The Downfall of The Burger King Kingdom
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Burger King Kingdom Commercial - International Magicians Society Website - Burger King Page - imsmagic.com/magical-burger-k...
Ian Quiles - Burger King 1989 - • Burger King Kids Club ...
allcommercials / Retroist.com - Animated Burger King Commercial - • Burger King Commercial...
Honbatz Commercial - Raymond Garza TehLogoCECandRobloxFanatic2006 - • Burger King Honbatz - ...
Wake Up with the King - Bk Joe - Jabbae - Burger King Corp. - • Wake up with the King ...
Burger King 1978 commercial - haikarate4 - Love 70's Commercials Compilation - Epic Commercial Mix
- • I Love 70's Commercial...
Burger King 1986 “McDonalds” commercial - ewjxn - • 1986 Burger King "Whop...
BK Disney Cups commercial - ntropolis - • FOX/WCCB commercials, ...
Small Soldiers BK Commercial - IntermissionSociety - • Small Soldiers Burger ...
BK Kingdom commercial - 70’s Commercials Vol. 21 - 80sCommercialVault - • 70's Commercials Vol. 21
Burger King ‘sir shakealot’ Commercial - Clifford Reid - • Marvelous Magical Burg...
BK Wild Wild West ad - 90s Nostalgia - • Wild Wild West Burger ...
Sneak King trailer - IGN.com - • Sneak King Xbox 360 Tr...
Wake Up with the King ad - kmccpb - • BK - Wake Up With the ...
Vintage Florida Films - 1942 - KailuaKid - • Vintage Florida Films ...
Ray Kroc Documentary - hedw bran - • Video
Old BK B&W commercial - FredFlix - • Original Commercials F...
1960s Pillsbury Doughboy Commercial - Pillsbury Company - Robert Cass - • TV Commercials of the ...
Pillsbury - Kirsh Copenhagen - BluelsTher’s Legacy - • Pillsbury - Kirsh Cope...
Grocery Store Product Icons - Out Nostalgic Memories - • Grocery Store Product ...
Pillsbury Doughboy 1972 - Bionic Disco - • Poppin' Fresh Pillsbur...
Animated BK commercial - MrClassicAds1960s - • Burger King Commercial...
McDonalds Big Mag Jingle 1976 - Bionic Disco - • McDonald's 'Big Mac Ji...
McDonalds Employee Training VHS - Had0ken86 - • Video
McDonaldland Commercial HD - TESTMACORONI - • Video
McDonaldland 1975 - Video Bill - • McDonald's - McDonaldl...
McDonalds Old West 1976 - Bill McDonald - • McDonalds - Old West -...
MCDONALDLAND AD COMPILATION - MacTOnight8 - • MCDONALDLAND AD COMPIL...
The Marvelous Magical Burger King 1977 - Ethan’s TV Junk Yard - • The Marvelous Magical ...
Burger King Weeping Willow ad - PhakeNam - • 80's Ads: Burger King ...
Marvelous Magical Burger King Fred Barton - Clifford Reid - • Marvelous Magical Burg...
Buger King ‘King Chariot’ ad 1979 - robatsea2009 - • 1979 Burger King "King...
Burger King 1980 ad Tennis - MemoryMuseum - • Burger King 1980 Tenni...
Burger King ‘Disco King’ - bokindustries - • Disco King!
Burger King ad ‘Walking on Ceiling’ - PhakeNam - • 70's Ads: Burger King ...
Burger King ad ‘Flying’ - Memory Museum - • Burger King 1978 Duke ...
Burger King Christmas ad - robatsea2009 - • Burger King Christmas ...
