Strange food mascots, does this bother you too?

JerseyGirl07093 · 10-07-2008, 08:53 PM

You know something I've never understood? When you go to a BBQ restaurant and their mascot is a pig dressed in an apron and a chef's hat cooking ribs. And he's smiling! Why would he be happy about this?!
Or a chicken place that has a chicken happily cooking fried chicken.
I thought of this today because I was eating at Popeye's and looking at the decor (which of course has a happy chicken cooking some of his fellow feathered friends) and there was one pic of a guy cooking soup/gumbo and there were little crabs in it and they were singing and one that was being spooned into the soup was playing the harmonica! I don't know if I could be so happy as to play the harmonica at a time like that! It kind of reminds me of how supposedly the band played on as the Titanic sank.
Does this trend creep anyone else out? I think it's kind of funny/cute but creepy at the same time.

Dr. Feelgood · 10-08-2008, 09:01 AM

I think we all recognize -- subconsciously if not consciously -- that the meat we eat comes from creatures that feel grief, pain, and fear like ourselves, and it makes us feel a bit guilty.* Children are sometimes troubled by this aspect of meat-eating, but they usually become desensitized to it as they grow up. Still, it makes us feel better to fantasize that the animals accept their fate, or even enjoy it(!). Hence the quisling cartoon pigs and chickens, collaborating with the oppressor.

*This post will doubtlessly be followed by at least three posts from macho men earnestly asserting that they "don't care nothing" about how animals feel. They always protest too much.

sugar and spice · 10-08-2008, 11:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JerseyGirl07093

You know something I've never understood? When you go to a BBQ restaurant and their mascot is a pig dressed in an apron and a chef's hat cooking ribs. And he's smiling! Why would he be happy about this?!
Or a chicken place that has a chicken happily cooking fried chicken.
I thought of this today because I was eating at Popeye's and looking at the decor (which of course has a happy chicken cooking some of his fellow feathered friends) and there was one pic of a guy cooking soup/gumbo and there were little crabs in it and they were singing and one that was being spooned into the soup was playing the harmonica! I don't know if I could be so happy as to play the harmonica at a time like that! It kind of reminds me of how supposedly the band played on as the Titanic sank.
Does this trend creep anyone else out? I think it's kind of funny/cute but creepy at the same time.

Yes it does kinda creep me out. The example of this same thing is the frosted mini wheats commercials with the little mini wheats guys happily jumping in the bowl of hot milk and doing the backstroke happily talking about how good they are for the kid getting ready to eat them.

steely · 10-08-2008, 11:38 AM

Oh God,I'm so depressed.

LillyBBBW · 10-08-2008, 12:26 PM

What about the rat that was the mascot for Quiznos subs. Gak!

ChubbyBubbles · 10-08-2008, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by LillyBBBW

What about the rat that was the mascot for Quiznos subs. Gak!

*Sigh* I hate to admit it...but I loved those "creatures"!

I thought they were so funny! I was deeply saddened when they suddenly disappeared.

Life as I knew it will never be the same...

Sicilia_Curves · 10-08-2008, 02:27 PM

The pullsbury (sp?) dough boy...what's his deal? Why can't I flatten him out and make cinnamon rolls out of him?

jcas50 · 10-08-2008, 07:45 PM

There's a chain of restaurants in the Tampa area called Egg Platter. They have terrific breakfasts. I like the biscuits and gravy with a mound of fried potatoes and onions and fried eggs. I order a side of sausage to really start my day right.
Anyway, they have these cartoon chickens on the walls in a variety of poses. And this is an egg establishment. It makes me chuckle when I am having a breakfast at 4 am on my way to catch a plane . But I don't feel queasy thinking of the chickens on the walls and the eggs I'm eating. I just like the cartoons.

CleverBomb · 10-08-2008, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by steely

Oh God,I'm so depressed.

Queue up the "Dish of the Day" scene from Restaurant at the End of the Universe.

-Rusty

Santaclear · 10-09-2008, 01:03 AM

Ronald McDonald. That clown is gross! I go sick with worry about all the stuff he must be doing to the food.

