"You should call it a half pounder."

[God-King Dean]

Random as f**k question, but anyway......

Back in the mid/late 90's there was a McDonalds ad featuring who I assume was a Manly player, & Geoff Toovey.

Maccas were advertising the new double quarter. At the end of the ad, Toovey pops in & says "You should call it a half pounder."

The unknown player pulls a stupid face & says "Why.......?"

Can anyone else remember this ad? Who was the unknown player.

 

[Raiders_Premiers]

This reads like a thread from Bulldog Force

 

[roofromoz]

My mind is steel trap when it comes to useless shit like this.

It was Ben Ikin.

Explains a lot, really.

 

[nick87]

Hahaha Ben Ikin!
Yes!!

I remembered the add but was drawing a total blank on who it was. Jesus f**king christ, Ben Ikin.

 

[gypsy]

Oh Ben Ikin, he's that son in law guy yeah?

 

[BranVan3000]

Anybody else hungry now?

 

[Twatface Magee]

Nah it was George Rose

 

[Game_Breaker]

Honestly, what were Maccas thinking?

Ben Ikin as the face of one their new burgers, WTF?

 

[Canard]

Was this Sydney only?

Remember the pro-yo's ad with Sterlo in the mid 80s?

 

[some11]

I've never had a pounder from Maccas in my life.

 

[El Diablo]

what about the great Keno ad with Bozo and Scott Fulton

Bozo "i think someone just won a meat tray"

those were the days

 

[rabbitohs95]

Anybody got a link to this?

 

[Bulldog Force]

Random as f**k question, but anyway......

Back in the mid/late 90's there was a McDonalds ad featuring who I assume was a Manly player, & Geoff Toovey.

Maccas were advertising the new double quarter. At the end of the ad, Toovey pops in & says "You should call it a half pounder."

The unknown player pulls a stupid face & says "Why.......?"

Can anyone else remember this ad? Who was the unknown player.

How can you not know it was Ikin?

BI: I'm a genius, Tooves. I've just invented the double quarter pounder with cheese.
GT: You should call it a half-pounder!
BI Why?

 

[God-King Dean]

Just discovered this thread from 2004.

http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showthread.php?t=82058&page=2

Geoff Toovey and Ben Ikin were in a McDonalds ad a few years back.

Ben Ikin was in a few Maccas ads back in 1999 I think... for the Footyburger.

The thought of someone paying Ben Ikin to advertise their product is incomprehensible to me.

 

[Sphagnum]

Origin legend Benny Ikin. Was as tough as nails that bloke. Had a career that went for about 20 years but he probably only played about 100 games.

Suckled at the teat like a pro and has justly been rewarded with his own show now.

 

[Bulldog Force]

Origin legend Benny Ikin. Was as tough as nails that bloke. Had a career that went for about 20 years but he probably only played about 100 games.

Suckled at the teat like a pro and has justly been rewarded with his own show now.

Then the Broncos signed him (who knows why), and his love affair with Wayne Bennett began!

 

[Slackboy72]

From memory it was

"I'm a genius Tooves, I've just invented the double quarter pounder"
"You mean the half pounder"
"wha..."

For some reason I thought it was Andrew Johns and Geoff Toovey. It was late 97, early 98.

 

[ek999]

Then the Broncos signed him (who knows why), and his love affair with Wayne Bennett began!

Yeah, no idea why they would sign the incumbent Qld 5/8 when they were using Ben Walker in the halves before that

 

[Bulldog Force]

Yeah, no idea why they would sign the incumbent Qld 5/8 when they were using Ben Walker in the halves before that

I rate Walker higher. Even then I rated him higher. Ben Iken was injury prone and over-freaking-rated. No idea how he made origin.

 

[jargan83]

Was this Sydney only?

I remember they had some Fumbleball players in the Maccas ad over here in Perth (and I assume the other AFL states)