{"id":3780,"date":"2009-04-09T07:13:53","date_gmt":"2009-04-09T11:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=3780"},"modified":"2009-04-09T07:13:53","modified_gmt":"2009-04-09T11:13:53","slug":"the-king-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-king-is-back","title":{"rendered":"The King is Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Longtime\/obsessive readers of this blog know that I find The Burger King to be one of the most <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/if-only-they-had-bizarro-king\/\" target=\"_blank\">weirdly compelling<\/a> ad-mascots of all time. So I&#8217;m quite happy to see him <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deepglamour.net\/deep_glamour\/2009\/04\/via-adgabber-which-doesnt-approve-comes-news-of-this-bizarre-but-clever-burger-king-ad-which-applies-sir-mix-a-lots-fi.html\" target=\"_blank\">get down to Sir Mix-A-Lot (and SpongeBob) in this new ad<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Longtime\/obsessive readers of this blog know that I find The Burger King to be one of the most weirdly compelling ad-mascots of all time. So I&#8217;m quite happy to see him get down to Sir Mix-A-Lot (and SpongeBob) in this new ad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[638,637,636],"class_list":["post-3780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-burger-king","tag-sir-mix-a-lot","tag-spongebob-squarepants"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-YY","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8387,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-creativity-on-demand","url_meta":{"origin":3780,"position":0},"title":"Podcast &#8211; Creativity on Demand","author":"Gil","date":"December 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show: Kaz - Creativity on Demand \"When I started Underworld, there were a lot of comics coming out that were autobiographical and depressing; anything but funny. I decided I was gonna be a little different. I was gonna be the Ernie Bushmiller of underground comics.\" From Rahway to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/art"},"img":{"alt_text":"Kaz joins The Virtual Memories Show","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5601\/15077658113_d03032cb65.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1844,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/gangburger-with-cheese","url_meta":{"origin":3780,"position":1},"title":"Gangburger with cheese","author":"Gil","date":"January 6, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I knew that The King was a Burger Crip: But that's no reason for Ronald to start flashing gang symbols: Man, this could lead to worse violence than the time Biggie got killed.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/images\/bkbling.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":648,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/you-call-jihad-i-call-bullshit","url_meta":{"origin":3780,"position":2},"title":"You call jihad, I call bullshit","author":"Gil","date":"September 18, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Evidently, an ice-cream cone at Burger King offended a Muslim in the UK.Myself, I'm offended by The King's showboating after his INT against Bledsoe.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1245,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/if-only-they-had-bizarro-king","url_meta":{"origin":3780,"position":3},"title":"If only they had Bizarro King","author":"Gil","date":"December 12, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm not a gamer. 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