 13yo sees worse than this everyday on MTV

Better to sit down and watch it with her, and teach her to view the media with a critical mind.

Do you really think she is going to emulate everything she sees on TV?

[retnavyliberal]

65. I am with your hubby demgirl....

I remember driving south an I-95, in the Carolinas I think, and saw a billboard for a topless diner with diner food and topless dancers (not just topless waitstaff). I remember thinking ewwwwwwwww just what I want with my coffee and eggs!

[Lerkfish]

19. I always have a problem with a repulsive person trying to act seductive.

other than that, the only problem is its not very good "product placement".
If this thread hadn't made the point it was Carl's Jr...I would have missed that.

sometimes you can be TOO obtuse.

[Bouncy Ball]

20. I can't even make myself care.

I don't care about Paris Hilton, I don't care about Carl's burgers (I'm vegetarian), and I really don't give a shit what FUX news thinks about anything.


(This wasn't directed at YOU pain, just in general!)

[ComerPerro]

21. Typical RW hypocrisy

RW chain runs a sexually charged ad featuring a prominent actress from a RW family.

And the moral majority is outraged.

But they keep supporting Republicans.


Where is the disconnect?

Are these people really that stupid?

[Gemini Cat]

31. No. They are not that stupid.

They just count on the rest of us being stupid and not seeing the contradictions.

[ComerPerro]

33. Well, I am not talking about the organizers

Of course the ones giving the marching orders are aware.

But I mean just your average "outraged" and mobilized protester.

Do they even stop and think, or are they just that stupid?

[ronnykmarshall]

22. Yawn!

Carl'S Jr is always advertising toward 20-30is men.

They couldn't have picked a better mindless sack of shit to represent them.

[DemBeans]

35. very true

Their advertising is, in fact, always targeted specifically to men, so this is really not a surprise.

As far as the ad, who cares? All of our popular culture is trash, thanks to the corporations that promote it, and it's easily ignored like the rest of it.

[jayfish]

23. I Love It!

It's better than a dramatization of someone being shot over a burger. Plus America, IMO, is under sexed.

Jay

[Rosco T.]

25. The burger is actually pretty good...

.. had one last night. Quite tasty and a nice little 'bite'.

[DS1]

26. Couple thoughts

The commercial might appear to be dumb, but we're talking about it, so it's doing its job.

Paris Hilton has one fiiiiinnne ass.

[jayfish]

46. DS1, I Think That...

in another life we might have been good friends. Is there any chance you will ever forgive me for our white phosphorus fight? O8)

Jay

[DS1]

49. I don't remember it

And there's little need to remind, so okay - we'll both ogle nicely shaped womens' asses in peace.

[jayfish]

50. Shweet.

Jay

[Catherine Vincent]

27. She probably doesn't eat hamburgers.

Hypocrite.

[ronnykmarshall]

30. Honey, she doesn't EAT !

[Nailzberg]

44. All she eats is fast food.

I have a very good source on that.

[LibDemAlways]

32. My 82 year old mother hates it. My

82 year old father announced that it was "trash" -- after carefully watching it. I think it's over the top, but that's because I have a 12-year-old daughter and, while I don't think she's going to suffer any permanent damage from watching Paris seductively take a sponge to her breasts and lean over a car showing off her butt, I think the ad execs in this case are playing to too narrow of a demographic - 18 to 49 yr. old males, while risking alienating women, young families, and seniors. But that's their call.

[Vektor]

34. Silly, predictable, unimaginative and played out - like most commercials.

Same shit, different channel. Using campy sex to sell a bad greasy burger. How original! :eyes:

[silverweb]

36. Another point of interest....

On the "Behind the Scenes," video, Paris does herself proud for that 20-30s male demographic. She looks and sounds like a total moron and makes it obvious that the "sexy" bit is all staging and artful cinematography.