Burger King ad ‘Painting Road Sign’ 1981 - Retro Delights - • Burger King - Painting... - Zábava
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Burger King ad ‘Weather Forecast’ 1981 - Retro Deslights - czcams.com/video/UVKFT9xqpeg/video.html
Burger King ad ‘Friendly Advice’ 1983 - The Arcive - czcams.com/video/9D9Xf324Xcg/video.html
Burger King Magic Meal 1981 - Memory Musem - czcams.com/video/FMqDqy46hDI/video.html
Burger King Jet Age Meal - PhakeNam - czcams.com/video/KPr-zzCCWBQ/video.html
Burger King ThunderCats Meal - CollectionDX - czcams.com/video/irRlQokMnwM/video.html
Burger King Silver Hawks Meal - Memory Museum - czcams.com/video/ynKun4SXUe0/video.html
Burger King Star Wars Glasses - MemoryMuseum - czcams.com/video/I2ilOTxcs2Q/video.html
Burger King Croissandwich ad - Echo6Bravo - czcams.com/video/a4tgaq38Njc/video.html
Burger King Sarah Michelle Gellar ad #1 - smgvids - czcams.com/video/-Ss7_5PSnyA/video.html
Burger King Sarah Michelle Gellar ad #2 - Jack Taylor - czcams.com/video/bU6gzE7k9cY/video.html
1986 What a Whopper Should Be ad - ewjxn - czcams.com/video/s78k8ERlHAc/video.html
Burger King v Mcdonalds ad 1986 - CRT Afterglow - czcams.com/video/1kGJDh8gg50/video.html
1979 BK Whopper Commercial - MemoryMuseum - czcams.com/video/1eKtaZ6Ign8/video.html
Burger King 1982 Elizabeth Shue - ewjxn - czcams.com/video/9myA37bBYLE/video.html
Burger King 1982 Elizabeth Shue #2 - Internet Lurker - czcams.com/video/XUVPLYhxZCU/video.html
Burger King Duke of Doubt commercial - MemoryMuseum - czcams.com/video/b0WFYOB22VA/video.html
Burger King Commerials Shavar Ross 1982 - PhakeNam - czcams.com/video/gDwt4Wcgf2I/video.html
NBC Saturday Morning Cartoon Line Up 1986 - One Media - czcams.com/video/0RdwfgRzK_A/video.html
Burger King Kids Club 1989 - Ian Quiles - czcams.com/video/0rI_bVHR-7k/video.html
Burger King Kids Club Simpsons Toys - ForgotBoutThat - czcams.com/video/fdSRYZ5h-5Q/video.html
Burger King Kids Club Babysitter Ad - member berries - czcams.com/video/F-6MscY5nRg/video.html
Burger King Kids Club Beauty and the Beast ad - Mark Krugman - czcams.com/video/j3hPU9SD5z8/video.html
Burger King Kids Club 1990 - ClassicCommercials4U - czcams.com/video/tHk40IuilF/video.html
Burger King Kids Club New Kid ad - ewonyc - czcams.com/video/63_VirH5be4/video.html
Burger King Kids Club 1994 - ProjectAdHand - czcams.com/video/oB9QQXziNVc/video.html
Burger King Kids Club Little Mermaid commercial - 90s Nostalgia - czcams.com/video/D-VxNxUiXqc/video.html
Burger King 1988 Superpowers Commercial - MemoryMuseum - czcams.com/video/zHpAoT7LEcQ/video.html
Great Mouse Detective 1986 Featurette - MemoryMuseum - czcams.com/video/83O0d3-oPqQ/video.html
Burger King Lion King commercial - Old Commercials - czcams.com/video/uG-PSn8UX9g/video.html
Burger King Lion King Commercial #2 - Commercial Collections - czcams.com/video/2yW5uHFZriU/video.html
Burger King Lion King Commercial #3 - The Toys Channel - czcams.com/video/svqFhAAzlFo/video.html
Burger King Lion King Commercial #4 - Movie & Video Game TV Spots - czcams.com/video/5Ef8o559-Gc/video.html
Burger King Souvenir Disney Glasses - ntropolis - czcams.com/video/okvglYVjT-M/video.html
BK kids club Men In Black - mercatfat - czcams.com/video/OmwmVUGYlBo/video.html
BK kids club Rugrats - Movie & Video Game TV Spots - czcams.com/video/OQTIjq4phxA/video.html
BK kids club Land Before Time - David Garbiel - czcams.com/video/-CeOFoQRly8/video.html
BK kids club Anastasia - forever90s - czcams.com/video/Ic5X5xoywHM/video.html
Burger King ‘Small Soldiers’ commercial - IntermissionSociety - czcams.com/video/gxV5XLYeCzU/video.html
Burger King Lord of the Rings commercial - Commercial Rewind - czcams.com/video/hwxKm7iG04c/video.html
Burger King Lord of the Rings commercial #2 - Sarah Coram - czcams.com/video/k_uZ4ZTWAc4/video.html
Burger King Spongebob Squarepants - RoadRunnerCoyote21 - czcams.com/video/cIM8fp6GgHo/video.html
Burger King Hamster Commercial - member berries - czcams.com/video/JfFFdHMPalc/video.html
Burger King Honbatz commercial - Raymond Garza TehLogoCECandRobloxFanatic2006 - czcams.com/video/7iHEo6QxfXM/video.html
Burger King Meatnormous Breakfast Sandwich Commercial - DorkyDude - czcams.com/video/uFKHiMAYI7M/video.html
Burger King ‘King Kong’ commercial - Play Pause Video - czcams.com/video/cc4VSTBoans/video.html
Burger King ‘Revenge of the Sith’ commercial - RPGs For Raccoons - czcams.com/video/fy8Naq7Onok/video.html
Burger King ‘Simpsons Movie’ - Antonio Volante - czcams.com/video/e1FDyi7TnW4/video.html
BK Spongebob Squarepants Music Video - jackiejo977 - czcams.com/video/h5X4TSbGreA/video.html
Burger King Commercials with The King - Commercials Ads - czcams.com/video/mQkWQ4CmOTo/video.html
BK Lil Yachty commercial - Commercial Break - czcams.com/video/hnYXq1oyi2g/video.html
Burger King ‘Look What King’s Got’ - Burger King - czcams.com/video/aG8E9XFNToQ/video.html
You actually need a CZcams account so it wasn’t free to subscribe
Do The Rise and Fall of Burger Chef
Oh crap where's the show less button?
