The Simpsons and Fast Food Tie-Ins: A Long and Storied History
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
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Simpsons is pretty fascinating with how its technically an adult cartoon but it’s also not so adult that making toys for kids themed after it would seem weird in any way.
It’s the perfect middle ground, really.
Like yeah, there are some episodes that kids SHOULDN’T watch, but for the most part, it’s a family show. Always has been.
@@SeekerofTheLost Yeah, there’s less appropriate episodes but for the most part the entire family can enjoy it, I feel like we need more of these kinds of shows today honestly.
I couldn’t agree more!
The Flintstones and Looney Tunes where basically like the Simpsons in that they were made for Adults but where tame enough for a family to enjoy
To be fair that's never stopped toy makers. Rambo and RoboCop had kids toys... Those are very much not for children.
Ah, the 2001 Treehouse of Horror toys. The Mr. Burns one unsettled me so much as a 5 year old that I begged my parents to get rid of it. My dad kept it in his cubicle at work for almost 20 years. Now it sits in our living room.
Great video, as always!
“Remember: I’m here forever.”
The Bart jumpscare for the BK camping promo was horrific
AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!
-Bart, 199?
3:00
bart simpson screamer
21:01 that's russ cargill's design in the pre-mid production phase, in case you're wondering why that looks nothing like him
As someone from Australia it is a breath of fresh air to finally. See someone cover the tie ins from this area of the world i didn’t eve know some of these existed. I also had the entire red rooster bumper car set (and still do) but due to the sharp points caused a few injuries when we were kids
agree with videos like this Australia is usually a second thought which as a fellow australian can get a bit annoying
and something I remember getting (not simpsons) was a cup with buck on it promting ice age 3 I think I still have that cup somewhere cause I remember using it for years
Here in Mexico we have a movie theater chain called "Cinepolis" and during the release of the Simpsons Movie they gave the same figures from the "greetings from Springfield" set. I think I have the full collection, amazing video btw
It would never occur to me that Australia would've been the country outside the US to seemingly have the most Simpsons tie-ins. As an Autralian who grew up in the 2000s some many of those I such vivid memories of
Ironic considering they made an episode making fun of the country
@@mafeuk many Aussies love that episode
Those Simpsons Movie Burger King toys were a point of GREAT controversy amongst us 8 year olds in the UK at the time. All the advertisements had the regular versions of the characters that the US got, but we got the gold ‘statue’ versions. We also couldn’t figure out why Russ Cargill looked nothing like the character in the movie, and why the Homer toy sounded so weird! To this day, the ‘Yeehaw’ sound that he makes sounds totally wrong to me.
That’s actually really interesting!
That explains why I couldn’t find any UK specific commercials for it.
As for Homer, that yeehaw is 100% The Rich Texan. Why Homer says it however, I have no clue.
The Russ Cargill thing i could explain: Movies go through a lot of changes, so Russ’s design changed during production was probably last minute, and the toy manufacturing company was too late to change the design to the new one. It still happens today: It happened again with the first sonic movie with the redesign, but the toys still kept the old “ugly sonic” design used during the first trailers. Hope this helps explain some stuff!
Homer says "yee haw" in a similar way in the movie when the angry mob picks up their car. The one on the toy might be a different take of the like before the movie was done.
the best part about this video was listening to the bootleg simpson themes in the commercials
I STILL HAVE THE GOLDEN HOMER IN THE THUMBNAIL THAT GOES YEEHAW 😂😂😂
Sorry, guys! I had to take the video down for a bit due to some issues with audio in one of the clips I used. Everything should be good now!
some clips only have audio in one ear
@@FLAFRefuelled the commercials?
Yeah, some of them were like that. Not a ton I could really do on that front unfortunately.
@@SeekerofTheLostnot sure what editing software you’re using but it should be as simple as setting the pan to centre, or duplicating the audio clip and panning it to the other side
The history of the the Thompsons in fast food
“When I say “Hello Mr. Thompson”, you say “Hello”
“I think he’s talking to you.”
