Arby's Logo: Hat or Oven Mitten?
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Spygirl

Monday, July 07, 2003 - 07:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Cherry limeades from Sonic are to DIE for. I learned about 2 weeks ago that they make diet cherry limeades, too, and you cannot tell the difference. YUMMY

Ladytex

Monday, July 07, 2003 - 09:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
oh my, Spy! Route 44 Cherry Limeades or LemonBerries are absolutely wonderful!

Weenerlobo

Tuesday, July 08, 2003 - 11:20 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't hate the oven mitt. But if the ad peoples are gonna introduce a new mascot, can't they even give him a proper name? I don't know why, but hearing the Arby's actors say, "Oh, Oven Mitt . . . . " is beyond stupid. Give the poor guy a name already.

But, I do agree, the hat is Arby's.

Tabbyking

Tuesday, July 08, 2003 - 11:48 am EditMoveDeleteIP
i love tom arnold and the best damn sports show, period, but i don't know where an arby's is around here. i'll have to look.
i haven't seen the arby's commercial. not sure i have ever seen one, but a little glove does put me in mind of hamburger helper...

Ladytex

Tuesday, July 08, 2003 - 11:52 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I love Arby's and think their Roast Beef Sandwiches are to die for, but I think the commercials and the oven mitt are awful...

see, I can post in this thread on topic ... lol

Mpls

Tuesday, July 08, 2003 - 11:58 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I also wish I had access to an El Pollo Loco and a Taco Cabana.

The chains in MN are just so bland and generic.

Anybody ever had a Fat Burger? Love me some fried egg on my chili burger.

Hermione69

Tuesday, July 08, 2003 - 03:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I've never even heard of a Fat Burger, I don't think. (Never thought I had heard of White Castle either until bells started ringing when you guys started talking about it!) But the name reminds me of a skit I saw on Mad TV spoofing on fast food. This place had supersized their supersize meal and it was now called the Fatass Meal. When customers wanted it, they would say, "Fatass it!" It was a hilarious skit, especially after that nonsense lawsuit against McDonald's.

Mpls

Tuesday, July 08, 2003 - 04:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hermione69:

Fatburger is a Ca, Nev, Az chain of hamburger places now owned by Magic Johnson formerly of the Lakers.

Huge, slopply, juicy burgers.

Sia

Tuesday, July 08, 2003 - 06:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Carl's, Jr. has great burgers!

Tabbyking

Tuesday, July 08, 2003 - 11:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
yep, they do! people also rave about in 'n out burgers, but you had best ask for it well done, or it's RAW! ick...
i finally saw the arby's commercial, although i don't think there's an arby's within 60 miles of me. even knowing it was tom arnold's voice, it did not sound like him. i had to go to google to prove to my kids (and myself) that it was him. i hate the commercials, but i really do think tom arnold is funny. his book, 'how i lost 6 pounds in 5 years' is very, very witty.
my father used to own a small, independent hamburger place called the carousel in los gatos, ca. of course, 7 kids working there kind of ate up any profit, but it was fun while it lasted. he made a great 'ranch burger', on a huge sour dough roll with 1/2 pound rectangular patties--not store bought patties, but hand shaped from wonderful hamburger meat, chopped fresh onion, melted cheese and bbq sauce. wow, i can totally taste one now! i think i will have to make one tomorrow or the next day!

Tabbyking

Tuesday, July 08, 2003 - 11:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
now, for a blast from the past, which no one has ever remembered except for me, so help me out here: when i lived in new york, our main office was in waterbury, ct. i had to go there quite often on business and usually spent the night. leaving early the next morning to get back to the bronx, i would go to jack in the box, where each time i would buy a 'yumbo'. it was like a huge roll of fresh baked sourdough and it had no opening, but it was filled with melted american cheese and slices of ham. each time you took a bite, you had to rotate it to lick the oozing cheese before it dripped! when i moved back to california, i headed off to a jack in the box. i asked for a yumbo and the cashier said, "a what?!" i explained, thinking maybe it had a different name here. they had nothing like it and had never heard of anything like it. so, has anyone here ever heard of it or had one? it was heaven! it was what a hot pocket SHOULD be!

Mpls

Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 06:51 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Sorry Tabbyking, can't help out on the "yumbo".

When I lived in L.A. back in the 1970's, I remember fondly Jack-in-The Box. The Big Jack, etc., Although at the time they were owned by Ralston-Purina and we wondered what was in the meat? But in any case, good stuff.

Anyone remember the kid who did the Jack-in The Box commercials? His name was Rodney Allen Ripley.

Ladytex

Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 09:09 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yes, I remember Rodney Allen Rippy

http://www.imdb.com/Name?Rippy,+Rodney+Allen

Tishala

Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 10:20 am EditMoveDeleteIP
FatBurger. Hamburger Hamlet. In and Out.

Los Angeles institutions all, but In and Out is the best best best.

Squaredsc

Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 10:49 am EditMoveDeleteIP
im late i know, but i love arby's. unfortunately there isn't one that is close enough to me. we only have 1 and its about 30 mins away, over a bridge, so i can't drive myself there, poop.

