Burger King Commercial Compilation (1970's-1980's)

I've been collecting commercials featuring the 70's-80's 'Burger King Kingdom' characters for a couple years. A lot of these are already uploaded here on KZbin, but some are hard to find and others have been removed.
The Burger King Kingdom characters were Burger King's answer to the McDonaldland commercials at the time. The characters include The Marvelous Magical Burger King, The Duke of Doubt, Sir Shake-a-lot, Burger Thing, and The Wizard of Fries, who were introduced in 1976 and lasted until the early eighties.
The drawing at the beginning was drawn by me (Cavity-Sam on Deviantart). I'm a huge fan of these characters (especially the King). If anyone has any information about these characters/commercials or if you have any commercials/better quality commercials than the ones in my video or if you have any collectibles featuring these characters, please contact me at [e-mail]

[@josephmiller4526]

I love the actual kingdom aspect of the characters like Sir Shakes a Lot is a knight and Duke of Doubt is a Duke. All parts of a kingdom. They should bring these guys back and make the restaurants look like a castle!

[@protorhinocerator142]

I had forgotten all about Count Quagmire.

[@WonkaVator72]

See, Burger King? You used to be able to make commercials that weren't creepy.

[@cyrusanimates6585]

whats wrong with the ones right now

[@Empire5730]

At least they brought back the Magic King.

[@monolyth421]

These are pretty goddamn creepy

[@SuperCatfire]

uhhhh?

[@ChristiRich]

I like that every kid gets a toy prize, and not just those whose parents buy a kid’s meal.

[@LilEuphie]

I work at a Burger King and... wow. These old commercials are awesome!

[@gawni1612]

Dude the old King was a pretty cool mascot, I wish they'd actually bring him back.

[@MacTonight]

Same, I love him!

[@New3DSLuigi364]

I Agree; Better this fun & Innocent King from the 70s & 80s; then a Creepy Mannequin Mascot that's a creepier version of the Classic Burger King

[@greed616]

@@New3DSLuigi364 But not as creepy as this kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGmUqY2qesujrdU&feature=share

[@coreyray531]

I remember the king as a guy when I was a kid...not that abomination they have now.

[@billgreen3138]

@jett woodwardkzbin.info/www/bejne/bZjakpd4h9d3i7M both are same person magical burger king and magical ronald macdonald tony hassini created all the illusions for thise tv comercials

[@PaulMcElveen]

I was born in.1978! Ilove this classic commercial Burger King Commercials with the very handsome and talented actor who portrayed the Marvelous Magical Burger King! Thank you for posting and sharing this classic clips!

[@specterman2000]

When I was a kid I loved getting up early every Saturday mornings to watch cartoons and to see those Magic Burger King commercials.

[@MacTonight]

You're welcome! I'm very attached to these characters and I think it's a shame that most people don't know them.

[@matthewmains2462]

Nice. At around 0:20 in is that Shavar Ross, the kid that played Dudley (Arnold's best friend on Diff'rent Strokes)?

[@New3DSLuigi364]

Seriously. . . Why Don't they make him an ACTUAL Person again INSTEAD OF A CREEPYA** MANNEQUIN?!!! Seriously. . . they've been using the same Creepy Mannequin since the 2000s; and it's STILL Just as Creepy 20 years later!!

[@SeaOfTides]

These ads are absolutely wonderful. Why in the world did Burger King stop using these characters and this format? Both BK Kids and the Creepy King were completely awful. I never wanted to eat at Burger King due to them, but these terrific ads actually make me want to eat at Burger King. These ads are just fantastic. I simply can't understand why Burger King stopped using them.

[@MelancoliaI]

+SeaOfTides The BK kids tapped into that whole "radical 90s" thing, Kid Vid and his gang weren't that bad. And if the Creepy King stops you from enjoying a whopper, which is THE greatest fast food hamburger on the planet, i'm sorry for you.

[@MelancoliaI]

***** I'm a repeat offender

[@sha11235]

Maybe the actors didn't want to do them anymore.

[@NinjaKurosai]

SeaOfTides How do vintage commercials barely featuring any food make you want to eat at Burger King? Some people are so easily manipulated lol. No offense, I'm just flabbergasted

[@CuteNekoHibiki]

The actors quit because they weren't being paid enough.

[@tvtimetravel]

I remember watching them during the commercial breaks for Captain Kangaroo as well as Saturday cartoons

[@jomocrawford2064]

I remember watching Burger King's "Burger King Kingdom" commercials very well during Saturday morning cartoons when I was very young. The evil Duke of Doubt looks like a cross between Phil Collins and Quentin Tarantino. It is sad and odd when The Marvelous Magical Burger King returned not the same, but with a smiling mask in the mid-2000s.

