Disco King!

[sdmitch16]

He's dressed more like a Jester than a King.

[modularhalfpipe]

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.

[NBLP7096]

This commercial doesn't help the reputation of Burger King, disco, or kings.

However this was from an era where people weren't so hyperly oversensitive to every single non-event.

So hooray!!!

[heine71]

Dancing boots?

[loetzfan]

The Duke of Doubt as the White Sir Nose Devoidafunk.

[TyTube]

What a fuckin' mess!

[blktenor]

@TyTube lol I totally agree!

[ourfuture12]

And here I thought the new BK king was creepy.....

[Xmomo91X]

Let's disco, to Burger King!

[MoJoRod30]

Is this 1978 or 1979?

[BRD453]

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.

[BRD453]

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.

[RatBatSpiderCrab]

Am I the only person thats creeped out at the Burger Ladys face at 0:42.

[BRD453]

What did my Grand Dad think when he saw this? Hahaha....

[inframan7]

WOW now thats what I call a commercial shit as a kid that just made that place like ronald mcdonald land .. Fuck mayor mccheese................

[purplebananafish]

What the hell did i just watch?

[genesislordofdarknes]

If these people really ate all this burger king, they'd be too fat to move.

[aindiandog]

Please kill me now!

[ArcticFoxKit]

Wow. I'm gonna have a hard time eating there ever again...

[mammatusofmystery]

00:29

Sir Shakes-A-Lot: Great, shakes!

Burger King: Hey, wait - POLICE!!!

[spraymalathionjerry]

This kind of looks like the inmates of an insane asylum going berzerk. They sure had powerful drugs back in the 1970's.

[999manman]

@spraymalathionjerry Amen to that!

[haydenshut]

@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!

[WarshipAngelus]

LOL. OMG! That was a werid and creepy commerical even for the late 70's.

I bet the guy who came up with that commerical must of been on alot of cocaine and acid. But it was funny as hell.. I don't think it would work today.

[Skulldini]

I'll tell ya though,.. I'll take THIS here over that idiot from the early 90's who went "BK TV!! .. I LOVE THIS PLACE!!!" ( ???? ) .. Remember THAT? .. Eh, probably not.

[supersporkspank]

Just say no to disco dust, kids!

[TheSgtkim]

0:36

pelvic thrust!

[brengun42]

@TheSgtkim

0:36

pelvic thrust!

Jesus H. Christ! You're right! That's just awful.

She's... she's... Oh,

Jesus Christ!

[DoodlezNStuff]

This is more frightening than the current King, considering this wasn't intentionally scary. =_=

[valeria262]

if i had this as a dream i would never sleep again and probably commit suicide, seriously wtf is this?

[mojothenogo]

this is scary

[spraymalathionjerry]

When the floor starts dancing under your feet, it is time to put the spoon on the chain away and dry out!

[spraymalathionjerry]

This is your brain ON DRUGS! Actually, I'd say Sir Shakes A Lot got most of the drugs for himself, or at least one hell of a case of the DT's.

[ArtemisRampant]

AUGH OH GOD WHY

[Kawamura2]

I would swear that ad men and writers/directors in the 70s were on heavy psychadelics, mixed with a liberal amount of cocaine. I love old ads and shows from the 70s, especially kids shows like Land of the Lost, or just about anything Sid and Marty Croft.

[normvb]

I didn't like the 70's much when I was in them. Seeing this commercial, I like them now even less. What a gross decade.

[Mortskcab]

@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!

[MoJoRod30]

@Mortskcab

I loathe The New Millenium.

[datguyyo]

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.

[chemistryguy]

@datguyyo And yet, somehow, this was the worst thing to come out of that decade.

[MrVarsityphysics]

@Mortskcab The 70's had an energy crisis that spawned the business casual look, horrible politicians, higher homicide rates, higher crime, more serial killers, white kids acting black, John Travolta, disco, bad porn, Kiss, no internet, unshaven chicks, ...

[MrVarsityphysics]

@MrVarsityphysics Drive around East LA today, it looks like suburbia compared to back then, trust me. If you were at an ATM after 11pm, you deserved to die.

[haydenshut]

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!

[Vendettathegreat]

Geico: So easy, even a Burger King can do it.

[fratboyfrat]

The king really put on some weight.

[holzapfelstein]

The blond chick with the pony tail is HOT!!!

[mastermenthe]

WHAT THE FUCK IS THE NOSE GUY AND THE BUN THING? WHAT. THE. FUUUCCCK??!?!!?!

[Lizzilolaphobia]

DEAR GOD KILL IT KILL IT DEAD

[grinick]

This is way too fucking real and happening omg i have to go lie down

[evilwillhunting]

0:32, like any other hopeless substance abuse addict, Sir Shakesalot grabs his fix regardless of who the rightful owner might be...

[CheeseYoshi]

The king looked so much less creepy when he didn't wear a mask...

[MegaProto]

By brain just fucking started punching itself and shouting "NO NO NO".

