A satirical blog about media, marketing, advertising, politics, pop culture, etc. All references to actual companies, products, people, etc. is for the purpose of parody. All writing is copyright by Greg Medernach, and is mostly intended as absurdist humor, and as a portfolio of comedy and creative advertising material. Questions and Comments: unconditionedresponse@yahoo.com
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
McDonald’s Stud McMuffin
Remember back when McDonald’s used to have those advertising characters, like Mayor McCheese, the Hamburglar, etc? Well, when I was a young man, young women used to refer to attractive (or arrogant) guys as “stud muffins”. And since the term ‘stud muffin’ always seemed to suggest being in fine physical shape, and seeing as how McDonald’s food, and fast food in general, are usually considered unhealthy, I thought maybe McDonald’s could try to counter that view by creating a new advertising character to represent their Egg McMuffin breakfast sandwich named: “Stud McMuffin”. And Mr. McMuffin could be a studly in-shape kind of fit young man who is cool, active and attractive, etc, and they could claim that eating a diet solely consisting of Egg McMuffins is what made Stud so very studly. And then maybe all the young men will start whoofing down Egg McMuffins to become studly like Stud McMuffin. And then they could even make an ad showing the Wendy mascot from the Wendy’s commercials becoming infatuated with Stud McMuffin, and Jack from Jack in the Box and the Burger King coveting Stud’s stud factor. (Do you think it might work? Maybe he could even get old Grimace in shape and help make fast food seem healthy for a change.)