World's Creepiest Corporate Mascots: The Burger King

When I was a kid, the corporate mascot for Burger King was alternately a cartoony little king, a more virile and comic-book style king, and eventually Herb.

All of these were okay, comfortable, and well, non-creepy. Okay, maybe Herb was a little creepy. But none of them brought on the outright heebie-jeebies inspired by the latest incarnation of the Burger King.

With his oversized head and a plastic, vacant smile, he puts me in mind of a character we all remember from Poltergeist.

And when he dances, the creep-out effect is complete.

I don't know whether I'm more afraid this freak is going to chase me with a knife or touch me in a bad place, sporting that shit-eating permagrin throughout, but I don't want him near me, my kid, or my food. He's just creepy... evil-clown-doll-that comes-to-life-and-tries-to-kill-you creepy.

Are you listening, Burger King?

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