:eyes:

See for yourself in the second listing, "Behind the Scenes with Paris": http://www.spicyparis.com/paris.html

[progressivebydesign]

40. Who want's pubic hair in their hamburger?? 'nuff said. n/t

[Blue Belle]

41. My thought: Unbelievable.

This whole commercial is stupid... like we're supposed to believe that Paris Hilton would actually do any of the things that she does in this commercial. Do you seriously think that Paris Hilton would 1) Wash a Bentley (she has people to do that), 2) Eat - and if she did eat why would she eat at Carl's Jr when she could easily pop by the Viper Room and spend $27.50 on a burger and snort a few lines while she's at it?? I don't know what demographic there trying to woo (I'm guessing the 18-35 white male dough-boys who spend more time besting their high score on their Sony Play station games than on their social life) This is the girl who thought Walmart was a paint and wallpaper store - she doesn't live in the real word. What a better person to pitch a burger to working class Americans??

[SmokingJacket]

43. They deserve each other.

TV is junk, the ad is junk, what the woman portrays is junk, and the food is junk.

There should be a law that says anyone appearing in an ad for a product must be a regular user of that product. I'd like to see Paris Hilton after six months of Carl's burgers.

[Ezlivin]

45. Where's the beef?

This is the perfect advertisement for TV.

It exactly fits in with the world of values that TV promulgates.

[Fire Walk With Me]

47. Empty head, empty calories.

Homer Simpson drool effect.

[Catherine Vincent]

48. No thoughts.

Thanks anyways.

[thebigidea]

53. that's one nasty-looking woman

nasty food, unless its 3am and nothing else is open. At which point, eating fiberglass seems like a good idea.

[mongo]

54. Repeat after me...

IT'S ONLY A COMMERCIAL...

Besides giving 14yo boys boners in the family room when everyone's watching TV, what's the problem?

[kid a]

55. Its hot

[orpupilofnature57]

56. Synthesis of culture, true without shape or form, but pure essence..

Of the superficial thing We pay homage to,or in the end what kkkarl steers us to, false opulence

[Generator]

57. She's HOT!

[tabasco]

58. It beats the hell out of that Mickey D commercial ...

with the "sassy black female" animations.

Personally, I think Paris Hilton is very good looking. I would like to see her in a German shampoo commercial.

[leesa]

59. Do we have to think about it? It's really not worth any thought.

[paineinthearse]

61. Thank you

This was a personal test in distraction.

There is so much going on (example: search CONYERS) on which we could invest our energy, I hope the mods lock this post.

[Spider Jerusalem]

60. Paris Hilton is a fucking slag.

Nice car, though.

[GoneOffShore]

62. Loved the ad!

The car is phat, and Ms Hilton isn't.

However, I wouldn't eat anything at Carl Jr's, or Burger King or McDonalds or Wendy's or Taco Bell or KFC or Krispy Kreme or Dunkin Do Nots or WaWa or Starbucks or Hardee's or Carabas or Red Lobster or HoJo's or Hooters or Dairy Queen or any corporate poison factory.

Let the buggers implode over the ad. Paris H is just a little too stupid and a little to skinny for my taste. Yeah, I'd ..., but I'd have to .... oh never mind, if I say that out loud, I'll get deleted.

[Pushed To The Left]

64. The right-wing Parents Television Council is coming after them

I decided to go to Carl's Jr. for some chicken strips when I heard about the PTC's plans! I'm not a big fan of those types of groups. I saw the commercial, and while it is definitely a little risque, I don't think it warrants this much controversy.

[TeeYiYi]

66. I think it's HOTTT. Slippery. Sexy. Mmmmmm. Makes me wanna . . .

. . . have SEXXXXXXXX.

It's the first Carl's commercial I've ever liked and I can't wait to see it again and again and again . . . although I still hate Carl's and wouldn't eat there on a bet.

Another recent commercial that I can't stop watching is the one with sweaty, beautiful young miners digging coal to the tune of "16 Tons. Very sexy commercial. Yummmmmm. Too bad it's for corporate thug GE.

TYY