BK Tee Vee

*BK Tee Vee*
	The BK Tee Vee logo
Agency	D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles
Client	Burger King
Product	BK Dinner Baskets; Value menu; Product tie-in;
Release date(s)	1991-1993
Slogan	I love this Place!; Your Way, Right Away;
Starring	Dan Cortese; Kid 'n Play; Bob Uecker;

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

History[edit]

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.

References[edit]

^ Stuart Elliot (21 October 1993). "Once Again, Burger King Shops for an Agency". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 February 2008. 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.
^ Theresa Howard (1 November 1993). "Value in driver's seat as BK takes new route". Nations Restaurant News. Retrieved 6 February 2008. 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.

External links[edit]

BK Tee Vee Ad at Retro Junk

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[1] Stuart Elliot (21 October 1993). "Once Again, Burger King Shops for an Agency". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 February 2008. 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.

[2] Theresa Howard (1 November 1993). "Value in driver's seat as BK takes new route". Nations Restaurant News. Retrieved 6 February 2008. 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.

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