[NYKID10014]

No doubt that was John Wayne Gacy

[Lemonpepsiking]

Lol it's Token

[FrankTheHedgehog]

This is not scary at all.

[Jukesette]

Cocaine is one hell of a drug...

[DevinTClark]

And so the earth collapsed upon itself, sacrificing all living beings it has known in order to end this abomination.

[Rubberman202]

I can't tell if this Burger King is more or less creepy than the current one.

[klr181979]

@Rubberman202 definitely less creepy than the current king

[Rubberman202]

@klr181979 Yeah, I suppose the King is less creepy, but the commercial as a whole just seems really unnerving.

[alwrig]

This king is not as creepy as the one who wears that mask nowadays.

[digital785]

I'm now terrified of disco and the 70's

[sonofdrella09]

No Discosicks?

[Gaeilgeoircorcaioch]

WTF???!!!!

[xXSniper989Xx]

... what just happened?

[chocolate11pie]

These commercials are borderline Nightmare Fuel.

[dogman15]

I sense another troper in our midst.

[chocolate11pie]

@dogman15 This troper noticed that troper.

[ElfOfJapan]

why the fuck did everything in the 70's have to talk?

[7DARKHELLS]

The smile on the burger ladies face at 0:41 is scary as hell!

[Joshuawahl]

*looks down at bowl of cerial*

[desu38]

He's creepier then Japan's version of Ronald McDonald, and that's saying something.

[Rubberman202]

0:21 - 0:23

That was REALLY creepy. Also, I think I like this Burger King more than the current Burger King.

[Rtkat3]

At least during that part, the Burger Thing made an appearance. Doesn't Burger Thing's voice sound familiar to you?

[Spaidar]

Can you spell Lysergic Acid Diethylamide?

[Noraschool9]

I like the older burger king guy better then him he just scares me right out of my shorts!! lol! The older king did came back in 2006 or something too bad he did not stay very long I wish he did! :(

[AngryDeli]

DISCO BALLOONS! FUCK YEAH!!!

[SandysBlownOutVagina]

What in the hell are "disco balloons"?

[Jademageify]

@SandysBlownOutVagina Balloons that act like Disco Balls, I'd assume

[GalenH15]

@SandysBlownOutVagina Whippits.

[mizzmeekz]

0:49 weird puppet song skip scene...creepy

[happymlk]

Disco whoppers!!

[SAGEBOT500]

I have no idea why they stopped airing this commercial. This is better than most of the shows we have nowadays.

[Ice883]

This is why disco died!!!

[DaVince21]

No, I'm sure disco died all by itself.

[IAMCRASHMAN]

to think that in 20 years, the king would go from this to stalking people in bed rapping about square butts.

[CetraRagnarok]

Scary..

[amazongirl24]

Not all that scary, but sure random as hell. What were they thinking?!

[PuppetOfThePollution]

I'm never sleeping again.

[EpicFaiIGuy]

Oh God. o_o

[NaruhinaXSasusaku]

Uncanny valley..Defiantly..

[AngryDeli]

0:31

Sir Shakes A Lot probably has a silver spoon and coke vial on a horn necklace...no wonder he's so jittery. And check out the blond girl on the left, looks like she's dry humping!

[josefblack]

I'm going to be seeing this in my sleep for the rest of my life.

[SobmicSSBB]

I am The Burger King!

[Ryku650]

Lawlsauce it's retarded.

[ellytoad]

Wow, it's like a miniature kid's show.

It's so utterly weird, that I like it.

[mjm4222]

I like this King much better than the big head masked King of today!!!

[Filby]

Wow.

And I thought the modern commercials were creepy.

[kvn8907]

UNCANNY VALLEY!

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

@kvn8907 Not nearly as much as the modern one, though.

[MienaiBara]

Very, very corny, but at least the King doesn't scare the shit out of me here.

[eruption257]

Fire your mask-dude, Burger King. I highly suspect he's a Head-hunter.

[MeXMac10]

...

It's not as bad as the new commercials.

[UKPatriotsFan]

LOL

[Kittymouth]

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!

[jmb817]

more like nightmare fuel unleaded

[SithLordAlii]

OMG. DX

[feioo]

SECONDED.

[comfnumb82]

so that's how the burger king got so scary. he killed the duke, ate him, than made a dress from his skin *shudder*

[Ecalsneerg]

I think I'm going to have nightmares now...

[FlyingLavaDragon]

WHAT.

What. The. Heck.

[Dalnijrus]

Dude...

[ultragor]

Ouch....painful memory!!!!

[KillTheToy11]

...What?

That confused the hell out of me.

[Dawgmeatt]

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.

[Alpharius120NG]

That floor looks so dangerous.

[saphirekosmos]

O_o ... *runs and hides in corner criying* I think my childhood just got raped. O_o

[RotHHF]

...I'm scared... hold me...

[macguy112]

Horrible.

[goodyfun]

Those poor kids in the commercial are all adults now, BUT I AM SURE THEY ARE STILL TRAUMATIZED.

[mjm4222]

This Burger King is much better than todays masked king!!!