If you get tainted food in a burger king you're in your own. Higher ups don't care and will turn their backs on you
Top 10 longest replies:
First McDonald's Land and now the Burger King Kids Club and Creepy King. Can't wait to for Mark to show us the Taco Bell Chihuahua Lore.
Agh I wish he hearted this
Yo quiero Taco Bell video!
Taco Bell also had an animated cat and dog for mascots before the Chihuahua.
@@GODZILLA2915 Nacho and Dog. Ahhh. The chihuahua was alright, don't get me wrong, but I just adore Nacho and Dog. Eddie Deezen and Rob Paulsen with narrator Jess Harnell, just a wonderful collection of staple 90's voice actors.
"Hey Godzilla, want something to drink?"
never thought I’d be so interested in Burger King Lore
*next up: Sneak King playthough?*
Sneak King: Assassin's Feed
Other channels have playthroughs, game grumps did one I'm pretty sure.
@@nunpho yes, and it was glorious
Call Me Kevin did one, it was very entertaining
@@ScabiorsSecret I'd much rather watch his video than anything made by Game Grumps personally.
It's insane how by just watching fast food ad campaigns through each decade, you can tell what the prevailing pop culture trend was of that specific era
That's because these ads dictated it.
"Can you imagine Ronald McDonald literally stalking people in their houses and handing them Big Macs?"
No. That was Mac Tonight's job.
Come on make it Mac Tonight!
Ronald McDonald as John Wayne Gacey
Him and the creepy "my pillow" guy could be waiting on you every night👻
I can imagine JP Ronald doing that.
Would Ronald be holding a red balloon? 🤡🎈
The Burger King games were also compatible with the original Xbox, the only three games in the entire library made to work on both systems!
They were also developed by the same team that made all the James Bond games.
When you need wild Video Game info Larry's your man.
Hello you! Guru Larry sighting!
how do i keep finding you?
Goddman you, Larry, found you again!
Hey man good channel, I just subbed after watching a few videos
As one-dimensional as the BK kid's club members were, you gotta admit the animation in those commercials was fantastic. I miss when companies had high-quality hand-drawn animation in their ads.
They look a lot like the kids from the Trix and Lucky Charms commercials. Are they the same animator?
Right?
I suspect they were animated by the same team that animated Space Jam. The style and flow is so similar. ❤
The Marvelous Magical Burger King is actually remarkably charming. Unlike most fast food mascots , he actually seems like someone you could leave unsupervised around children, which is more than you can say about either ANY variation of his clown rival or the frozen-grin uncanny valley monstrosity that his majesty the king sadly devolved into.
I love that second design for the king so much, it's just so charming. All lot of cartoon designs from the 60s were super charming, honestly. Also he was called "Kurger Bing" and I think that's just great.
They were super cute.
It's The Little Caesar's mascot meets School House Rock.
Also, the dry silly humor reminds me of Tootsie Pop commercials. I love vintage ads.
"A Hispanic who loved art. The kid, not the dog." As a Hispanic, an art lover, and a non-dog, this made me burst out laughing.
LOL.
Guys I found lingo
Non-dog. 😂
Being a 90s kid, it was always a question of who was cooler: Kid Vid from the BK Kids Club, or Max from A Goofy Movie.
Both had backwards hats, and sunglasses that were just one solid piece of glass, but Kid Vid also had fingerless gloves. Not to be outdone, Max had a t-shirt with an attached hood, plus he skateboarded. Kid Vid was only adjacent to skateboarding, and even then, it seems only dogs got to board; he did, however, rock a fly pair of high-top sneakers. Max wore baggy pants, Kid Vid wore a superfluous belt across his chest.
Let's call it a draw, and eat some fries while listening to Powerline.
so true i had a crush on both when i was 6
What about the main kid from Recess?
@@zakunick1 TJ was the goat.
I’m glad we all agree on what the definition of “cool” was back then. Now it’s like “we’ll I have over 1,000 followers” and it’s like pffftttt get back to me when you have a backwards cap on okay kid? 😂
That is the most 1990s thing I've ever read.
I feel like I'm the only one who never really found the "Creepy" King to be all that creepy. I mean, I can see where people are coming from, but Ronald is still leagues more unsettling, it feels like he's trying to butter you up with cheap food before he drags you into the back of the building and skins you alive. The King just wanted you to have a burger and enjoy it.
ye, if i had burger guy break into my house and give me a burger i would be fine with that ( except if the burger had pickles )
I have always thought the ads were funny, and never heard the term 'creepy' applied to him before. Ronald, on the other hand, looks like a mass murderer just waiting to happen... 😎
Why do you think you’re the only one? Just because the video presenter said it, doesn’t mean everybody agrees.
@@spankynater4242 It's a hyperbolic expression. I feel the same way sometimes.
@@arakano That’s not hyperbole.
