Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Tums Biting Hamburger Ad

A woman tries to eat a hamburger, but it bites back in this commercial for Tums antacid tablets. Now, this might look like just another Tums ad, but this is, in fact, the hamburger from The Colbert Report’s “Thought for Food” graphic, and it’s trying to bite through her face to get to her brain (!). Because it’s a zombie hamburger, and it only eats brains.

Or, you know what might be even more horrifying? What if the hamburger in the ad were just a normal hamburger who saw that “Thought for Food” graphic on The Colbert Report, and now it wants to eat brains too? Oh my God! So violence on TV doesn’t just affect children; it’s also making our food violent! Yikes! Help! Aarrgh! (A hamburger just ate my face.)

Here’s the face-chomping spot:


And here’s some clip of The Colbert Report that shows the “Though for Food” graphic: