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Ah yes, the long awaited Birdman Blog of course, you know you died a litle bit waiting for this. Actually I am finding I am using this alot more then I thought I would but with sketchy internet, it's been a bit of a trick but I do like to blog when I get the chance and even occasionally rant.
So what is the Birdman yapping about? Well as a pop culture assasin who drops some science on your ass I do have some of those weird thoughts that keep me up at night. So I got to thinking about the various mascots of the past 20 years and some of the ones I grew up with and some invented in recent memory and stuff like and I wonder
"What the hell happened to?"
For Example, I seriously wonder when did McDonald's drop the whole McCrew, like the Grimace, (Such an injoke here, it's sad) and Birdie (infact see this for some of what I mean....(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVBerX6Dzmc )
To be fair, I should warn you, it does have ALOT of swearing but in general I found it funny as hell.
So where was I? The Burger King Kids pack....what the hell ever happened? I remember watching TV and seeing them in the early 90's and I always like the animation style they were in. However some of the commericals were just plain stupid....infact that reminds me, in the late 80's McDonald's had a live action commerical where it featured some kids going for a big mac and for some reason that fat kid with the video camera will always remain in my memory. However back to my memories of the Burger King Kids, I wonder when they were taken away from us or have they? I mean in Canada so many of our commericals are filtered due to Similulcating and commericals being changed for canadians
On that note, I can see why Wendys would retire Dave Thomas...i mean being dead does have that perk I suppose. However I did enjoy Dave for what he was and there was something very geniune about him and his advertising and I just liked him for that. So rest in peace in that big Wendy's in the sky my friend.
Other mascots whom seem to have disapeared have been the Taco Bell dog? Guess the law suit that happened and the guys got 114 million in interest and 30 million kinda killed that eh? While doing this Blog I did some reading and found out some famous people have worked at Taco Bell such as Hulk Hogan and Jenna Jameson...ain't that funny eh?
As well, I also remember some kind of Hostess chips little guys who like monsters who were green and yellow and stuff like that....I think the 90's phased them into nothing but a memory but I do remember they were offered as stuffed animals through a mail away promotion.
Weird to see so many marketing gimmicks used over the years by the various companies and stuff, and McDonald's and Pepsi always seem to have some of the best and memorable ads and spokes people and that just triggered a memory.
Remember when McDonalds used to have theme sandwichs and meals and stuff that were meant for Adults, like the Flintstones, Jurassic Park and Batman Returns and stuff like that? Man I wonder why they stopped doing that, always loved that time year and I am a big sucker for collectable cups...always have been.
Been such a trip down memory lane for me, I will always wonder why the Hamburgler always said "Robble,Robble."
I mean seriously what the hell does that mean?
Anyway, it's 7:30 am and I likely should go to bed....I am tired and have the edge of a headache.
Birdman OUT!