I remember the Creepy King had a deep impact on me back in high school. My and a few buddies even planned a skit [being dumb teenagers] that we never actually got around to making.
Here's a rundown for those interested:
-A random guy is sitting at a curb about to dig into his Big Mac.
-Someone walks into frame dressed as Creepy King, grabs the poor guy's Big Mac, and hurls it off camera where it splatters all over a wall.
-Creepy King produces a Whopper.
-Close up of Curb Guy as he is about to excitedly dig in.
-The announcer says "Introducing the new Burger King-"
-"B!tch!" Is heard offscreen just as the camera cuts back a few feet to show a third guy dressed as Ronald McDonald tackling Creepy King until they are out of frame.
You could (and should) still make that. People would still find it funny.
@@TetsuDeinonychus I know I had a laugh just reading it! Lmbo
I wish you would make it. Or talk RackaRacka into doing it.
I too got a good chuckle out of reading your synopsis
Idk why entirely, but your comment, your skit, and it's precisely 69 likes is kind of iconic...
Those Pokemon gold plates were the best, next to the Rugrats watches.
I used to have a Jigglypuff one! 😁
I had the full set once, plus almost all the Pokemon toys (I think I was missing like 3) but they got stolen a while back. 😞
I still have my reptar watch!
Those Pokemon gold plates were awesome and the little poke balls with the Pokemon toy inside
I had the pokemon gameplay toy back in 2001 and the rugrats ⌚ lol
I grew up on a military base in Japan, and Burger King was our ONLY fast food option. (We later got a Popeyes Chicken and that was a big deal.)
Haha same! BK had an exclusive contract with the military, so the BK club has a special place in my heart.
They're owned by the same parent company: Restaurant Brands International.
Any of you guys still have the Burger King Adventures?
@@NN-pe6ip BK had a contract with the Army and Air Force bases, while McDonalds had a contract with Navy bases. Not sure if that still applies.
@@maxpowr90 They are now, but probably not when OP was living at that base.
The creepy king will forever be hilarious and is sadly probably going to outlive the other fast food mascots
nahhh ronald mcdonald will outlive him im sure
I love Creepy King!
Im happy they've been showing the king himself more in their recent marketing. Hope they dont stop any time soon. I've grown fairly accustomed to that haunting smile
Honestly I'm surprised they didn't keep the Burger King as a live actor mascot. That costume is miles more appealing than Ronald's.
SHUT UP
tht red costume look better than the yellow one, but maybe because it fits better for the characther.
"The King" was busted in a Van Nuys men's room, easier to control a plastic head!
@@60gator What do you mean, the king was busted in a men's room? I'm still only at timestamp 11:24 and still waiting for someone to mention the name of the guy who played the original burger king. I know his name, because my cousin married his brother. I was bored and started looking at old shows and commercials from when i was a kid in the 60s and 70s
Plus he performed magic tricks!
When I was a little kid, I went to a "Magic Burger King" show at a local BK. And yes, it was all a direct response to McDonalds. They *were* the closest competitor back then. Later, I worked for BK for three years (that store is a Starbuck's now) in the 80s and the "have it your way" scheme caused a huge problem. We had one *very* large group order with *so* many special conditions (no tomato, add bacon, cut in half, etc.) it *crashed* the registers and computer system before we were halfway through entering everything in. We had to split the whole order into thirds, and the customers were pissed off about that, even though that was the only way we could do it.
Elliot Way, Seattle, WA. Circa 1987.
Is that near a train yard?
Customers can be pricks! Especially when they are the direct cause of the very thing they're complaining about!
This is a job time capsule.
Every closed down burger king I've seen becomes Starbucks what up with that wonder if the companies work together or related in any way
I always feel really bad that, due to being a picky eater, I always make such spefic requests that I try to limit my meals so I don't make too many specific requests and I always apologise when I have to make a complicated order
sorry you had to deal with such ungrateful jerks :c
I feel like the story of the emergence of the "Creepy King" campaign is missing a crucial component in not discussing the role Jack in the Box played with the success of their "Creepy Jack" human-in-a-mask mascot only a few years prior.
Jack was far less creepy and was already used by JITB before the actual ad campaign began
That Jack mask always weirded me out
Those must've been the vintage JITB ads, all I remember were the goofy sarcastic ones from the 2000s lol
@@LoveMyUnusual Vintage? No, this was around 1995 or so when they brought back the mascot as "CEO", and his commercials were always snarky and sarcastic. It's the same modern Jack mascot they still use.