Also, I heard a rumor that Tony the Tiger had dysentery but was still allowed to work around the Kelloggs Sugar Frosted Flakes. What the hell was up with that?

wrestlingguy · 10-09-2008, 05:16 PM

The symbol of everything that is wrong with America today, this represents the parents who dump their kids off so they can be the irresponsible idiots that they are, while said kids run around like maniacs, with little or no regard for the other kids or adults around them, all while eating some of the worst food in the entire universe. I give you............................................... ...........

LalaCity · 10-10-2008, 08:11 AM

Yes, this reminds me of one of the Hitchhiker's Guide books (Restaurant at the End of the Universe, I think) where a talking cow would come to your table, personally point out the most delectable cuts of meat on its body, then bow and tell you it was happily off to be butchered and prepared for your gustatory pleasure.

mossystate · 10-10-2008, 01:08 PM

WrestlingGuy...I cannot imagine any adult going to CC with/without a kid and expecting calm, or decent food. Isn't that the whole point of the place, to let the lil freaks roam free?

I remember the one time I went there...gah!

I LOVED the Quiznos sponge monkey mascots!! Why, just the other night I watched a couple of the ads on YouTube. I wish some other company would use them...hehe.

And...because somebody had to do it...I will leave you with this classic SNL commercial.

http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/05/29...uckin-chicken/

MattB · 10-21-2008, 04:14 PM

Those commercials with the "Burger King" were disturbing and just plain wrong...kinda like their fries...

Fascinita · 10-21-2008, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by JerseyGirl07093

Does this trend creep anyone else out? I think it's kind of funny/cute but creepy at the same time.

Yes! lol

I've often noticed these kinds of signs (there's one at the local fried fish joint showing a trout dancing to hip hop, waering baggy trousers and holding a boom box) and found them disturbing in an absurd-macabre-funny way.

What animal would be happy to cook its brethren and serve it up for human consumption?

These are questions larger than any of us. And perhaps best left unanswered.

I will tell you that the SINGLE BEST FOOD SIGN I've ever seen said "Al's Jerk BBQ and Car Detailing".

Fascinita · 10-21-2008, 05:29 PM

ABsurd double post.

Fuzzy · 10-24-2008, 12:40 AM

Oh.. those mascots.. I thought you were referring to Henry the Puffy Taco, mascot of the San Antonio Missions.

Fascinita · 10-24-2008, 12:50 AM

This food mascot was so annoying, they named him The Noid!

Thank heavens he's part of our cultural legacy.

Fuzzy · 10-24-2008, 12:54 AM

Avoid the Noid?

Santaclear · 10-24-2008, 01:34 AM

The worst one I know of is for a bunch of fried chicken places around here, Shifty's, where the mascot is a rat giving you the finger. WTF? And their food tastes terrible!

There's also a burger place with a giant lit-up picture on the wall inside of a cow eating a family of terrified chickens. Pretty disturbing.

altered states · 10-24-2008, 07:02 AM

Au Pied du Cochon, the 24-hour haven for drunks, tourists, and me, seems to revel in their eponymous mascot's victimhood. My GF, not a vegetarian under normal circumstances, refused to eat there because their sign shows a chef chasing a piglet with a knife, a little too much for her. Below is a graphic from their website, a CGI-inspired porker with pleading eyes.

I imagine the first PETA party president nuking the entire Ile de France someday.

CleverBomb · 10-24-2008, 10:15 PM

Someone even has a blog on the subject. Posts feature disturbing advertisements and logos.

When I ran across it, I remembered this thread and figured it belonged here.

-Rusty

Fascinita · 11-01-2008, 07:14 PM

I was thinking last night that, for official Food Mascot Weirdness, nothing beat the old McDonaldland characters. I always thought they were kind of creepy.

Mayor McCheese looks downright angry in this one:

And of course, The Grimace.

Memories. Memories.

sugar and spice · 11-02-2008, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Fascinita

I was thinking last night that, for official Food Mascot Weirdness, nothing beat the old McDonaldland characters. I always thought they were kind of creepy.

