I’ve been seeing this diary start to get passed around the internets as “proof” of the John McCain campaign’s ineptitude - that they didn’t buy McCain Foods’ hyperlink before the campaign.
People. McCain Foods is fucking gigantic. They make about six billion dollars a year in revenue and they’re a Canadian company so there isn’t really even the influence-peddling issue to consider - if they’re going to bend over for anybody, they’ll bend over for the Tories, not some dinky little American presidential campaign that’s spent less in two years than what McCain Foods makes in two weeks.
Also, consider:
Anybody who can make an advertisement like that (and McCain Foods ads are legendarily crappy, trust me) does not fear John McCain’s wrath, is what I am saying.
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Now I want some curly fries. Mmm, curly fries.
McCain’s UK ads aren’t that bad… though a search for “McCain’s oven chips ad” on YouTube brings up some pretty cringe-inducing examples.
I used to work for one of their plants in Wisconsin!
Anyway it’s the same misinterpretation that Target gets when people think it’s pronounced Targ-hey, so it must be owned by the French.
So if the company name is the same as the candidate’s there must be a connection!! sheesh
Remember the whole Heinz/W ketchup thing back in 2004? Let’s not do that again.
At least with the Heinz ketchup thing, there really, truly was a connection between the candidate and the company. Here? Not so much.
Ha! I remember that ad from when I was a kid. Glorious.
Also, people are stupid.
I’m almost hesitant to ask when that ad first aired.
I’ve never once seen a french fry that has actually crunched like a bell pepper.
…Is this commercial meant to remind me of “Saved By the Bell”, now showing in reruns on American television network “The N”? Because with my screen resolution all the way up and the YouTube video quality, my first impression was that Mario Lopez had done a french fry ad at some point.
Don’t you judge me. I live with a 12 year old girl with control of the television. I’m not old enough to have ’90s nostalgia yet, but apparently she’s young enough to actually believe the late ’80s and early ’90s were the coolest fashion decade.
Additionally: Goddamn frenchmen! Them’s the crunch of freedom fries.
Speaking of french fries, I just now watched a live story on an Arkansas TV station about fair food. It ended with the repoter’s announcement that the geniuses who invent food for county, regional and state fairs have developed something totally brand-new called “poutine.” The concept of serving french fries with gravy completely floored all the anchors on the Arkansas newscast, who had never heard of such a thing before ever.
On a related note, I get really exasperated with everybody at this TV station.
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