[Korgmeister]

Wow, commercials used to go for fucking forever!

[kawaiitoboe]

AAAAHHHHHH

[Wolfr602]

Ho...ly....shiz...netz...man..­.

[joni2691]

The king looks like Vincent Price FCOL!

[atimholt]

HOLY. CRAP.

[Stantzs]

im scared!

[onenonlyprincess2]

disco sucks, I'm not kidding. This commercial's creepy

[foodstooge]

they just dont MAKE them like they use ta.

[MarkFanboyX]

In this case, I'm kinda glad, lol.

[heine71]

Disco balloons!

[tommac201]

o men

[acclaimvideo]

Crazy! I was a friend of the one actors in this spot (girl in yellow shirt), HI CINDY! I completely forgot about her being in this, even when I knew her in HS and college, she didn't speak of her short acting career much. Now I see why. However I do remember she was in the first Underoos spot, Wonderwoman or something. I don't remember the kids in school giving her too hard a time, especially since I think she was in 7th or 8th grade when it aired. She was in an SNL parody Quarry Cereal 75'.

[heine71]

Disco doubt!

[HmmstheWord]

When your floor starts "Dancing" its safe to say your on drugs. lolz

[moneymandate]

And how

[theroadproductions]

I agree with Naraku95. The king definantly became a mute after he went crazy. I think he lost his voice while he was in the funny farm.

[LionelMessi1337]

UNCANNY VALLEY

[Naraku95]

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

[Timmybear]

Burger King was one of my 70s Bear-like icons. :)

[VodeoJMC63]

hope they dont bring back duke of doubt or shake-a-lot! burger king back on tv is creepy enough!

[Lijik]

Duke of Doubt and Sir Shakes-a-lot were ALWAYS creepy

[OldCottage2]

Thank goodness I wasn't born until the 80s.

[jlop985]

Where is your god now?

[asdmaning]

give me my 1 minute back

[Pantechnicon]

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.

[Shadgrimgrvy]

Great, I liked disco, now I feel sick and trapped in the lowest darkest part of the uncanny valley.

[cubbs357]

It's another woodstock.

[Ice883]

This is why Disco died, overkill!!!

[JoshGellis]

I really, seriously like Disco, but mixing food and fast dancing, wouldn't they all throw up?

[musicistheproblem]

This is the exact reason disco died. Americans love to play your fav music until you can take it any more

[eetsummorr]

Far out adds were retarded backthen

[rufusbaron]

Insane.

[comfnumb82]

hey, i want a dancing floor:P

[mamamiasweetpeaches]

I remember when I was a kid we used to go to birthday partys at MCDONALDS and a guy would come out dressed like Ronald McDonald and the kids would be scared of him and freak out. We didn't have a BURGER KING near us so I never got to go to a BK party and meet The King! Denied!

[spsimmons]

I met that king back in the 70's! Cool

[SBarsinister]

Damn I'm old! I saw this when I was a kid! AAAHHH the memories! XD

[skabands]

You notice that back then..you never see on the bottom of the screen "Do not attempt"

[tmsan74]

i remember this commercial from when i was a kid

[slytherinjen76]

the ad execs of this ad were obviously coked out of their minds. too many visits to studio 54

[flameatheart23]

When did Sir Shake A-Lot first appear?

[Lumotaku]

Holy shit it's the 70s! I can't describe my feelings after seeing this commercial.

[VandalStork]

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.

[2199]

None of my friends remembers The Duke of Doubt. Maybe that was a good thing.

[steveasat2]

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??!

[digisake]

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..

[newguy90]

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.

[phlizmo]

SIR SHAKE A LOT!!!!!! I have been looking for this!!

[MarsHottentot]

Yo!

Where's the Wizard of Fries?

[himalayaman]

Ew! No wonder everyone turned on disco back then. That was hideous!

[Yimpinkilp]

How dare those kids mock the Duke?  Don't they know he outranks them?

[eme456]

that was maybe the creepiest thing ive ever seen

[hobossuck]

well theres something 10x more creeper than that its the first ronald mcdonald ad

[CGAWLEY]

The Burger King was played by the late, great magician Tony Hassini! Although Tony created most of if not all of the illusions in his commercials, he had a very heavy Eurpean accent, so his voice was dubbed over by a voice actor!

I'm so glad that BK is using Tony's likeness again, because in my opinion his commercials put BK on the map, & were the only BK commercials that were any good (aside from "Herb- The man Who Has Never Been To BK").

[DesignatedDale]

I'm disappointed that Grimace, Hamburglar, and the Fry Guys didn't come skanking in and start a pit in the name of punk rock to destroy this disco abomination. Tsk, tsk...

[melamia71]

OMG I am laughing so hard, I'm crying...

[hobossuck]

least hes not a pedo like ronald mcdonald all he is is a lame king but gives out goooooooooood burgers

[SkipJordan]

Make it stop! God Almighty, please make it stop!

[spraymalathionjerry]

@SkipJordan hysterical!

[happytimeharry]

what the flying fuck was that shit! lol