Oh man, I did a search for this just to convince myself that THESE comercials were as strange as I remembered! The "Duke of Doubt" was stuck in my subconscious for years...without remembering WHERE he'd come from. Aside for the royalty angle, he always seemed so unconnected to the whole Burger King concept.
The old King was less creepy but the Duke of Doubt and Sir Shake-a-Lot always freaked me out and looked/acted creepy, making up for it LOL! Cocaine is one hell of a drug mixed with the disco 70's LOL!
He also had his own live-action TV show and a cartoon. The current king's mask is patterned off the helium balloon tanks that used to be at all the Burger Kings at that time. Now Burger King, make me a shake.
I like to think that this King's trademark kid-friendly magic was so unnatural and wrong that it ended up consuming him, turning him into the soulless abomination we know today.
Why can’t Burger King bring this version of the King back with his sidekick? This one makes more since and the new commercials would be love by millions of Kids. I would love to see the Duke of Doubt and Sir Shake a-lot back as characters of Burger King instead of the Guy in the creepy cartoon suit. Whoever came up with the stocker Cartoon suit King at Burger King needs to be fired. That character is creepy and supports people who are stockers.
I was just at Burger King, and I was a little disappointed. No King. No Sir Shakes Alot. No Duke of Doubt. Now, please take some advise. Don't use this here internet too long. It gives me headaches. It burns my eyes. The other night, I was rearrangeing my song list, and I couldn't see. I couldn't see! But, hey, I'm sure you all had a logical purpose for looking up this here ad, huh.
In talking this over with a friend, we've decided at some time in the last 30 years, the King went insane. This explains why he can't talk anymore, and also why he stalks people. :p
So... the modern Burger "King" beheaded that king and somehow reverse-shrunk his head to wear as a seriously creepy mask? DX No WONDER their commercials are total nightmare-fuel!
The 70s also had the Watergate scandal, Vietnam war protests at its height, Carter's Presidency, the Jonestown incident, the 1979 Energy Crisis, and the Iran Hostage Crisis.
Okay burger fans let's have the Magic Burger King & his friends have a dance contest against Ronald McDonald & his friends. The loser will have to eat the winners restaurant food, for example if Ronald & his friends lose, they will have to eat Whoppers & vice versa. That would be something to see , no?
@@steamboatwill3.367 Spinal Tap was awesome. But it wasn't legit disco that was the problem (I think disco is great, personally, particularly the underground stuff that predated the disco popularity explosion). It was the endless pop culture appropriation that turned an interesting genre of dance music into a bubblegum fad that permeated every facet of everyday life. This commercial (while fun on a kitsch level) is the perfect example. We understand now that some of the backlash against disco may have had its roots in racism and homophobia. But besides that, there really was an oversaturation of the genre. And it never really died. They just stop selling Hustle Dance Instruction records.
@@TeeVeeGames ) thank you for explaining, sorry if I was being rude.. I do understand the saturation of the genre ( like this ) was too big, but I feel the backlash was also over done and the demolition stunt entirely pointless, some people still hate on the genre and not because of this commericalization ( misspelled ) but just the everything about it for some reason... I do think the disco club culture was burnt out by 1980 even if dance clubs were still around, but the backlash created an unfortunate stigma agianst Disco itself... Otherwise, I do agree with you.
Oh, and do you have any recommendations from "underground, pre fever Disco"? I would like to find more from the genre, not just the famous examples that came after ( Wich I still like )
@@steamboatwill3.367 No apologies necessary. My little joke can come off as hatred towards disco. It didn't sound rude. Disco Demo was definitely an overreaction that was a radio stunt got awry. But the DJ was tired of having to play disco records. It was the snowball that caused the avalanche.
Yeah, titled nobility based on a state of mind is so abstract as to be essentially random. "Duke of Doubt" has as much place being in a Burger King commercial as he does popping up in "Schindler's List". Maybe less. At least with Mayor McCheese and his craven, doubt-free bootlicking to Ronald, you could see the connection. Hey wait, wasn't Pufnstuf a mayor too? It's almost as though... OH MY GOD, WHAT KIND OF MEAT IS IN THESE BURGERS??!
