BK Tee Vee explained

BK Tee Vee
Agency:D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles
Client:Burger King
Product:BK Dinner Baskets
Product2:Value menu
Product3:Product tie-in
Year:1991-1993
Actor:Dan Cortese
Actor2:Kid 'n Play
Actor3:Bob Uecker
Slogan:I love this Place!
Slogan2:Your Way, Right Away

BK Tee Vee was Burger King's MTV-inspired advertising campaign from 1991 to 1993.[1]

History

The campaign was created by the New York based agency D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles. The original advertisements were used to promote the Burger King Every Day Value Menu and BK Dinner Baskets. The advertising program was designed as part of a back to basics plan by Burger King after a series of disappointing advertising schemes, including the failure of its 1980s Where's Herb? campaign. One of the main parts of the plan was to introduce a value menu in response to McDonald's, Taco Bell and Wendy's.[2]

Many of the advertisements featured Dan Cortese as Dan the Whopper Man, while others used clips from the rap musicians Kid 'n Play's film House Party. The cross-promotion of the Disney film Aladdin was also advertised under this promotion, as well as Last Action Hero. The last commercials using this campaign were to promote The Nightmare Before Christmas.

The advertisement program was also used in the German market to promote a sandwich called the Big Tex.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Once Again, Burger King Shops for an Agency . Stuart Elliot . The New York Times . 1993-10-21 . 2008-02-06 . The image-building effort centered on a youth-oriented campaign by D.M.B. & B. that imitated the rapid-fire pace and irreverence of MTV. Not only did the television commercials use the slogan "BK Tee Vee," they featured Dan Cortese, a hunky MTV host, as the pitchman.. subscription.
  2. Web site: Value in driver's seat as BK takes new route . Theresa Howard . Nations Restaurant News . 1993-11-01 . 2008-02-06 . Having survived such advertising blunders as Herb the Nerd and "sometimes you gotta break the rules" and such strategies as selling Domino's Pizza, Weight Watchers meals and offering table service, Burger King is proceeding along the value and back-to-basics route..