I actually choked on my food from laughter when the "wake up with the king" segment began. Please tell me this was an actual thing they did 😂
Never thought there’d be a reference to the child catcher from chitty chitty bang bang in a video about Burger King and yet here we are 🤷🏻♀️
Indeed
Yeah, see, I first saw that movie when I was home sick from school around the age of 9 or 10. I was already easily scared as a kid, but when I get sick with a fever I have mild hallucinations while still awake and can have some truly trippy nightmares if I don't take Nyquil or something similar to help me sleep. So, yeah, I was a nervous kid AND mildly tripping through my first ever viewing. I still love the movie but I still can't help but chuckle at my poor mother. She remember the movie fondly from her own childhood and decided to show it to me as something relaxing to watch to keep my mind off the nausea that was making it hard for me to eat, thus resulting in one hell of a stomach ache. So well meaning but so misguided on this one :)
I love how your channel has a variety of topics. Theme parks, movies, and now fast food campaign's. Your awesome yesterworld. Keep it up. 👍
Glad you're enjoying the content!
Also I share your pain with the spongebob commercial. I saw that and went BYE CHILDHOOD
@@YesterworldEntertainment 7:31: If I were to be honest, The “Magical” Burger King looked more appealing compared to the FNAF-looking masked King.
Even as a Burger King employee, the king is creepy. If I ever see an ad with him I say, "oh look it's my creepy boss."
Sorry man. :(
hes creepy no matter what
Hey Lois remember the time that Burger King promoted Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) and as part of the campaign, the King was made into a Cybertronian with "Creepiness" as a tech spec with a value of 10?
The Burger King spongebob music video is such a strange memory every 2000’s kid remembers
For me it was actually the Today news report about it.
And if I remember correctly from my childhood, Nick didn’t even air that commercial during the standard Spongebob hours. They had some completely different commercial that was way more child appropriate. Thank goodness they aired it during Nick at Night.
I really don't remember that at all.
I love that you could still see this Commercial. Ps. It the only commercial I actually love!
For some reason the magical Burger King commercials are stuck in my head from childhood. I'll never forget the Disco one with shiny 'disco balloons' and the Duke of Doubt on a 'dancing dance floor'.
exactly what they are meant to do.
The actor who played the Duke of Doubt for most of their run was a friend of mine in the 1980s - he had a lot of really crazy stories to tell about getting into 40 pounds of latex makeup (He was short and slender, so the entire outfit weighed almost as much as he did!) to play the Duke.
What was his name?
I've heard that that actor was James harder who was in the fig Newton commercial at one time in the seventies, I bet he was wearing a black wig and a carrot nose mask matching his skin
I’m SO surprised you didn’t bring up the rap battle wars of all the fast food chains. Their employees made diss tracks one each other and BK’s diss on McDonalds unironically bops💀 that actually boosted most of the restaurants involved.
If anyone remembers BK Kids Club (growing up in the 90s and 2000s) let me remind you something:
You’re still cool after all these years. Once a BK Kids Club member, always a BK Kids Club member!
I remember them perfectly. I miss them. Kid Vid was the absolute best.
Thanks bro, I needed to hear that.
@@manmadeaids anytime dude!
@@zerogranger Agreed!
I liked going to get the free crown hats
I freaking loved the Creepy King! He was so different and weird.. every commercial I saw him in practically had me rolling on the floor in laughter
Same here
OMG KID VID AND KIDS CLUB! Thats what i grew up with in the late 90s... At the Burger King in my hometown, we have the play area and Kid Vid is still featured on the sign that outlines the rules of the play area to this day. I forgot his name until i saw this video lol
Holy crap! A few weeks ago I found a broken toy in one of the boxes my mom gave me that had been sitting up in her attic for over a decade. It was a plastic figurine of a red headed girl with a ponytail wearing skates. I couldn't remember what it was of or where I had gotten it, but now realize it was one of the Burger King Kids Club characters! A shame she seems to be missing an arm.
Kind of like your pfp
The kids play area at my local BK actually still has all the Kids Club branding on the equipment. I was born right around the end of the kids club era (1995 to be specific) so my only exposure to it until now was that play area.
Same.
Man I remember that blonde kid. I'll have to check if the burger king still has all that stuff. I remember playing there after my doctors appointment.
TMNT 1987 tape had a commercial on itwas my only experience with it
The late 80's, 90's really were the time for streetwise, cool kids. Much like Kevin McCallister or Bart Simpson.
@@davidjames579 and my parents hated them
My favorite sections were the animated portions of the commercials. It's so interesting how you can see how distinct by decades. The kid burger King looks so close to Schoolhouse Rock. While those Kids Club commercials have a "We're Back! A Dinosaur Story" feel. I wish I could find out who contracted those animation studios to find out how those commercials got made.
Okay, but does anyone else think of Vince from Disney's Recess when they see Jaws?
Me, a former 90s Kid, watching this episode: I had that toy. I had that toy. I had two of those. Ooh I loved that one!
I still love the Bloom County "Have it your way" gag.
"One milkshake, hold the cup."
Never thought I'd see a retrospective on the BK Kids Club.
I kinda miss them.
The kids play area at my local BK actually still has all the Kids Club branding on the equipment.
@@KyogresHideout_Vegito2121 what state is it in
I wish we'd return to the era of burger ads in the early 80s all about how much more meat their burgers have than the others. Besides the ones here, we also had Wendy's with the "Where's the beef?" lady, who probably gives everyone who's worked retail war flashbacks when viewed today with her tone.