Today's mask version was molded off of a helium tank cover that many of the BKs had in the 70s. It was used to blow up balloons for kids. An ad exec bid on one on eBay for his office (since his company handled the account) and apparently when he got it, he was inspired to create the campaign they've been running the last few years. Least that's how I heard it!
They used to have the mascot King guy come to special events and maybe birthday parties... He'd do the "sit on throne like santa claus" thing and let the kids talk to him... First thing we did was grab for those magic rings and twist them, hoping something would happen!
I'm a 70's kid and this live-action Burger King always bore a strong resemblance to my mother's 2nd husband, Jim. Looking back at the King now, I think Jim probably took the lesser amount of drugs between the two.
I know these '70's ad's my seem odd now. But, damn, do they ever work! Unlike today's ad's, here's something I'll never forget! I saw about two seconds of it on VH-1 once. That's how I knew to look it up.
@normvb NO WAY! No decade can be as worse as the 2000's. 9/11, 2nd worst economic depression in nation history, horrible politicians, white kids acting black, competition from the chinese. The 70's were awesome. The best rock music came from that decade. Led Zepplin, Kiss, Ossy Osborne! WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU THINKING!
I keep telling my friends there was another Burger King back in the late 70s and every one thought I was crazy. Thank you for putting this up!
Burger King was one of my 70s Bear-like icons. :)
Damn I'm old! I saw this when I was a kid! AAAHHH the memories! XD
None of my friends remembers The Duke of Doubt. Maybe that was a good thing.
Eh, I doubt it.
I've never heard of The duke of Doubt.
Oh man, I did a search for this just to convince myself that THESE comercials were as strange as I remembered! The "Duke of Doubt" was stuck in my subconscious for years...without remembering WHERE he'd come from. Aside for the royalty angle, he always seemed so unconnected to the whole Burger King concept.
"Let's disco, to Burger King!"
The old King was less creepy but the Duke of Doubt and Sir Shake-a-Lot always freaked me out and looked/acted creepy, making up for it LOL! Cocaine is one hell of a drug mixed with the disco 70's LOL!
I love how the black kid gets 5 seconds of show time at the end, god where would the world be without racism. I presume lolless.
He also had his own live-action TV show and a cartoon. The current king's mask is patterned off the helium balloon tanks that used to be at all the Burger Kings at that time.
Now Burger King, make me a shake.
OK...You're a shake!
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As if the Burger King wasn't creepy enough.... he brought friends. >~
I can see why people started to hate Disco. Disco was everywhere including Burger King.
I like to think that this King's trademark kid-friendly magic was so unnatural and wrong that it ended up consuming him, turning him into the soulless abomination we know today.
The Duke of Doubt as the White Sir Nose Devoidafunk.
D'Voidoffunk.
He's dressed more like a Jester than a King.
0:50 he's got fun he's got fun he's got fun for everyone
Great, I liked disco, now I feel sick and trapped in the lowest darkest part of the uncanny valley.
Why can’t Burger King bring this version of the King back with his sidekick? This one makes more since and the new commercials would be love by millions of Kids. I would love to see the Duke of Doubt and Sir Shake a-lot back as characters of Burger King instead of the Guy in the creepy cartoon suit. Whoever came up with the stocker Cartoon suit King at Burger King needs to be fired. That character is creepy and supports people who are stockers.
No love for the Wizard of Fries?
@@NJGuy1973 Sure. Why not!? Let Kevin Nash the wrestler dress up as the Wizard of Fries!
I was just at Burger King, and I was a little disappointed. No King. No Sir Shakes Alot. No Duke of Doubt. Now, please take some advise. Don't use this here internet too long. It gives me headaches. It burns my eyes. The other night, I was rearrangeing my song list, and I couldn't see. I couldn't see! But, hey, I'm sure you all had a logical purpose for looking up this here ad, huh.
Thank goodness I wasn't born until the 80s.
Holy shit it's the 70s! I can't describe my feelings after seeing this commercial.