Mayor McCheese looks downright angry in this one:

And of course, The Grimace.

Memories. Memories.

When my brother got married his bride to be asked me to be a bridesmaid. To my horror she chose dresses that were purple( which is actually my favorite color now). I knew it the minute I looked in the mirror though I looked just like Grimace! and of course my other jerky brother had to call me that too when he saw me in that dress.

Fascinita · 11-30-2009, 02:55 PM

*bumping this by request*

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Kids love to color. Turkeys love to rock. Manitoba Turkey Producers love what it means for the bottom line.

10-07-2008, 08:53 PM	#1
JerseyGirl07093 Stick a fork in me Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Weird NJ Posts: 2,662	Strange food mascots, does this bother you too? You know something I've never understood? When you go to a BBQ restaurant and their mascot is a pig dressed in an apron and a chef's hat cooking ribs. And he's smiling! Why would he be happy about this?! Or a chicken place that has a chicken happily cooking fried chicken. I thought of this today because I was eating at Popeye's and looking at the decor (which of course has a happy chicken cooking some of his fellow feathered friends) and there was one pic of a guy cooking soup/gumbo and there were little crabs in it and they were singing and one that was being spooned into the soup was playing the harmonica! I don't know if I could be so happy as to play the harmonica at a time like that! It kind of reminds me of how supposedly the band played on as the Titanic sank. Does this trend creep anyone else out? I think it's kind of funny/cute but creepy at the same time. __________________ If you can't love yourself, how in the hell are you gonna love somebody else?! - Rupaul You're your own standard of beauty. There's no one else in the world who looks like you, so how can you compare yourself to anyone else? - Stacy London

10-08-2008, 09:01 AM	#2
Dr. Feelgood intellectual nerd Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: the Twilight Zone Posts: 3,963	I think we all recognize -- subconsciously if not consciously -- that the meat we eat comes from creatures that feel grief, pain, and fear like ourselves, and it makes us feel a bit guilty.* Children are sometimes troubled by this aspect of meat-eating, but they usually become desensitized to it as they grow up. Still, it makes us feel better to fantasize that the animals accept their fate, or even enjoy it(!). Hence the quisling cartoon pigs and chickens, collaborating with the oppressor. *This post will doubtlessly be followed by at least three posts from macho men earnestly asserting that they "don't care nothing" about how animals feel. They always protest too much. __________________ Now all you women, Don't you come around Unless you weigh 'Bout fo' hundred pound... -- Dr. Feelgood & the Interns

10-08-2008, 12:26 PM	#5
LillyBBBW Executive Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 12,305	What about the rat that was the mascot for Quiznos subs. Gak! __________________ Expecting the world to treat you kindly because you are a good person is like expecting the bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian. He who asks a dumb question is a fool for five minutes. He who never asks questions remains a fool forever. You are not superior just because you see the world in an odious light. Have you hugged a fat girl today? @~;~~

10-08-2008, 07:45 PM	#8
jcas50 Liberal Scum Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New Haven, CT Posts: 410	There's a chain of restaurants in the Tampa area called Egg Platter. They have terrific breakfasts. I like the biscuits and gravy with a mound of fried potatoes and onions and fried eggs. I order a side of sausage to really start my day right. Anyway, they have these cartoon chickens on the walls in a variety of poses. And this is an egg establishment. It makes me chuckle when I am having a breakfast at 4 am on my way to catch a plane . But I don't feel queasy thinking of the chickens on the walls and the eggs I'm eating. I just like the cartoons. __________________ We'll miss you MJ, rest in peace.

10-09-2008, 01:03 AM	#10
Santaclear User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: North America Posts: 9,636	Ronald McDonald. That clown is gross! I go sick with worry about all the stuff he must be doing to the food. Also, I heard a rumor that Tony the Tiger had dysentery but was still allowed to work around the Kelloggs Sugar Frosted Flakes. What the hell was up with that? __________________

10-08-2008, 11:38 AM	#4
steely Master Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 3,661	Oh God,I'm so depressed.