Also, OMG THOSE SIMPSONS TOYS. I had a full set and remember being upset when one of our then-puppies chewed a hole in Bart's hollow head.
jesus christ they chewed a hole through bart simpsons head???? damn is that brutal, wont be surprised if it's a chihuahua
@@ironicivan4928 Lab puppy, actually. They're like land piranhas when they're little.
The Burger King SpongeBob ad is my favorite of all time. It's just so odd to me how it exists, learning about all of Burger King's weird advertisements was interesting. Thanks for the lovely video
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it!
I begged and begged and finally got the official Wild Wild West sunglasses from my local Burger King back in 1999, they looked like the small oval wire frame ones Will Smith wears in the movie, I loved them and wore them for years after that, I think they were like 18 bucks, my uncle bought them for me, great vid, brought back some memories 😎👍
14:06 “Wheels” Oh, now I know why Logan called Charles ‘Wheels’ in the first X-Men movie…
Oh... well then, the more you know 🌠
Logan is a BK kid club member
"Okay, what the absolute f***" in your deadpan voice made me abruptly burst out laughing. 😂
Hey, that’s pretty good!
The original live action, as well as the current version looks like Bob Ross with a crown.
"Buffy the Burger Slayer."
Great video! Wish you would've elaborated a little more on the Pokemon promotion. It was absolutely HUGE! That was around the time Pokemon: The First Movie came out, and Pokemania was sweeping the world for the first time. Besides the gold-plated cards, they had toys for sooo many of the different Pokemon, and even had some toy shortages because they were so high in demand. They also had their own cards too.
BK vs McDonalds kinda reminds me of Nintendo vs Sega in some way....
BK does what McDonDON'T
Also, the Kid's Club kids kinda remind me of the fast-food version of the Planeteers
And shout out to that gooey apple green slime dipping sauce they served with the chicken tenders in the Big Kids meal... it was fire!
That’s funny, about the planeteers.
I was a member of the BK Kids Club.
Burger King has always had better food than McDonald's outside of the McNuggets and fries. Plus they didn't make every restaurant conform to a bland soulless redesign.
This
BK still has better food than McDo. Too bad we have McDo all over town, and only one BK. (and no Taco Bell?) 😎
That's subjective I've had Big-Macs and Whoppers, I prefer Big-Mac.
The grey square building redesigns, right? I have no idea why they'd ever do that. Totally ignores color theory in marketing and makes you feel like you're walking into a DMV or something. Terrible look, terrible decision.
As a 90s kid I remember the kids club, our local burger King had an actual kids club room which was a party room in the basement of the restaurant that was all painted with the kids club characters and bright colors. Every kid I know had thier birthday parties there or at pizza hut in the 90s
The great Mouse Detective is such an underrated movie.
Brand Management did a really great video on these weird characters as well. I'm loving that the BK Kids Club is finally getting the recognition they're due. Party!
I was just talking to my wife last night how I was a member of the bk kids club as a kid and it was the epitome of the 90's
You sure have good subjects to talk your wife about
Most of the “Creepy” King commercials look like snuff films or a scene right out of ‘The Purge’.
I loved those as a kid lol. I thought they were hilarious
Your reaction to that Spongebob advertisement caught me off guard. Great delivery 😂
Why thank you! It only took me like 20 times of saying that to get the right delivery lol.
Great vid man I’m an 80s baby (‘85) and you bought back alot of memories with the BK Kids Club I was an actual member in the early 90s I still remember the ad that waa on the TMNT vhs tapes where the animator pulled the burger out of the TV 🙃 (sigh) great times I miss the 90s. Side note those Disney movie glasses were iconic my mom bought a couple of those.
89 here your the sane age as my brother
cinco de mayo, 1984
Funny story, a year ago I went inside a Bk and saw that their place still had the Burger King kids club characters in it, it definitely felt super jarring to look at it instead of a modernized bk.
Do you remember where this BK was?
I would've felt nostalgic!
@@freakfoxvevo7915 in Plano Texas
Man, that Sneak King game. Brought me back. This was a real trip down memory lane for me, so thanks for that. It was also quite informative, so double bonus :).
I'm sure I still have my copy somewhere... gonna have to make an annual ritual to dig it out and get drunk with the guys
I remember a commercial that felt like a dream. It was the mascot putting money in people’s pockets before running away from the scene of the crime. It was one of the few Burger King ads I saw ever and never heard any of my peers mention it. They reran the spongebob one a lot though
Ah, Burger King. I remember growing up as a 90s kid and wanting The Lion King toys. I also remember the introduction of the Big Kids Meal and when Burger King partnered with Kids WB to release Pokemon toys (as well as the infamous Pokeball recall incident.)
My Mom really liked the McDonalds Land vid and when she heard about this ep we watched it together again. This channel and Defunctland are channels we binge together so good job!