This was done back in the day when ordering a large coke with your meal actually meant getting an eight-ball
In talking this over with a friend, we've decided at some time in the last 30 years, the King went insane. This explains why he can't talk anymore, and also why he stalks people. :p
This Burger King is much better than todays masked king!!!
Yes, that is him. They used him to compete against Jack in the Box resturants; who promoted with kid star Rodney Allen Rippy.
By brain just fucking started punching itself and shouting "NO NO NO".
Just say no to disco dust, kids!
I like this King much better than the big head masked King of today!!!
So... the modern Burger "King" beheaded that king and somehow reverse-shrunk his head to wear as a seriously creepy mask?
DX
No WONDER their commercials are total nightmare-fuel!
I sense another troper in our midst.
The 70s also had the Watergate scandal, Vietnam war protests at its height, Carter's Presidency, the Jonestown incident, the 1979 Energy Crisis, and the Iran Hostage Crisis.
Fire your mask-dude, Burger King. I highly suspect he's a Head-hunter.
No, I'm sure disco died all by itself.
Disco whoppers!!
Okay burger fans let's have the Magic Burger King & his friends have a dance contest against Ronald McDonald & his friends. The loser will have to eat the winners restaurant food, for example if Ronald & his friends lose, they will have to eat Whoppers & vice versa. That would be something to see , no?
Duke of Doubt and Sir Shakes-a-lot were ALWAYS creepy
Disco Demolition Night didn't come soon enough.
Stop hating a music genre because of things like this, do people hate rock because of Spinal Tap?
@@steamboatwill3.367 Spinal Tap was awesome. But it wasn't legit disco that was the problem (I think disco is great, personally, particularly the underground stuff that predated the disco popularity explosion). It was the endless pop culture appropriation that turned an interesting genre of dance music into a bubblegum fad that permeated every facet of everyday life. This commercial (while fun on a kitsch level) is the perfect example.
We understand now that some of the backlash against disco may have had its roots in racism and homophobia. But besides that, there really was an oversaturation of the genre. And it never really died. They just stop selling Hustle Dance Instruction records.
@@TeeVeeGames ) thank you for explaining, sorry if I was being rude..
I do understand the saturation of the genre ( like this ) was too big, but I feel the backlash was also over done and the demolition stunt entirely pointless, some people still hate on the genre and not because of this commericalization ( misspelled ) but just the everything about it for some reason...
I do think the disco club culture was burnt out by 1980 even if dance clubs were still around, but the backlash created an unfortunate stigma agianst Disco itself...
Otherwise, I do agree with you.
Oh, and do you have any recommendations from "underground, pre fever Disco"?
I would like to find more from the genre, not just the famous examples that came after ( Wich I still like )
@@steamboatwill3.367 No apologies necessary. My little joke can come off as hatred towards disco. It didn't sound rude.
Disco Demo was definitely an overreaction that was a radio stunt got awry. But the DJ was tired of having to play disco records. It was the snowball that caused the avalanche.
Let's disco, to Burger King!
Yeah, titled nobility based on a state of mind is so abstract as to be essentially random. "Duke of Doubt" has as much place being in a Burger King commercial as he does popping up in "Schindler's List". Maybe less.
At least with Mayor McCheese and his craven, doubt-free bootlicking to Ronald, you could see the connection. Hey wait, wasn't Pufnstuf a mayor too? It's almost as though...
OH MY GOD, WHAT KIND OF MEAT IS IN THESE BURGERS??!
When your floor starts "Dancing" its safe to say your on drugs. lolz
@spraymalathionjerry ROFL! Perfect way to describe it LOL! Was a small kid back then and didn't look at it that way till now LOL!
You notice that back then..you never see on the bottom of the screen "Do not attempt"
holy crap nightmares all over again !!
Today's mask version was molded off of a helium tank cover that many of the BKs had in the 70s. It was used to blow up balloons for kids. An ad exec bid on one on eBay for his office (since his company handled the account) and apparently when he got it, he was inspired to create the campaign they've been running the last few years. Least that's how I heard it!