Krusty the Krab has always been my favourite.
Great video. I appreciate that you went to European ones since, as a Non-American, it feels like we are often ignored when it comes to merch or tie-ins
Yeah, I knew that if I was going to do this video, I wanted to cover EVERYTHING. It was a lot of fun, but man, it was a bit of a headache finding photos of some of the more obscure stuff.
Thank you for watching!
Australia was included too!
I didn't know Australia loved The Simpsons so much.
Honestly thought Burger King's Simpsons tie-ins stopped after the movie, but surprised to see it lasted into 2015. Kinda sad it just stopped after that, though it seems kids meal toys have been on the decline anyway (at least in the US).
Yeah. Strange how they’ve never tried much in the way of larger-scale tie-ins recently; McDonald’s does it half and half, a lot of anime series and such got condiments but not full kids meal toys or such.
@@austinreed7343well most popular anime series nowadays aren’t exactly kid-friendly so it’d be kinda weird to have kids meals toys for them. Not like with the Simpsons mass appeal
I remember the Treehouse of Horror and The Movie tie ins, those are my favorite ones that were made
7:00 i thought that sandcastle set was creepy, and then the next slide was lisa with a saxophone through her skull. the sandcastle is closer to outright terrifying, but both are pretty comically disturbing
That reminds me of a failed sitcom that aired on Fox called The Pitts. It was like a live action cartoon, and the first episode had the daughter get a metal pipe go through her head and get stuck.
@@KasumiKenshirou yeah that show as underrated
How how the Sideshow Bob toy actually has him in his Sideshow outfit
What’s kinda funny about the Simpsons Movie Burger King toys, is that they were based on early concept art for the movie but the film went through multiple changes before release. That’s why Russ Cargill looks nothing like how he does in the film, Burger King had no time to make a new version before the release
I had no idea it’s been 22 years but I miss that “are we there yet” watch so much now. I was only 5 and had only seen season 1 on dvd by that point. The show just felt so much more real back then. I can’t really describe it.
This is great, I’m glad you put the og commercials in!
12:50 looks like a cursed image :O
Ah man, the talking watches brought back some memories. Getting fast food as a lower middle class family was always such a massive treat that I would play with the Kid's Meal toys like crazy and hold onto them longer than probably most kid. I remember that I had the Krusty the Clown and the Family Road trip one. I never used them as actual watches because I didn't know how to, I would just play the 5 second voice clip over and over again
3:00 what
i remember i had the burger king homer watch as a kid i forgot about it till now
4:37 - “Hey… I don’t remember saying that!”
Amazing job. Thanks for the history lesson
5:16 There’s an episode where Mr. Burns makes healthy fast food
Kiwi here hearing those old tv ads from the aussie versions brought me back, ours played those same ads (and had those same toys) and it was unexpectedly nice to hear them again. Many of these toys use to be found at second hand stores though maybe not as many nowdays.
3:01 WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT
Those Simpsons fast food toys are fun to collect. 😀👍
Man, my parents had the simpsons dolls when I was 2. I later got a few of the camping toys at various antique places too!
16:33 surprised you didn't include the ad for this one... oh wait nvm the youtube upload of it got taken down. thankfully i have it saved so i can reupload it if needed
Couldn’t find that ad.
I included every other one I found.
I had to remove the Hungry Jacks beach set commercial because the audio was completely garbled after I exported.
@@SeekerofTheLost well I have the kfc one and could reupload it
@@SeekerofTheLost also if you don't mind me making a suggestion for future videos, i think this video could have really done with some sort of background music from like simpsons games or something just because it kinda sounds empty without music
Welcome back, pal
I find the thumbnail for this video inaccurate. Although Chalmers' burger is quite similar to the ones they have at Krusty Burger, it's really a patented Skinner burger. An old family recipe.
I know the talking Bart watch said "Cool your jets, man", but i remember it sounded more like "You just fizzed."