[@dasbakon]

10:12 "Uh I think we should do another take, his feet kicked those branches when he spun around." "I'm sure nobody will notice."

[@gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090]

Why retake? That was awesome!

[@stebaer]

This is a great collection of Burger King Commercials.

[@Joeykm1972]

I don't understand why they used that weird King for Burger King, instead this more pleasant magical rhyming king in the 70s commercials. No wonder they don't do so good nowadays. The old Duke of Doubt is less creepy than the New Burger King.

[@greed616]

13:54 Stay away from Uncle Charlie, kids

[@Musicradio77Network]

Or else you can get a moldy whopper with no preservatives as you can see in the new ad. #MoldyWhopper

[@Woodwerker]

Hello. Do you have a copy of the Mr. Rogers impersonator commercial from 1984?

[@SonicXtreme99akaCreeperMario]

Tom Gellert that existed!?

[@LadyBloodyWrists]

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[@jim6820]

Enjoyed these segments when I was kid. Sure brings back a lot of fond memories.😳👍😉🤗🙂🙃

[@princessmarlena1359]

1:31 I like that lady magician’s outfit. Also, these old commercials are pretty charming, I don’t remember them since they were either before my time or I’m not old enough to remember them.

[@Your-girl-Cosy]

I was in one of these BK commercials. I saw myself at around 4:40.

[@BigBlueBeast]

I don't even remember some of these commercials from childhood!

[@toshomni9478]

Same. Where these from an alternate universe?

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

Burger King Kingdom - Burger King's answer to McDonald's McDonaldland. In the Burger King Kingdom, the Magical Burger King serves a dual purpose: The King entertains the children who visit his kingdom, much like Ronald McDonald does, when the children visit McDonaldland. The King is the leader of the Burger King Kingdom as its king, much like Mayor McCheese is the leader of McDonaldland, as its mayor.

[@FarelTheGiraffe]

Wow thanks a lot for introducing me to these characters that I didn't even know!

[@phillyradiogeek]

I had remembered the Duke of Doubt being more of an evil character, but looking at these commercials with fresh eyes, I now see that he was really more of an asshole rather than evil.

[@SlickDick73]

a real dick in every sense

[@phillyradiogeek]

+Marc Wallace The Dick of Doubt!

[@SlickDick73]

phillyradiogeek ..his nose was a subliminal ode to a dick.

[@Gunner192]

He looks a fuck of a lot like The Child Catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang-the most horrifying villian in any kids movie.

[@phillise1]

calling the Duke "evil" is really stretching the term.

[@jamessantiago3658]

The Burger King is the Ronald McDonald of BK and The Duke of Doubt was The Hamburgler

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

And that make Sir Shake-A-Lot their "Grimace."

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

The King is more of a Ronald McDonald/Mayor McCheese character hybrid. He's both an entertainer and leader in his kingdom.

[@BABarracus6]

James Santiago same actor that played the king become Ronald McDonald

[@Jack21Spades]

@@BABarracus6 YES!!! I KNEW IT! Their voices were too similar!

[@Gunner192]

@@Jack21Spades and before he became the Burger King, he was Mister Houdini on Bozo

[@BobTheBuilder294]

I think the Burger King's ring is an infinity stone

[@dmath1490]

I like how most of the early burger king commercials had nothing to do with burgers.

[@judgedredd6509]

i saw one of the new commercials with the king at a bedroom window and even I went "ARRRGGGHHHHH!!!!!" Forget creepy clowns!

[@jeffreyworthen2118]

The one BK commercial in which the Burger King was riding on an unicycle brought back great memories.

[@RonAlbaneseEntertainment]

That one ad with the unicycles is interesting - BK was on to a new slogan, and still used the 'King and the Duke of Doubt! The other characters seem to have been retired by that point, too. Again, LOVE this stuff!

[@laminadora18]

10:05 the legend of burger king the king between worlds

[@NinjaKurosai]

Kyon Zolanski omg dude on the nose

[@waynemacfarland1546]

"If you can do magic, make me a shake!" Says the Duke of Doubt to the King! And the King did just that!

[@raycorey3166]

I remember seeing a few of these, I was born in 1976 ..by the mid 80's the burger king as a real guy was over...it was another dozen years or so until the king was shown again and then it was that scary fiberglass guy we think of now.

[@theamericanshepherd4304]

The weeping willow tree reminded me of the trees from McDonald's commercials.

[@gyro2113]

Whatever happened to The Duke of Doubt?

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

He got a nose job!

[@spikeriley]

+jon “Curley” itiswhatitaintanditaintwhatitis Just like the king got a botox job, but a horrible one that made his face freeze into that creepy smile.

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

Spike Riley yes,i much preferred this one!

[@gyro2113]

***** seems reasonable

[@girlroomglitz]

+Marc Wallace Lol!!!