I just eat up trivia and history like this, seeing nostalgic BK toys brings back so many memories of the toys and merch I used to have ✨
“We’ll talk about it after the episode” I wish they all were as kind as you
I loved Bk Kids. The watches were dope asf also. I remember the Wild Wild West sun glasses, and everyone was going for those Pokémon gold cards.
The nostalgia hit me like a goddamm truck when you got to the toys. My favorites were a ghost that said 'Now you see me now you don't!' and the Dragonball z figures. I might still have Piccolo stashed away somewhere but I know I have some early Pokémon Bk toys.
You know, and this isn't a knock on you Yesterworld, I low key love that long ending with your sources. It's so relaxing. Almost my favorite part because I can sit there and digest the metric FUCK TON of info you always have. Another incredible video bud.
You could cover yarn as a topic and I would still listen to you for an hour lol..always great content sir..very entertaining and informative
Appreciate the kind words! Glad you enjoy the content, who knows, maybe one day I WILL make an episode about the History of Yarn!
@@YesterworldEntertainment you could do a topic about the history of stickers and i would still watch
Oh man. 1. My dad had a friend who was a manager at BK on the 90s and we got all thr Disney glasses, Anastasia toys and Pokémon gold cards. I felt like such a baller 😅😅
I'll be 59 next month (Nov. 2021), so I'm old enough for the Burger King who sat upon a burger hugging a cold beverage to have been "current". Specifically, your video reminded me of the sheet plastic "mitten" puppet of that mascot iteration. I haven't thought of that "merchandise" in maybe 50 years or more! Thanks for the blast of nostalgia! Sincerely, Bill
I grew up in a really bad area in Brooklyn, NY in the late 1970s. There was a huge (to little me) McDonalds on Eastern Parkway that our mother we take us to occasionally like weekends, or days off from school, and running errands. I only discovered Burger King (and Jack in the Box and Hardees) when I visited my cousins in rural upstate New York. I was still small, but the older cousins ordered a Whopper and dared me to order one too. I was afraid I couldn't eat it all, but I was more afraid of not keeping up with my big cousins. Shockingly, I surprised myself and ate the whole thing!! I still remember that day. Do YOU remember the day you graduated from a regular small burger to the Big Mac or Whopper?
I remember the BK kids and always seeing them as the perfect competition against McDonald's Ronald and crew, especially as the BK Kids looked more cool and hip compared to Ronald looking geared towards a kiddie crowd.
However it really seems BK had no idea how to keep the kids past the 90's since they really were a product of every trend of the 90's and other than Kid Vid not one stood out as memorable or having a Iconic timeless look. At least with the King character he could change and evolve to suit whatever time he was in, and even the creepy mask King was memorable, enough that he appeared in his own Xbox game which was fun and more memorable than whatever video games McDonald's released.
BK Kids Club launched in 1989.
First McDonald’s now it’s time for Mark to look at its long standing rival!
I miss the Mc Donald's cookies. I also didn't like the fact that when they still had them they came in these tiny bags with like six maximum cookies. At least they were free? but when you got a box they were like a dollar.
The burger king toys segment filled me with so much nostalgia, I can't believe how many of those toys I owned as a kid, without even knowing where they came from
The regular Burger King Kids Meal had less food and was marketed towards younger kids with small appetites, but when they introduced the Burger King Big Kids Meal in 1999, the meal came with more food and was marketed towards pre-teens with bigger appetites.
My favorite was the double cheeseburger Burger King Big Kids Meal.
When Disney left Burger King to go back to McDonald's, Burger King had since went with other licensing partners for their Kids Meal toy tie-ins, including Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Warner Bros., Universal Studios, 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, Dreamworks, etc.
We know what kids meal and “big” kids meal means
Never once found the Burger King creepy, I always thought it was funny.
Same! I was reading through comments thinking “wow I had no idea anyone thought he was creepy” lol
@@Syd448 Well then also hearing that he creeps people out makes me like him more. More of the Burger King please! XD
I was a proud member of the Kids Klub, I still have some of the toys, including a few of the Lion King finger puppet Jack-in-the-Box things and the other Disney ones. I also still have all the Jurassic Park watches and they still work.
I could totally relate to so much of this… I was a kid in the 70’s & 80’s, worked at BK in high school (1987-1989) and in college (1992), then was a BK restaurant manager 1993-1997. When “we” lost the Disney tie-ins, we knew we were in a sinking ship. But those cups… yes, I had all the cups. They finally were in the trash after the paint was very well chipped off. My son used them in his early childhood.
Another great promotional item BK had was one Christmas there were these adorable plush reindeer, like Beanie Babies (but not). I bought them for all the family… cousins, etc. Burger King was raking in the $$ that Christmas.
omg this brought me so much nostalgia for toys i forgot i had as a child. i remember the kids club & would get bday cards in the mail every year til about 2004ish thank u for making this & everything you do!😁❤️
Never I thought I'd be as interested in fast food/advertising lore as I am today. I never knew much about Burger King in the early days (basically before the 90s), so this was cool stuff to learn! Great stuff!