19:56 When the Simpsons movie came out in 2008,I remember asking my mom,"Let's go get Burger King."Because I was obsessed with the Simpsons when I was a kid.And I really wanted all of them.I got eleven out of sixteen Simpson characters when they came out,and I still have them.❤I didn't get Mr.Burns,Barney,the comic book guy,chief Wiggum,and the golden Homer.
So this is how I learn that Hungry Jack's is a restaurant and not just a shelf in the grocery aisle, cool.
its Burger King the Aus they couldn't get the rights to the name when they first got to Australia so they changed it to Hungry Jacks
10:10 imagine getting the couch first
I love videos like this, it is like a timecapsule to another people culture. The Simpsons was very popular in my country too but we didn't had Burger Kings back then.
Welcome back.
Holy shit the Simpsons Movie Tie-In Burger King Set.
This is going to sound fake I know, but my dad worked in a PR firm in Chicago and Burger King was one of their clients- they were the ones who pitched the Simpsons Movie collection to Burger King and handled the marketing for it i believe.
As a result, my dad came home one day with two large bags filled with multiple copies of all the toys, one for me and one for my sibling, as I guess a reward for successfully pitching the collaboration?
I don't think I have any of the toys anymore as we've moved a few times and lost them since then, but whenever I see them I think of my dad. He passed over 10 years ago due to throat cancer but I'm glad that him and his team got to be part of this niche historical interest.
That’s an incredible story and a great memory to have.
As someone who lost his dad almost 4 years ago now, it’s great to have those memories that remind us of the good times.
Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment.
@@SeekerofTheLost That sucks and I completely understand your pain, even now I still miss him, but being reminded of him in little ways like this video popping up on my feed is nice.
The firm was Edelman btw, they parted ways from Burger King shortly after the movie; It's nice to see how something he was involved in became so cherished.
2:41 How did the kid in a wheelchair get all the way up in the treehouse?
😂
an elevator
Burger King Kids Club commercial logic
pretending i haven't seen this
honestly would love to see more Halloween commercials this year, don't care if we see more of them online but I really want this year to feel like Halloween
I had that golden homer. Every store only got one and when i was at burger king, someone was unboxing all the toys and just gave it to me. made my week
15:22 I believe this was the same promotion I remembered from Burger King as a kid, where the drive-thru attendant was waving the watch back and forth in the pick-up window to my parents chanting, "buy a watch, buy a watch". Always stuck with me!
In germany the promotional movie figures were all made into golden trophy lookalikes with a button underneath that activates a german dubbed voiceline
-nice you included it
Those talking gold statues are so nostalgic to me , I remember I had mr burns and I would press excellent over and over
You probably didn't mention it because you didnt know. but the international gold statues for the simpsons movie release had voice chips in them, they would be activated when you pressed the golden plaque button on the base of the toy.
my first Simpsons merch were these collectable stickers that came in our breadbags in 1990
The scream with Bart in the burger king camping ad had me on the floor 😭😭😭
my dad ordered a crapload of hungry jacks kids meals in a singler order to get all the golden toys
22:41 I have the whole couch-a-bunga set. It brings me joy somehow
cool video! so the simpsons havent had a fast food promotion in about a decade? thats crazy to me tbh.
21:49 I find it really funny that they called a water bottle a "drink o' rama"
Fun fact I have every 2002 global fan fest figure in bag with tag and a homer without the bag
I remember seeing the Burger King commercial for the talking watched when I was little!
I would have like to have worn the gloves and Simpsons hat especially if it was snowing in Winter
I will always remember the Simpsons movie hype it was a different vibe and hype
amazing video!!! this content is so up my alley😊
There was also a promotion in Spain that Burger King made! If you paid like an extra to your menu, they would give you a big glass with pictures of the Simpsons Movie (similar to the ones at 5:31).
Interesting!
I knew there had to be a few I missed, especially with the movie being so huge at the time.