[@albertowen1025]

I was so sure that the King was played by former Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs back then, found out it wasn't - and every time I saw his (King) face I was creeped out totally! LOL

[@jasonbeard4713]

Great compilation!! That rub off transfer premium was a direct steal from Presto Magix.

[@FarelTheGiraffe]

Hmmm I know a certain someone who's experienced with talking about obscure characters, he even has a review show for them. Perhaps it'd be a good idea to tell him about it. It shouldn't take long to make a show about these characters given how long they were around.

[@thewilfordbrimleyrabbit2515]

i like how the new commercials are like a dude wearing the original burger king's death mask

[@kurtkauffman4326]

He sure can do most anything especially!

[@thea5714]

Looking back, these ads are so cheesy. But thank you for sharing them! (also, thank you Burger King, for getting rid of those uniforms - and those doofy yellow and orange hats before I worked there). ;)

[@phillise1]

Their extreme cheesiness makes them great.

[@thegucciparischannel6559]

Thanks for posting this.

[@CountryCarReviews]

Who else is eating a whopper while watching this??🙋🏼‍♂️

[@sarysa]

I was born just barely too late for this amazing campaign...it's a shame. Also... 11:42 and especially 6:36 Those will never come back thanks to the choking hazard hysteria.

[@Empire5730]

I don't mind the 'Creepy King' but they're going to have to wig it up to be at McDonald's level of characters that even they deserted. Maybe bring back DOD, shake a lot was crap, but they should replace him with Shake from Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Raisin Bran Sun for breakfast, Queen of Fries, Flap Jack, Prince Jr. Get an All Star cast.

[@Xevnar]

9:59 The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (2013)

[@OneUponADime]

Saturday, June 10, see ya there!

[@mackpines]

Bring back the old king BK!

[@patrickboots7799]

BK Should really try and do something with this.... get rid of them CREEPY ads...

[@MacTonight]

They retired the King character a few years ago to go in a 'non-creepy' direction with their advertising.

[@patrickboots7799]

Mac Tonight Well, That's good. I really liked the Duke, though.

[@AOLEnby]

Patrick Boots CEC he's back

[@Tornado1994]

Mac Tonight I miss BK Kids' Club which launched in '89. It lasted for 10 years.

[@Vinny792]

+Patrick Boots CEC Absolutely. They should really ought to try something similar to the recent Colonel Sanders commercials from KFC. Have someone where a costume like the original magic burger king and make the commercials appealing and funny for adults instead of trying to be a children's mascot like before.

[@otakuking10]

Can you imagine these Burger King characters collaborate with hello kitty and friends for the special Burger King collaboration with special kids meal toys and merchandise and a kuromi slush and Sanrio themed menu items?

[@CellarDoorx06]

A BLOW PIPE WHICH FLOATS ON AIR! BURGER KING, YAY.

[@jollygreenjeff2640]

Dang... I missed the burger king by 40 years

[@theamericanshepherd5378]

With the McDonalds and Buger King commercials they had you'd think Wendey's would have some characters too.

[@DilanCommunications]

1:15 they literally used tanner the mgm lion’s roar

[@themopedmetallist]

NONE of the other BK ads I've looked up have the Duke of Doubt. Those spots must have done well enough to go head-to-head with McDonald's, we could use that kind of competiton, especially In This Day And Age of having to decide 1/8 of one's wages per diem against a salad for lunch with the coworkers, 2 jugs of milk, Three Hundred miles of fuel, 2 loaves of bread, ONE 4.6 inch baguette sandwich containing just meat and cheese, 4 Powerball tickets, 1.84 percent of 2 In-N-Out Double Double combos, or something lke 64.48 kronars

[@Joeykm1972]

Well, today's McD's add do not have the Hamburglar. That's probably why Duke of Doubt doesn't exist in the new BK commercials.

[@kurtkauffman4326]

They had one live Parrot in the Commercial Ads,Frank Welker dubbed the voice of the Parrot.

[@kd4pba]

Sadly these commercials did not at all prepare us for nightmarish hellscape forming below our feet. I twist my ring now and I go nowhere. Please King come take me away...

[@kurtkauffman4326]

In the 1st Commercial,That was the late Jackson Beck announcing.

[@isaacroebuck9514]

I work at burger king, I think I would be fired if I mentioned any of these today.

[@karlnovachek7851]

what's crazy is that advertising hasn't changed much at all

[@JunktionJack]

Every one is doing the disco doubt now

[@NJGuy1973]

I don't know if you were around in the 70s, but I was, and *everything* was disco.

[@deontemerritt91]

my mom was born in 1970s she will be 45 years old what a longtime raising us and I was born 1991 the early 1990s and my father was my Dad was born in 1960s the early 1960s the began of it all them years I tell you those years too bad its bad now but Burger King will always be successful for what McLamore and Edgerton the founders of it all David Edgerton is still living but James McLamore died.

