Wimpy - Come On Over - 1987 - UK Advert

[radiator0]

whimpy quarter pounder in a brown bun from bradford town center was to die for, no longer there and the town centers shit too all charity shops..

[SausageandEggMcMurph]

What!!! Whimpy isnt around anymore? theres one in lowestoft high street.

[Cryten1974]

Wimpy was great, used to spend my youth in ours in town before it closed down back in the 80's

[methodsofmodernlove]

I really like this advert. I write a post called AdSlag on my blogpage. Its a breakdown of adverts old and new. This is my first subject for AdSlag!

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[CNash85]

Quite a few Wimpys can be found in Southeast London - Woolwich, Bexleyheath, Charlton and Lewisham to name but a few!

[MrShannonite]

My only claim to fame is I dated the cousin of the blonde bird behind the counter. True that is.

[dickson37055]

For those that don't know the history, Wimpy started out as a proper waited service type place. Later they expanded to McDonalds style fast food (as was the one I worked at). Sometime during the early 90s (if I recall correctly), Burger King came over and bought up all the fast food places, leaving only the waited places as Wimpys.

[drunkest100]

@dickson37055 I seem to remember that the company that owned Wimpy went on to buy Burger King, then rebranded most Wimpy bars as Burger Kings, which is a great shame cos the old wimpy quarter pounder was the best burger out there.

[dickson37055]

The thing I remember about this ad is that I was working at Wimpy at the time and was told that the hamburger(s) in the ad were undercooked to make them look more juicy and so the guy couldn't actually eat it/them and had to spit them out in a bucket. My boss was also an a-hole who later got done for robbing the safe (so I heard).

I do miss the beanburgers and the toasted teacakes. I'll have to pay a visit when I'm back in England this year.

[Welshman2008]

u don't see many about now i remember there being 2 in Cardiff city centre. But When I went to South Africa in 97 there were dozens of them. used to do good burgers

[AcousticUplift]

I always felt cheated if I was taken to Wimpy's not Macky D's as a little 'un. There's still one in Lewisham.

[Feisty1967]

Whatever happened to Wimpy?

[FabFM]

@Feisty1967 Still going... many locations closed due to competition from McDs and BK, but there's still Wimpy up and down the country, they even have a website!

[Strawberry7Lynn]

Are there any branches of Wimpey still open, apart from Doncaster Frenchgate?

[LANBritain1]

@Strawberry7Lynn

yeahh theres one in Guildford and Clapham Junction

theres probarly more, but there the ones i've been too

[VillaNaranjosMusic]

@Strawberry7Lynn High Wycombe i think

[FabFM]

@Strawberry7Lynn Wimpys near me are Croydon, Purley, Crawley and Horsham. The one is Coulsdon closed last year, changed it's name to Valley, but still serves a similar menu.

[globalcentralline]

doncaster frenchgate has a wimpy!

[shermanvermin76]

Shame there are no Wimpys in Northern Ireland. I like Wimpys because of the character with that name in Popeye, the same as I like haddock because of Captain Haddock from Tintin.

[MrInmyopinion]

They based the whole advert on the American way life its not as if everyone didnt know Wimpy was British. but remember Wimpy's served there burgers on China plates..lol I wonder what became of Mcdonalds.

[FabFM]

@MrInmyopinion Wimpy actually started in America, but was never as successful there as it was in the UK.

[tag1989]

@FabFM I suppose it was because wimpy was for WIMPS, which explains why it was more successful in the UK.

[FabFM]

@tag1989 Hilarious... what a great whit you are... (not)... of course anyone knows wimpy's name came from the character in the Popeye cartoon who ate hamburgers.

[AlanBang77]

God I bet she felt cheated if that was thier first date.

[unclemort1960]

@AlanBang77 probably thought `tight sod , he might have splashed out for some tapas`

[whiteknightgb11]

@AlanBang77 yeah but she had free entertainment

[beerbum83]

I want a wimpey now