Man oh man, hearing you talk about all those Disney toy promo promo deals and the BK Kids Club of the 90's hits hard for me. Since I remember a lot of that from the late 90's and early 2000's. My biggest memory was the 1999 Pokemon promo deal. At that time Pokemon made it's Worldwide/North America debut a year earlier and it was a big hit. I got hooked on playing the games at that time and when I saw commercials for the Burger king Pokemon toys I begged my parents all the time to get me a Burger King kids meal. I used to have one of those Disney Cups for Pocahontas until I moved houses in 2017. I also remember the SpongeBob Berger King ads from the mid-late 2000's. My most favorite one has to be the one with the king singing "Spongebob got Back" from 2009. At that time I had recently discovered a few years prior a song called Baby got Back by Sir-Mix-Alot and the Spongebob got back song is a parity of Mix-Alot's song. In the original 30 sec TV commercial Sir-Mix-Alot made a brief cameo at the end of the commercial. With that said he approved the parity and was on board with the commercial.
Not gonna lie, the Kids Club seemed like a pretty cool form of advertisement and I'll have that back over the Creepy King any day
Yeah I kinda miss that 90's approach to these gangs.
I just noticed that he starts every episode by saying “when it comes to”.
Either that or "The Story Begins..."
I have one of those three games that I got for free at my local retro game store. Literally the sticker was marked $0.00. I took it up and asked "so this is free?" And the people there that know me said "yeah sure."
The original 1960s -70s logo made a comeback in the commercial in the later years as well as the slogan "Have It Your Way" in addition "You Rule".
Thank you for doing this video as I remember the Burger King Kids Club crew and was even a member of the club in the 90’s.
I had the Printed king doll as a toddler and I always wanted the king figure that did magic tricks from like 1982
When I was young we had so many birthday parties at Burger King - they had a special roped off area for birthday parties which always started with a Burger King meal, then party games (pass the paper Burger King crown, musical bumps, musical statues, etc), then the guy in the full body Kid Vid costume came out to dance with everyone.
duuuude can you image having the job of dressing up as Kid Vid?!
@@shiloreno9917 duuuuude if I had the job of dressing up as Kid Vid, my inner child would go nuts and my head would probably explode from the excitement
21:32 Mark: Ok, what in the absolute (beep)?!
LOL XD
The Burger King kids club kids were all kind of cool in the early nineties but yeah I can see how their stories were pretty loose. It’s wonderful to think about those more classic ads and characters. I liked how you incorporated Creepy king as a funny meme waiting for his epic devout! Great job as usual!
I've always loved the Creepy King ads. they were just so weird snd out there. :D Also.. no mention of the Subservient Chicken. :( That's another weird online ad campaign from the mid 2000s or so... :D
I unironically loved the creepy king ads, well, except the SpongeBob one... the others were so strange it was amusing. Barely any dialog and lots of awkward staring. It was right up my alley!
I recall that Blockbuster also had an ad campaign with a group of "cool" animated kids, including one in a wheelchair.
I also remember a series of ads McD's ran in the early 90s with a group of kids but those were liveaction.
12:13 is a missed pun opportunity.
"Anyway, McDonald's beef with BK..."
When I was a kid, I always loved the BK kids club because of the one commercial that was on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 VHS tape. I still vividly remember that commercial today.
The Creepy King and Jack are the best fast food mascots.
Its insane to know that the bk kids club ended in the early 2000s, because I was a 2000s kid and my bk had this huge art with neon lights in the kids play area that you could see outside with all the bk kids, and the play place inside had tons of rules and games with the bk kids. It was still up in 2014, not sure if it's up now but I really loved the art. I miss them in a weird way even though I didn't know them that well
Thank you for posting the video.
I'll be honest, I kind of like the Magical Magician Burger King mascot from the olden days. Kind of gives off DreamFinder (Journey into Imagination) vibes.
The surrealist nature of the creepy king was just so bizarre that I loved it.
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Another amazing video! I seriously enjoy your stuff man keep up the great work!
AMAZING For working in other tabs! i get a little half history lesson, AND amazing Work done!
So BK was the fast food equivalent of 90s-era Sega “Genesis Does what Nintendon’t” style ad campaigns? Da hell???
Pretty much.
I actually remember waiting for the Xbox games to be released and playing Big Bumpin and Sneak King....alot! The fact that Burger King actually made a game with an online leader board for your ability to sneak burgers into people's pockets still cracks me up.
I actually remember wanting to play those games back in the day but I had PlayStation and they were Xbox exclusive. I'm considering buying a used 360 just to play those games
I remember the BK kids club logo! and vaguely the characters....
oh and the creepy King?? I absolutely loved it, those were some of the funniest ads on TV....
just the image of some guy waking up, not saying anything the the king turns and offers a burger?? LMFAO! comedy gold IMO intentional or not those ads made me laugh hard....I have a sick sense of humor....i consider the 90's IT movie to be a comedy with horror elements and I love it for that lolz the library scene alone.....comedy gold