This media rant definitely sounded familiar in tone…perhaps a bit Passow-esque. Our esteemed Passow went on a similar tirade against the Wendy’s 4-Alarm Burger several months ago, and then they stopped making it shortly thereafter. Coincidence? Perhaps not, but check out this wonderful article from the Houston Press Blogs:

This Damn “Angry Whopper” Could Be a Damn Sight Angrier, Damn It
By Craig Hlavaty in Burger Break
Tuesday, Jan. 20 2009 @ 10:18AM

You ever get the feeling that sometimes corporations go about product development backwards? That they begin with an abstract idea, and then reverse engineer the idea until they find a product they can sell to us?

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the Angry Whopper from Burger King. The only burger in the world that was created from the essence of an emotion. They have attempted to create a food product that is meant to evoke white-knuckled shithouse rage in Americans. Someone at corporate must have said, “Let’s make fun of the fact that people get pissed. Let’s rile people up in the midst of a recession by throwing even more rage in the emotional ether.” And by God, they somehow did it, charging you five bucks for it that you may not have to spare during said recession.

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