Demented Arby's Commercial?

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djm wrote:Can I get a theme song from Petticoat Junction, anyone? :D

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Wow, three pages in three days. :lol:

I thought the commercial was funny, but I had wondered what others thought.

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Me.

(though they've tried, how they've tried)

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This commercial is offensive.

Why are they still running that racist dancing chip commercial ! It is highly offensive to the Irish American people of this country! They need to remove it from the air. It is wrong to compare any race of people to chimps what is this 1907 or 2007. I used to like Arby's. Whats next, chimps dancing to rap music for you new BBQ Rib sandwich ? Maybe chimps doing the Mexican Hat dance for the new Carneaseda sandwich ? No, I know, Chimps in double breasted suits and silk ties and a Godfather Chimp for the new meatball sandwich.

It wasn't that long ago that the Irish had been viewed as being closer to monkey's then to humans; they were called a "simian race" or a "simian people." Through out recent history cartoonists would portray the Irish as having "monkey features." At one time they were thought to be "hairless monkey's." Not too long ago in our history there were signs on business saying "help wanted, Irish need not apply." While the Irish, as a group, have made some fantastic strides in overcoming such ignorance.
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Seamus OGeary wrote:This commercial is offensive.

Why are they still running that racist dancing chip commercial ! It is highly offensive to the Irish American people of this country! They need to remove it from the air. It is wrong to compare any race of people to chimps what is this 1907 or 2007. I used to like Arby's. Whats next, chimps dancing to rap music for you new BBQ Rib sandwich ? Maybe chimps doing the Mexican Hat dance for the new Carneaseda sandwich ? No, I know, Chimps in double breasted suits and silk ties and a Godfather Chimp for the new meatball sandwich.

It wasn't that long ago that the Irish had been viewed as being closer to monkey's then to humans; they were called a "simian race" or a "simian people." Through out recent history cartoonists would portray the Irish as having "monkey features." At one time they were thought to be "hairless monkey's." Not too long ago in our history there were signs on business saying "help wanted, Irish need not apply." While the Irish, as a group, have made some fantastic strides in overcoming such ignorance.

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Flyingcursor wrote:
Seamus OGeary wrote:This commercial is offensive.

Why are they still running that racist dancing chip commercial ! It is highly offensive to the Irish American people of this country! They need to remove it from the air. It is wrong to compare any race of people to chimps what is this 1907 or 2007. I used to like Arby's. Whats next, chimps dancing to rap music for you new BBQ Rib sandwich ? Maybe chimps doing the Mexican Hat dance for the new Carneaseda sandwich ? No, I know, Chimps in double breasted suits and silk ties and a Godfather Chimp for the new meatball sandwich.

It wasn't that long ago that the Irish had been viewed as being closer to monkey's then to humans; they were called a "simian race" or a "simian people." Through out recent history cartoonists would portray the Irish as having "monkey features." At one time they were thought to be "hairless monkey's." Not too long ago in our history there were signs on business saying "help wanted, Irish need not apply." While the Irish, as a group, have made some fantastic strides in overcoming such ignorance.

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the Monster.com commercials where the guy works with an office full of chimps is good though.
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I expected that to be a DirectTV ad where the actor breaks out of character to explain the virtues of DirectTV.
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