10-08-2008, 02:27 PM	#7
Sicilia_Curves Sicilia Curves Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: California Posts: 260	The pullsbury (sp?) dough boy...what's his deal? Why can't I flatten him out and make cinnamon rolls out of him?

10-09-2008, 05:16 PM	#11
wrestlingguy Dumber, but louder. Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: NJ Posts: 2,303	The symbol of everything that is wrong with America today, this represents the parents who dump their kids off so they can be the irresponsible idiots that they are, while said kids run around like maniacs, with little or no regard for the other kids or adults around them, all while eating some of the worst food in the entire universe. I give you............................................... ........... __________________ Hey, you're banned, and I'm still blogging.....there is a God.

10-10-2008, 08:11 AM	#12
LalaCity Master Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,822	Yes, this reminds me of one of the Hitchhiker's Guide books (Restaurant at the End of the Universe, I think) where a talking cow would come to your table, personally point out the most delectable cuts of meat on its body, then bow and tell you it was happily off to be butchered and prepared for your gustatory pleasure.

10-10-2008, 01:08 PM	#13
mossystate flicks a booger on conrad Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 13,127	WrestlingGuy...I cannot imagine any adult going to CC with/without a kid and expecting calm, or decent food. Isn't that the whole point of the place, to let the lil freaks roam free? I remember the one time I went there...gah! I LOVED the Quiznos sponge monkey mascots!! Why, just the other night I watched a couple of the ads on YouTube. I wish some other company would use them...hehe. And...because somebody had to do it...I will leave you with this classic SNL commercial. http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/05/29...uckin-chicken/

10-21-2008, 04:14 PM	#14
MattB Plan 9 Channel 7 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 2,226	Burger King guy... Those commercials with the "Burger King" were disturbing and just plain wrong...kinda like their fries...

10-21-2008, 05:29 PM	#16
Fascinita Jeez, we're blessed! Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 6,377	ABsurd double post. Last edited by Fascinita : 10-21-2008 at 05:44 PM.

10-24-2008, 12:40 AM	#17
Fuzzy BoilemMashmStickeminaStew Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Welcome to City 17 Posts: 8,974	Oh.. those mascots.. I thought you were referring to Henry the Puffy Taco, mascot of the San Antonio Missions. __________________ United We Stand, Divided We Fall. 99% of the content on the Internet is True. - Abraham Lincoln

10-24-2008, 12:50 AM	#18
Fascinita Jeez, we're blessed! Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 6,377	This food mascot was so annoying, they named him The Noid! Thank heavens he's part of our cultural legacy.

10-24-2008, 12:54 AM	#19
Fuzzy BoilemMashmStickeminaStew Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Welcome to City 17 Posts: 8,974	Avoid the Noid? __________________ United We Stand, Divided We Fall. 99% of the content on the Internet is True. - Abraham Lincoln

10-24-2008, 01:34 AM	#20
Santaclear User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: North America Posts: 9,636	The worst one I know of is for a bunch of fried chicken places around here, Shifty's, where the mascot is a rat giving you the finger. WTF? And their food tastes terrible! There's also a burger place with a giant lit-up picture on the wall inside of a cow eating a family of terrified chickens. Pretty disturbing. __________________

10-24-2008, 10:15 PM	#22
CleverBomb On Space Out Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 5,119	The things you find while wandering the Internets... Someone even has a blog on the subject. Posts feature disturbing advertisements and logos. When I ran across it, I remembered this thread and figured it belonged here. -Rusty

11-01-2008, 07:14 PM	#23
Fascinita Jeez, we're blessed! Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 6,377	I was thinking last night that, for official Food Mascot Weirdness, nothing beat the old McDonaldland characters. I always thought they were kind of creepy. Mayor McCheese looks downright angry in this one: And of course, The Grimace. Memories. Memories.

11-30-2009, 02:55 PM	#25
Fascinita Jeez, we're blessed! Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 6,377	Let's eat! bumping this by request turkey.jpg Kids love to color. Turkeys love to rock. Manitoba Turkey Producers love what it means for the bottom line. __________________ ...................... \|:\| Sponsor a puppy or kitten. \|:\| Last edited by Fascinita : 11-30-2009 at 03:17 PM.

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