Tabbyking

Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 11:26 am EditMoveDeleteIP
tishala, i like in 'n out, but i have to ask for it well done to have it even medium rare. often, i cannot even eat the middle inch or so because it's still raw.
squared, you don't do bridges? (and i don't mean Todd!)

Squaredsc

Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 11:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
you are on a roll arentcha tabbyk. and no i don't, to either.

Tabbyking

Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 12:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
make that a sourdough roll, okay!?

Squaredsc

Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 12:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
rofl tabbyk.

Not1worry

Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 05:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Crossfire, ditto on the french dip! They discontinued it in our Arby's only a few months ago. That was my absolute favorite fast food sandwich. I haven't been back to Arby's since.

My husband loves the Hot N Now in Michigan, I just don't get them. I guess it's like an In and Out?

Personally, I'll take Chick Fil A now, given a choice of restaurants. Never been much for burgers.

Tabbyking

Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 07:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
the in 'n out burger chain has a simple menu--reminds me of the old john belushi SNL, "cheeburger, no coke; pepsi". they have hamburgers or cheeseburgers, fries and soft drinks. no chicken, no curly fries, no salad bar. just the basics. they have very cool t-shirts you can buy, but the hamburgers really need to be cooked. since i have mentioned that 3 times already, the first person that comes on here and says they went to in 'n out burger and they got a raw hamburger is gonna get smacked upside the head! LOL

Calgaryperson

Friday, August 08, 2003 - 05:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm using a computer at a mall with a Arby's just down the hall. It's a mishaped cowboy hat.

Galelia

Friday, August 08, 2003 - 06:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I seem to be in the minority when I say I don't mind the oven mitt. The "I don't have ears" commercial cracked me up. And the one with the picture of his family. The kid looking from the picture to the oven mitt - his expression was perfect. I'm easily amused.

Over near where my sister lives, they're building a Taco Bell/Long John Silvers. I can't think of a more disgusting combination.

Aus10

Saturday, August 09, 2003 - 08:00 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Just to pipe in....where we live in IL....
Hardee's was bought out by Carls Jr. but their still called Hardee's. They changed their burgers to what they call "thickburgers" and they are but man are they expensive. About 5.00 a burger now.

Where we are now in the traveling hotel (RV) there is a White Castle....Bought a crave case and devoured em...all though it took a couple of days...yymmm!

While we're on the topic of restaraunts....does anybody remember "Rax Roast Beef?" They used to make a BBC (Beef, Bacon and Cheddar) to die for. I can homemake them almost identical but I just can't get the cheese sause right and I'd like to find one still open or someone who used to work at one so I can find out what brand or how they made their cheddar cheese sauce.....

Sia

Saturday, August 09, 2003 - 10:30 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I always liked Rax roast beef! Their roast beef sandwiches were delicious. They may still be in business over at our mall; I'll take a look next time I'm over there, Aus10. You could ask for a #10 can of cheese-sauce, ROTFL!!

How could you use that all up before it went bad?
smile

Aus10

Saturday, August 09, 2003 - 06:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Keep me posted Sia! For a BBC, and their cheddar I'd probably sit down with a spoon and just eat the cheese sauce so it wouldn't spoil.....LOL....I'm kinda like Amy on BB3 when it comes to cheese. :)

Cathie

Saturday, August 09, 2003 - 07:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Our local newspaper had a recent article about the new Arby's oven mitt campaign:

"Arby's latest initiative, a national advertising campaign that launched in March of 2003, features Oven Mitt(TM), the company's first animated character. The focal point of the campaign is Arby's consumer-driven brand message: Unlike other chains that fry or grill, Arby's roast beef is - and always has been - oven roasted in their restaurants for three full hours. Oven Mitt, whose voice is provided by Tom Arnold, displays his passion for food that is "Oven Fresh... Oven Good," by singing to Arby's sandwiches and giving motivational speeches to his fellow crewmembers."

It went on to say that the thought of an oven brings pleasant memories of mom's home cooked food, etc.

Sia

Monday, August 11, 2003 - 12:53 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Sorry, Arby's! The thought of an oven brings thoughts of "Hansel and Gretl" to my mind, and I'd like to shove both the oven mitt AND Tom Arnold into it!!! Hate your commercials. That man has no volume-control on his voice. He just bellows! I don't find the ads humorous in the least. I DESPISE the ads.

Do I need to be any clearer?

Mpls

Monday, August 11, 2003 - 07:01 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I never cared for Arby's myself. Their meat seems to me to be processed/pressed. The kind of roast beef I like the kind that they carve into slices at a buffet.

Does anyone else but MN have "Old Country Buffet's"?

Bonnyswan

Monday, August 11, 2003 - 07:04 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Is it really an oven mitt? I always thought it was an overly exaggerated hamb. bun...duh.

I believe there were Old Country Buffets in AZ...

Squaredsc

Monday, August 11, 2003 - 07:08 am EditMoveDeleteIP
hi mpls, we have one here in b-more. it ain't all that though. btw i love arby's, yummy.