This is way too fucking real and happening omg i have to go lie down
The smile on the burger ladies face at 0:41 is scary as hell!
Burger king ads have always sucked. Back in the 70's, they ranged from decent to stupid, like this disco one. Today they are just plain scary.
i didn't know that todays mask was modeled after a 70's king! thats so awesome...that his face continues to be the face of BK..
They used to have the mascot King guy come to special events and maybe birthday parties... He'd do the "sit on throne like santa claus" thing and let the kids talk to him... First thing we did was grab for those magic rings and twist them, hoping something would happen!
I'm quite sure they modeled today's mask version after this dude.
OK, this is scarier than the mask version.
I'm a 70's kid and this live-action Burger King always bore a strong resemblance to my mother's 2nd husband, Jim. Looking back at the King now, I think Jim probably took the lesser amount of drugs between the two.
He's creepier then Japan's version of Ronald McDonald, and that's saying something.
In this case, I'm kinda glad, lol.
I know these '70's ad's my seem odd now. But, damn, do they ever work! Unlike today's ad's, here's something I'll never forget! I saw about two seconds of it on VH-1 once. That's how I knew to look it up.
...I'm scared... hold me...
I think I'm going to have nightmares now...
Insane.
I met that king back in the 70's! Cool
I'm going to be seeing this in my sleep for the rest of my life.
This king is not as creepy as the one who wears that mask nowadays.
Yeah, he was the the only one missing. The "Wizard of Fries" as he was called always seemed the brainy one.
Is the Burger King the guy that does that oil painting show? Duke of Doubt has that Jay Leno look about him.
...
It's not as bad as the new commercials.
I had an acid trip once that was very similar to this
That floor looks so dangerous.
Spectacular.
old schooooooool
0:49 weird puppet song skip scene...creepy
Cocaine is one hell of a drug...
Geico: So easy, even a Burger King can do it.
Am I the only person thats creeped out at the Burger Ladys face at 0:42.
This is why Disco died, overkill!!!
I no longer dislike this video! Burger King shouldn't have retired the Burger King!
0:21 - 0:23
That was REALLY creepy. Also, I think I like this Burger King more than the current Burger King.
HOLY. CRAP.
Anybody notice the Burger King has the same sounding voice as Ronald McDonald?
@spraymalathionjerry Amen to that!
@normvb NO WAY! No decade can be as worse as the 2000's. 9/11, 2nd worst economic depression in nation history, horrible politicians, white kids acting black, competition from the chinese. The 70's were awesome. The best rock music came from that decade. Led Zepplin, Kiss, Ossy Osborne! WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU THINKING!
Yo!
Where's the Wizard of Fries?
Don't judge them, they had a national malaise!
Wow, commercials used to go for fucking forever!
I miss it.
Very, very corny, but at least the King doesn't scare the shit out of me here.
i shat my pants
Is that one kid James Bond III?
When did Sir Shake A-Lot first appear?
These commercials are borderline Nightmare Fuel.
Sweet Chocolate Dan no they not Trump and the Republicans are borderline nightmare fuel
@@sherryhannah9262 I see
hope they dont bring back duke of doubt or shake-a-lot! burger king back on tv is creepy enough!
Ouch....painful memory!!!!
The blond chick with the pony tail is HOT!!!
At least during that part, the Burger Thing made an appearance. Doesn't Burger Thing's voice sound familiar to you?
Based on wardrobe, I'd suspect that blonde girl grew up to be the mom of Kid-Vid from the Burger King Kids' Club of the early 90s.
No doubt that was John Wayne Gacy
And people think the 80's were nuts i always disagree.... i remember the 70's just fine haha
was this 70's? I thought those sickening characters were around the early 80's.
@TyTube lol I totally agree!
Props to James Bond III ! ( he’s the black kid with glasses)
I can't tell if this Burger King is more or less creepy than the current one.
is this an old ad, or did that make it recently?
Chris Haugen the fact they're setting up a "disco" should be a big hint.
The most disturbing thing I've ever seen.