Thanks for the info!
I remember the treehouse of horror Burger King toys and the Simpsons movie toys the most.
Hey! I thought this video was great! I was wondering if in your research you came upon a Simpsons/Burger King promotion called "The Extreme (or Xtreme) Whopper." I've been looking for information on it for years as it brings back fond memories. The promotion was for a larger than normal Whopper that would even fill Homer Simpson. It would have been sometime between 2001-2003 and I was living in New England, US at the time. In case it was a regional promotion. Thanks!
I still some Burger King Simpson's movie tie-in toys. Also used to have the Krusty The Clown BK watch back in the day.
I'm surprised you didn't cover the Slurpee cups released alongside the movie.
As someone who has been with The Simpsons from the very beginning (I was freaking 15 when they first aired), let me tell you. Those first 3 years or so, they were a pop culture JUGGERNAUT. Absolutely everywhere, and dumbass George Bush whining about them only made them more appealing. This December, they will have been on the air for 35 years. Almost mind blowing to think.
This series has outran both the original Doctor Who (1963-1989), Gunsmoke and Pre-Revival Law & Order uninterrupted. If it continues to run to reach Season 40 or even Season 50, we’ll be seeing history in the making.
I'm from Australia and I remember most of the Hungry Jacks and Red Rooster kids meal toys you mentioned and I had them as a kid
Brought up the 2000s red rooster lil red toys mans done hes research
yayy
26:01 I remember having the cupcake kid one with NO IDEA what to do with it, other than to pop it up.
Australia really got the coolest stuff along with some of the worst weirdest stuff I've seen given with kids meals. If I got a kidd meal and got scarf of gloves in it I'd have stopped eating at that restaurant.
I used to have the Burger King Simpsons Movie toy with Bart taking his shirt off.
I once met one of the members of Fall Out Boy, I took a pic w/ him while he held the Milhouse Fallout boy figure
I'm surprised the first of the Simpson fast food toys had Bart in his orange shirt instead of the blue one.
6:00 The Simpsons cup featuring cadium! Only at Hungry Jack's
For those who dont know, Hungry Jacks is the Australian burger king
I went on holiday to europe as a kid and burger king sold these gold figure toys and i think i have thought about them every year of my life and this video just pops up dayme
The best video in your Channel I'm subscribing.
Ahaha this made me remember i had the golden homer but had no idea what the simpsons was as a kid
I had the barbecue Homer watch growing up as a kid good memories
10:10 that's a really cool feature, I like that!
Bart jumpscare at 3:00
I am really bummed that I missed the one tie in Czechia, I went to see the movie on the day it released but I never went into KFC to get the toy. 😔
I still have my grandpa toy from the 2001 treehouse of horror set, now i need to make it light up again
Brings back memories when my dad took me to see the simpsons movie and we immediately went to bk n found a krusty the clown figurine in my bag and my dad paid the employees 2 $ to give me an extra golden homer, good times😂
Wish we had cool toys like this now
I got the WereWof Ned Flanders toy I remember.
never knew about the Belgian Quick hamburger eatery or the Finnish Heseburger
I have the set of pull-back toys from Quick restaurants.
"jung geblieben" is pronounced "young geh-blee-ben," if you were wondering.
Popcorn chicken combo for 4.99!!! 😡
I remember getting Barney and Apu from the simpsons movie bk toy line
8:05 a novel thing for the time but still a creepy model, lol
3:01 BAAAART!!!!!!!!
HAHAHAHA I USED TO HAVE THOSE BIKE CARDS AND SEAT COVER FROM HESBURGER
0:02 “what’s there to say that hasn’t been said already”
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21:58
Czech mention.
Not a toy but, several years ago at Krispy Kreme there was a special “D’oh-nut” that they sold, I wonder if there are any other food promotions similar to this elsewhere?
That was for the movie
@@JT_Toonsthere was? I’m talking about something from 2015-2017, I can’t remember exactly when
i love incredibly niche information