Wendy's Commercial???

[Barb Bouldrey]

Would some wise NazNetter know the answer to a very "serious" question?

On the recent Wendy's commerical, a guy in a Wendy's red, pig-tailed wig shouts that they deserve a fresh hamburger. Everyone in the commericial is kicking a tree.

Does anyone know why they are kicking trees??????????????

It is a dumb commercial, but I would like to understand it.

LOL

Barb

[DA Weaver]

lol, Barb, we just watched that commercial not even five minutes ago, and I was commenting on how STUPID it was. lol, I say it's just a way for the "cross dressers" to get their foot in the door and have everyone be more accepting of their "cross dressing" lifestyles!!!! (said jokingly)

[Barb Bouldrey]

Someone emailed me and said they were kicking the trees because they were bored with the same old hamburgers.

Could be.

LOL

Barb

[Gina Stevenson]

Yes, I've seen that, and it is rather stupid.

Speaking of commercials, tho' they mostly get muted around here, I've not been so "taken in" by the Caveman for that one insurance company as I was with their little gecko. Must be a lot of people are, since it sounds like that's what sparked the idea for an actual program about cavemen next season! Hmmm .......

Perhaps I liked the gecko better, because I once had a little pet out in Phoenix ... "Geek the Gecko" was his name, but just called "Geek." :basic05

[Mike McVey]

Would some wise NazNetter know the answer to a very "serious" question?

On the recent Wendy's commerical, a guy in a Wendy's red, pig-tailed wig shouts that they deserve a fresh hamburger. Everyone in the commericial is kicking a tree.

Does anyone know why they are kicking trees??????????????

It is a dumb commercial, but I would like to understand it.

LOL

Barb

If you are willing to take the "wise" out of "wise Naznetter", I will give it an attempt.

The reason they are all kicking trees is because someone started kicking a tree (going to McDonald's) and people are generally followers than leaders. Finally, Mr. Wendy realizes that he doesn't want to do what everyone else does just because they are doing it. He wants a fresh burger.

The irony of the commercial is that almost everyone else stops following the tree kicker to follow someone else.

That is my take of the commercial. It might also be important that the first airing (from what I'm told) was at the pilot for Fox's Off the Lot. It's the Hollywood director version of American Idol. They have to design videos every so often that show why they should be the next Spielberg. Wendy's might have launched it the same night to show their creativity??? I like the commercial personally. I think because of its oddness it should be in the commercial hall of fame. Okay, not really, but I do like the shot.

[Joanne Vergin]

Mike said it all.

[Hal Paul]

Last year, we had a "pet" geko for a short time.

We were downstairs when all of a sudden the cats went crazy at the top of the stairwell. A quick investigation revealed this little guy on the wall just out of the cats' reach. I grabbed the camera and got this picture. My son then caught the geko and let him go outside.

This guy was the lucky one, despite our best efforts, we had some others in the house that provided our fury felines with a successful hunt.

[Gina Stevenson]

Where is it you live that you find geckos? I was in AZ when we found out little "Geek" and had him for a pet for awhile [until he died]. :(

[Hal Paul]

Gina,

I live in San Antonio, TX. The first couple of years we lived here we never saw gekos. Then last year they were all over the place. I've seen a couple this year, but none in the house yet.

[Gina Stevenson]

Gina,

I live in San Antonio, TX. The first couple of years we lived here we never saw gekos. Then last year they were all over the place. I've seen a couple this year, but none in the house yet.

Oh, yeah ... we've found them in the house before, too. This little guy we kept for a good while was outside, tho' ... just outside our door.

BTW, Mike, now that you've explained the commercial a bit, it makes more sense. Hadn't looked closely enough to see that just one person first kicked a tree, before the others---being followers---started doing it. Just saw it come on, then suddenly [don't watch commercials real closely] everybody was kicking the tress! But, your having watched it more closely, it now makes sense, hearing the details. ;)

BTW, speaking of commercials, don't think I'll ever like the Oscar Mayer one as much with several kids singing a phrase each in various keys [blah ....] as the "little Mac Davis curly-haired guy sitting on a log with a fishin' pole singing: "My bologna has a first name, it's O-S-C-A-R ...." and you know the rest. ;)

[Jim Franklin]

Many years ago I was a principal under a Superintendent whose first name was Oscar. After I left that community my father in law was on the town council and informed me something about him ordering hot dogs for the school concession stand and that everyone started calling him "Oscar Meyer."

[Meghan Schoonover]

BTW, speaking of commercials, don't think I'll ever like the Oscar Mayer one as much with several kids singing a phrase each in various keys [blah ....]

I think those are different groups from the contests they hold regularly for kids singing their jingle. Our choir teacher in town (my husband is the band teacher) entered his kids one year, but they didn't make it onto a commercial.

[Gina Stevenson]

I think those are different groups from the contests they hold regularly for kids singing their jingle. Our choir teacher in town (my husband is the band teacher) entered his kids one year, but they didn't make it onto a commercial.

Thanks for the info, Meghan! That makes it a bit different, when realizing the source. ;o) Had never heard it had anything to do with a jingle-singing contest. I'll listen differently, perhaps, now ... rather than muting it. ;o) Do they keep changing them, or is it always a repeat of just one commercial made from those contests? Hadn't paid enough attention to notice that.

[Jim Severns]

I give up. I don't get the tree thing either.

You can watch the commercials here.
http://www.wendys.com/ads/?7048.flv

The commercial that drives me nuts right now are the ones for Chevy trucks. They use the song American Pie originally by Don McClean. The commercial only uses a portion of the lyrics:

Bye, Bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry.

OK, I get the tie-in with Chevy. Problem is, EVERYBODY knows the lyrics that follow and you mind just naturally flows there:
Them good 'ol boys were drinking whiskey and rye
Singing "This will be the day that I die"

Doesn't exactly make me want to go out and buy the truck.

[Meghan Schoonover]

Do they keep changing them, or is it always a repeat of just one commercial made from those contests? Hadn't paid enough attention to notice that.

I'm not sure! I know they've had the contests for years, so I'm sure they change it at least anually. I saw an ad for a concert recently b/c my husband said, "Hey, remember when B entered his students in that contest?" I haven't paid too much attention to them, either, but I'm sure that's where the kids come from...

[Ryan Scott]

I just assumed the "tree kicking" was some fruitless activity that no one would would really ever do if they were thinking about it, kind of like eating a hamburger elsewhere, when Wendy's is right around the corner.