[@toyotamarshall]

1:45 hold on that tree is not from burger king it's from McDonald's

[@MichaelLasotaWheresWaldo]

I grew up in a super freaky era. LOL. Surprised I made it.

[@Bomberboi98]

I really like the fairytale theme with the old ads i wish they bring the theme back.

[@darkforceb9026]

Watch me kids as I pull my finger. oh wait wrong line. let me re read the script.

[@toshomni9478]

Good grief. And I thought the modern King was creepy.

[@NickBeast-gy2es]

Before the King stalked people

[@theamericanshepherd5378]

Burger King never showed up where I lived.

[@tammymism]

These commercials are oozing with extra cheesiness..

[@pardyhardly]

This is the weirdest Jethro Tull concert that I've ever seen.

[@kristinlambert8811]

I used to feel sorry for the Duke of doubt

[@theamericanshepherd5378]

Maybe there should be a modern movie where Ronald McDonald and Magical Burger King come back and are waging war on each other.

[@marceloromero9244]

Have it your way, BK!

[@Dazmeister]

WHOPPER WHOPPER WHOPPER WHOPPER

[@M200XL]

Holy hell this guy was the ronald mcdonald of BK.

[@Jack21Spades]

...even SOUNDED like him.

[@nailahprincessofhokuto2024]

@@Jack21Spades thats because he is Ronald. This King would play Ronald for a year and a half after this.

[@Jack21Spades]

@@nailahprincessofhokuto2024 WHAT?! This dude was Ronald McDonald?! Really? How do you know?

[@nailahprincessofhokuto2024]

@@Jack21Spades kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIW6kGponttgi6s Its mentioned in this video. (That's where I heard it from)

[@blue_cec2625]

@@nailahprincessofhokuto2024 well that actor tries to be the king not to be scary. but the current king was creepy and scary

[@groovass65]

I want a burger king doll! Those things look awesome!!

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

I always felt sorry for The Duke Of Doubt! He was always trying to do the same things the king could do with no problems. But he always wound up looking like a fool and being embarassed! 😳 Who couldn't relate?

[@PrimeStone]

Burger King is way better than McDonald's

[@stevescattaregia9810]

do you have the one where new orleans saints center john hill is catching burgers standing up in the sun roof of a car? sometime around 80-83.

[@sophiehanssel2017]

I think the reason they got rid of these characters was because of the character Sir Shake a Lot offending those with epilepsy, good thing we have the Americans with Disabilities Act

[@kurtkauffman4326]

The Dolls may be now Collectors Items.

[@BuccaneerBruce]

Man... that last commercial...

[@Krendall2]

6:10 Ride them before you eat them!

[@RonAlbaneseEntertainment]

All right, I'm commenting as I watch (ha ha) - I have never see that rodeo one! And, The Wizard of Fries is in it!

[@michellesupport89]

Wonderful!

[@booberry349]

This King was better

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

For a few years he gave Ronald and Grimace, etc a run for their money!

[@seanasnow8]

I just cancelled my internet subscription...wait, Thanks Burger King... the commercial I was searching for was an east coast Pita sandwich comm, and the big gloot says "Pita (Peter) He;s a nice Guy" Like Mafia fat guy LOL

[@redbearsgamingchannel6422]

Number 15 Burger King foot lettuce Commercial

[@7DARKHELLS]

I remember one of these that I had been looking for the longest, where the Duke was trying to ruin one of the King's tricks with a pie.That one to me was hilarious but so far I hadn't found it. 0:20 Was that the kid that played Dudley on Different Strokes? Thanks for sharing these.

[@internettrash5120]

I miss the old king. The modern one is like a clone from the santa clause 2

[@1212LeoSnake]

I didn't know the afro dude that painted pictures on PBS played the Burger King.😎

[@Jack21Spades]

Bob Ross..? heeheehee

[@zaythecreator846]

1:57 from 1978

[@lukedaley7719]

Sir shake has to be edging

[@billgreen3138]

blow pipe i had that one with stero foam round ball and my uncle dad marcel franklin page jr on the couch had fun also and we have photo of him with it

[@OrionoftheStar]

Anyone else think it sounds like they said "Marvelous Magic Murder King"?

[@johnjosephbest5504]

Do you have the commercial where the little boy is walking through a yard and the grill starts talking to him? I’m the little boy that would be awesome!

[@Soxruleyanksdrool]

Is that Dudley Johnson at 0:20?

[@bloodmooncomix457]

It's hard to believe that I was satisfied with these toys when I was their age😝 Technology does ruin innocence!😭

[@MegaAstroFan18]

I suddenly want a milkshake.