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Why did it fail in the US?
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>>21612153
because pork had a big comeback with their "the other white meat" campaign
and they used classical music if I remember right
not some stupid jingle
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>>21612170
Well, that's just silly reasoning. Hell if I remember whatever "classical music" they used for the "Pork, the other white meat" ads but everyone remembers the Chicken Tonight jingle.
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>>21612175
classical music is calming to the soul
on a subconscious level
that's not to say I didn't do some funky dance if the the chicken tonight commercial came on as a kid
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>>21612153
American chicken has too many seasonings because there are so many regional and ethnic variations.
Advertising also played a key role, the reason it had the best success in the UK was they got Ian Wright's endorsement in the mid-90s before anyone knew how good he was in front of a camera.
It also helped a bit on that earlier thing I said about Ethnic/Regional variations because he was a black guy and the English/British already like creamy seasonings.
Never underestimate the power of a charismatic athlete with a good stage presence.
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>>21612170
‘Chu drivin’ at mate? Speak English please.
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>>21612175
>Chicken Tonight
>Chicken Tonigh
>Chicken
>Chicken
>Chicken...
>to NIGHT!
Who could forget
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>>21612199
>Who could forget
>99
you it seems
where's the "I feel like" part
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Too much effort for the average American.
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>>21612153
I don't know because it's even less effort that Americans usually put into their cooking. You'd think it'd be a big hit
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So I just looked this up and see it was sold in the US from 1990 to the 2000s. I'm in my mid-40s, so that would plant it firmly into what I'd think of as my prime TV watching era. Watched a few of the adverts on YouTube, and gotta say I have absolutely zero memory of having ever seen it before, or having heard that jingle.
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>>21612225
You just dump the sauce over the chicken, yeah, what could be simpler?
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>>21612153
Becuse "Chicken Tonight" is a shit brand, for shit darkies, aimed at a shit demographic.
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>>21612242
Whoa, easy on the racism there, bud.
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>>21612189
>Advertising also played a key role, the reason it had the best success in the UK was they got Ian Wright's endorsement
Nothing to do with that, it was just the catchy jingle.
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>>21612232
They even referenced the catchy-ass jingle on the Simpsons
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>>21612153
jim morrison ate all the chicken
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Because Beef, it’s what’s for dinner
https://youtu.be/756Ebep1xJA
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>>21612463
>>21612232
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npgj5NDB6AY
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>>21612450
Ian Wright had a lot to do with it, just look at the two posts above yours. Arsenal star, famous Black Briton.
Also generally British, Indian and Jamaican chicken is more inclined to creamy seasoning than most Latin and East Asian chicken and Southern and Midwestern Barbecue Chicken moved heavier into dry rubs
So you just have that the major ethnic groups and the larger immigrant groups on either side had different inclinations towards chicken prep and American and British cuisines show their biggest gaps in how they view chicken seasoning. Both with native and immigrant groups.
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>>21612153
I prefer Mac Tonight
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>>21612210
Yeah it was
>I FEEL LIKE CHICKEN TONIGHT
>LIKE CHICKEN TONIGHT
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>>21612153
because people eating it felt like the idiots on the boobtube doing the chicken wing flapping thing.
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>>21612902
>ask mom what's for dinner
>mom says' chicken tonight
>my mom, me, and my sister break into chicken tonight dance singing the jingle for the third time this week
>my dad says to order pizza and we never have chicken tonight again
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>>21612234
Ground beef. Chicken is a lot harder to cook than a pan of ground beef.
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>>21612153
Because Americans prefer dark meat
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>>21612153
Fail? I remember them airing commercials for it for 3 -4 years straight. There's no reason why something like that would become a massive success. But it certainly didn't fail.
It was unnecessary. People don't really want chicken based "helper" pasta dishes where you need to provide the chicken AND the pasta.
Too much work.
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>>21612175
You're thinking of "beef, it's what's for dinner". It wasn't classical music either. It's fucking Aaron Copeland.
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>>21613177
cope
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>>21612475
Most of us are Americans so all of that is nonsense. Never heard of those people. Soccer I'm guessing. Or some shitty "comedy" that doesn't translate outside England.
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>>21612482
No one eats there anymore either.
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>>21613184
>Or some shitty "comedy" that doesn't translate outside England.
It is funny, delightful, and enjoyable and I will not stand for such slander.
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>>21613187
What is? Just all British "humor"? Sorry, Nigel. You will stand for it. Or sit for it. Or lay down. I don't care. But it's the truth and you are accepting it. The only reason you people even pretend it's funny is that it's all you have. Anything good is exported. Like Ricky Gervais. Anything else that stays there just sucks and only you few find it funny. Whereas America is the entertainment of the world. I guess without England we wouldn't exist to outshine you though. So thanks for that. And I'd happily trade our dumbass leader for a prime minister or even a king right about now. That's the only area where the US currently sucks.
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>>21613195
>or even a king right about now
you will
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>>21613180
Shut up, slave!
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>>21613184
Nobody American is ignorant enough to not know what Arsenal is.
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>>21613315
Never underestimate the stupidity of Americans. Why would most of us know about some soccer team? We don't even watch it unless it's the Olympics or we're in the world cup. I'd guess 95% of Americans don't know what arsenal is. I just know it's a soccer team and that's because I'm really smart and I read it somewhere. I don't know any other teams. Why do you assume your culture is so important to us? A few 60s rock bands and James Bond is all we give a fuck about out of you.
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>>21612153
Because it was gross.
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>>21612153
cuz seppos dont into stirfries and such.
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>>21612198
Whatever I hope your family dies in a Irish car bombing
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In aus the butter chicken is a rite of passage when moving out of home.
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>>21613180
Hopefully the mods have realised that a rule against racism is just a leftist tool to assert a false reality that everyone is equal.
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>>21612475
>Ian Wright had a lot to do with it,
He had NOTHING to do with it, why are you promoting this rubbish? Housewives who bought the stuff wouldn't know who he was anyway.
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>>21613177
He is classical, and it’s spelled “Copland”, prole
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>>21613543
*an Irish
ESL retard.
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>>21612153
Because I am having Beef Tonight.
Beef. Its whats for dinner.
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>>21612909
No it isn’t. What a silly thing to say.
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>>21612153
Because America's Funniest Home Videos "Iguana Tonight" spoof embarrassed them into bankruptcy.
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>>21613996
Chicken is 100% more difficult to cook well than simple 80% ground beef, what do you mean? You can't just pan fry it bc of the density, you have to slow cook it after searing on the stove or put it in the oven. I feel like chicken might actually be the hardest main protein to cook, pork and beef are easy.
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>>21613007
completely untrue of white americans
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>>21614514
>You can't just pan fry it bc of the density
what the fuck kind of absurd claim is this lmao have you never heard of chicken cutlets
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>>21612188
Classic music is whack as fuck dude. That shits literally weaponized ear rape.
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>>21614539
yes I'm literally Italian American but I like a good thigh the best tbqhwyf
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>>21614568

>Hall of the Mountain King on repeat to instill more paranoia in the schizophrenic homeless people and druggies

Pretty smart desu
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>>21614568
>>21614606
>Overture of 1812 triggers PTSD in homeless veterans
b-b-b-b-b-b-based
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>>21614520
Don't try to deny it. You're all obsessed with BBC
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>>21612153
what the fuck IS that
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>>21615130
It's Chicken.... Tonight!
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>>21612153
because jarred alfredo, tomato and gravey already existed.



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