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Friday, April 7, 2006
12:27 pm
28 Comments
As bloggers, people expect us to be staunchly against anything commercial and manipulative. Well, I have news for you: we aren’t. In fact, we’re easily swayed by marketing ploys. That’s why a few days ago we trekked out to Arby’s for lunch. And honestly, who could resist such a fine establishment after those ever-so-catchy jingles we heard? Anyway, enclosed is a little photo-essay of our Apprentice-inspired trip to Arby’s. It was magnificent.
Considering all the free promotion The Apprentice had given Arby’s, you’d think the restaurant would do more than put a tiny sticker on their counter.
Here’s me slouched next to the soda machine. There’s an Apprentice sticker on it, but you can’t really see it. This one guy was so pissed that we were taking photos. He really wanted his tasty and refreshing beverage.
While J-Unit ordered a Chicken Naturals Bacon & Swiss, I was unable to fully commit to the product placement experience. Alas, roast beef for me.
This cup is right. We WERE thinking Arby’s! (But that’s because we were there.)
And that’s basically it.
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arby’s are sadly quite scarce up here in canada. i would be thinking arby’s, but then settle on harveys.
There are no Arby’s in Manhattan either. If there were, my pussy would be there at least once a week. I miss Captain D’s, too!
all i can say is i hope you kept watch over your onion rings b-side.
you know, ever since those onion ring vandals of 1999 struck at the lebanon burger king.
There are no Arby’s in Manhattan either. If there were, my pussy would be there at least once a week. I miss Captain D’s, too!
Oh, poor jash (#3). I’m guessing that you are not an Arby’s regular. Those ‘onion rings’ are none other than the famous Arby’s curly fries.
Damn fine choice, B-Side.
Love me some Arby’s curly fries. Addictive.
Notice the lack of endorsement from the B-Unit boys?
Curly fries? No, I’m thinking Potato Cakes.
Best damn things on the planet.
I love Arbys. There is nothing like a salty hot roast beef sandwich drizzled with some salty fake cheese, eaten with fries (i do not like the curly fries, i like the regular) dipped in horsey sauce.
weight watchers be damned!
Nothing beats Arby’s sidekickers. Cheesesticks…onion petals…jalepeno bites with bronco berry sauce. YUM-O!
My new favorite item is the loaded potato bites. Uh!
Then again, the 830 calorie salads are hard to beat, too. Oh, yes my friends. You read that right. 830 CALORIES!! The Chicken Club Salad with ranch dresing is one hefty salad.
all i have to say is…
bacon, cheddar, curly fries,
bacon, chaddar, curly fries,
bacon, chaddar, curly fries, and only for $2.99!
Come to Arby’s taste the difference, only for a short short time,
bacon, chaddar, curly fries, and only for $2.99!
Talk about the power of advertising! I’m thinking brainwashed
Oh B-Side, some of us nice Catholic Match girls can’t eat meat on Fridays during Lent.
Thanks for nothin’ but a hankering for some hot roast beef! Humpf!
P.S. Where is our pixeled picture of J-Unit, eh?
Anyone else still have the 80s contest-winning Arby’s theme song stuck in their head 20 years later?
A merica’s
R oast
B eef…
Y es,
S ir!
Mmm… If only Lenny knew what a jingle was so he could come up with one that was so poetic.
I am addicted to their philly beef & swiss. I remember their commercials with a faux WC Fields 20 years ago about it.
So how was the Chicken Naturals? I’ve got a coupon from Pepsi.com for a free one…
Yum, horsey sauce.
So how was the Chicken Naturals? I’ve got a coupon from Pepsi.com for a free one…
I like the chicken naturals. Whenever I drive back home from Vegas, I stop at the Arby’s in Baker and grab one. It makes driving into the smog of San Bernadino a little less depressing.
The only time I’ve ever eaten at Arby’s was the morning after a slumber party when I was 7. I had the french fries. Then my parents put me in the back of the El Camino (it had a shell) with my 2 year old sister and drove us to Big Bear. I threw up all over that poor baby and have never been in Arby’s again. Thank goodness there is only one near our house because just the sight of it brings back the taste of the french fry vomit even after 20 years have passed . . . well, more like 25 or 26 years. It was the first time I ever puked, and I didn’t do it again until I had a cheeseburger with thousand island dressing when I was 13, and that is why I won’t eat at In-N-Out either.
Hey B-side, is that the Arby’s over by the KTLA building?
They closed the Arby’s near me about 10 years ago…haven’t seen one since.
Horsey Sauce ROCKS!!!
Thanks you guys. Now I am totally jonesing for some Arby’s. But they are truly scarce in L.A., if you ask me. ROAD TRIP!!!
I’ve never been to an Arby’s in my life but I am now fascinated with their cups that apparently show a bunch of live chickens and the occassional upsidedown dead one.
It rains in LA?
Mmm. I have the sudden urge to have Arby’s for lunch tomorrow.
I miss Arby’s so much. The market fresh sandwiches are my favorite. Stupid NYC!
Damn, I thought I was the only horsey sauce/potato cakes freak on the planet–once again I get that sense of belonging here at TVgasm! So sad, though, that the potato cakes are no longer on the menu, at least not here in the east/upstate NY. The only other fast food on the planet that has ever whispered my name in the night also was from Arby’s–20 years ago, I had a mushroom and cheese crossaint for breakfast every day on my way to work through my pregnancy. O! Yum. The baby I was carrying at the time joneses for ‘em big time, too, and he only had ‘em in utero–by the time he was old enough to sample food other than what his loving ma could manufacture, Arby’s had stopped selling those suckers. We get by, though, by having ‘em homemade on special mornings–Christmas and Easter and birthdays and his last day home before the new semester begins and the first day home when the semester ends. OOOOH! I’m gonna hafta pick up some fixin’s soon, I think…it’s not the same, but it does stoke the shadow-memory…
Hey B-side, is that the Arby’s over by the KTLA building?
No, it’s in the Valley.
i absolutely LOVE the fact that this whole post is devoted to Arby’s!ha! you really can’t go wrong with a roast beef curly fries and a cold dew (of the Mountain variety). of course you’ve got to drench it all (dew aside) in that fine Arby’s sauce, which is suppose to be bbq but is a taste all its own.
jamocha shakes & arby’s fries taste like the mall.
i hope my mom doesn’t pick us up too early.