Nobody would ever buy multiple McGriddles so it's not an issue. About the rat-people...I think they're made to look desperate.
I honestly don't know, but I haven't had one in quite a while and this thread has awakened a hunger for one or four. Wait, is it really the singular? I'm pretty sure it's plural when they use it.
It is because it is the common short form of the true name, the McGriddles Sandwich, which consists of two McGriddles (or griddle cakes) around your choice of fillings. BTW, the preceeding was complete bull that I made up, and does not represent the official position of McDonald's Corp. or Ronald McDonald CEO.
A woman is like a McGriddles... For a couple of bucks you can get one that has been shipped in from Taiwan.
I think they're trying to be "hip." The only commercial I turn over faster than a McDonalds commercial is the Polaroid commercial of the bride and grrom in the limo laughing for thirty minutes. This ad campaign that McDonald's has been running for about a year now absolutely drives me nuts.
I ate two McGriddles this morning... they're like crack. Of course I only eat Sausage McGriddles, which are nothing compared to the ones with eggs, bacon, ham, cheese and whatever the hell else they put on them.
Which McGriddle's ads are you guys talking about? The only ones I can remember are the all night parying ones where it ends with "breakfast for you, late night snack for me" or something like that.
Rat dude and rat chick are sitting in a McDonald's. Rat dude says something about how he can't believe this girl broke up with him last night. Rat chick is turned on and starts comparing a good woman to a McGriddles (sic), and she eats it, and he wants another one and doesn't realize she is trying to obtain his sex.
man this commercial has been driving me nuts for a LONG time. i hate it. glad to know others have wondered about this bullcrap. that commercial drives me nuts!!!
What's amazing is that the commercial is weird and uncomfortable on so many levels. First, there is the ambiguouse relationship of the two characters. The immediate assumption is they are boyfriend-girlfriend, but as soon as the guy says his girlfriend broke up with him, that theory is blown up. So why are these two people who are not romantically involved having breakfast together? Well, we notice that they are wearing matching heather-gray polos with some kind of embroidered logo, so we can assume that they must be co-workers, possibly even at the very McDonald's they are eating in. This leads to even more questions. Is the girlfriend also a co-worker? Why does the girl want a relationship with the guy when workplace relationships have been proven to be bad ideas in most cases? Does their employer have some kind of rule against such relationships? But the biggest question in all this is why would this reasonably cute girl even be interested in the clueless pile of wasted spunk sitting across the table from her? And how does she manage to eat the entire McGriddles Sandwich in only two bites? So many unresolved issues for one crappy commercial. (This over-analysis brought to you by Study Procrastination.)
Great post and analysis, deepellum. Like Oski, I had forgotten about this commercial, mainly because it sucked ass so much. But then again all McDonald's commericals suck ass, so it was just another lousy and lame commercial by a lousy and lame company (sorry to those who ACTUALLY eat there).
Why does she have to talk with her mouth full?!! that is one of the worst pet peeves i have. stop what you are doing. chew and swallow your food, then talk to me...
I saw this commercial again today and instantly wanted to throw the nearest heavy object (in this case the tv remote) through the television. I don't think commercials are supposed to cause such negative emotion when the objective is to sell you something.
