Burger King Kids Club Commercial from 1990

An old commercial for Burger King Kids Club featuring Kid Vid and the gang invading the real world of the man drawing them.

[@jdog34505]

Who else remembers this from the TMNT VHS tapes?? I do lol

[@TheInkPitOx]

fhe segment at the end.

[@xgray2012]

*ME!!!!!*

[@90sretrodad]

me

[@fresysaracho2710]

Yup

[@DazReht]

This and the Pizza Hut little league baseball ad. F.h.e.

[@ilovekatieskyforever]

Seeing this makes want to take a trip back to the 90s wish i could.

[@mrh3894]

I can tell you how to do it

[@popscola2574]

@@mrh3894 only one way that i know. And thats something happens to the planet like it did to the dinosaurs and we regress so far that we have to start over from scratch again. Over a period of 2000 years we should reach the 80s and 90s again

[@christielove9694]

I remembered as a kid how obsessed I was over them....and wanting even to have a tv series SOOOOO bad!

[@StarWolf_88]

If they had a show, Kid Vid would've been my favorite next to Jaws and JD. Hell I'm not gonna lie I/Q looked like he has a Sam from Rocket Power vibe.

[@CorporalDanLives]

Gawd, look at that animation quality. That could not have been cheap. Also: NO EATING IN THE EDITING ROOM!

[@SpacekatTommy]

+CorporalDanLives NONE!!!

[@Petardozord]

It costed more than season of adventure time.

[@pennysanchez7656]

What is this? Rodger Rabbit all over again?

[@normadgarmez7026]

That's for sure, but it seemed to have paid for BK at least until the early 2000s.

[@frankiegino2324]

Back when Burger King ruled

[@Keychan64]

Still does NIGGA

[@Sasskitten]

Back when ads appealed to kids more and actually had something worth joining.

[@normadgarmez7026]

Or at least made it interesting for kids to join. Myself being one of them

[@dguy0386]

they're still the best burgers in the fast food game, can't beat grilling

[@steelionx9255]

I definitely agree with dguy, Frankie. Burger King is still pretty good. Better than McDonald's now at least. I couldn't stand McDonald's for about a decade now!

[@Nick90sKid]

That was seen in my only Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon VHS.

[@spbb1500]

Yep I remember this commercials from those videos as well

[@CartoonPhreak]

There is also a similar one which appeared on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (the 1991 VHS) which appeared right after the RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video “Rotating Cube” logo (and before a trailer for Suburban Commando with Hulk Hogan and Shelley Duvall).

[@laurasmith2758]

The 90s aesthetic is so beautiful. I wish I had technical knowledge in how that aesthetic was achieved but the lighting seems so flat yet atmospheric. The colours and graphic design simple yet approaching modernity; people just getting to grips with digital graphic suites. The 90's was kind of the last bastion of analog technique. Finally, the behaviours and psychology at play feels a lot more innocent and pure. It is like the content creators of those times created a bubble for young kids, like a self-aware dreamland devoid of politics.

[@KevinJonDavies]

(See my post just above yours!) This was advert made in the last days of analogue post-production. You see the 'animator' in the commercial hand-drawing the characters. Well that's how it was done back then, whilst I was working at Passion Pictures in London. A lot of us were ex-Who Framed Roger Rabbit crew. Lucasfilm's brief excursion into commercials began with this one. ILM did all the post production work on this. I went there to brief them about the animation elements which needed combining and compositing. Digital composting was in its infancy then. Passion Pictures developed it over the next few years with London-based post houses like 'Rushes Ltd' and MPC. Glory days!

[@TheInkPitOx]

This is more 80s

[@colinm366]

It also has to do with the cameras they used then and the frame rate. I think 90s and some early 2000s films look good. IMHO higher frame rates don't add to film.

[@StarWolf_88]

​@KevinJonDavies I want to thank you for being an animator during possibly one of the greatest era for animation. You guys work to this day is still unmatched, idc what anyone comments after, it was beautiful! You guys helped make alot of us kids in the 90s really happy and we defend your work! Something about The late 80s early 90s was just incredible!

[@SirRoxo]

I remember popping in that TMNT Sky Turtles VHS and watching this intro every time. It's still very well done.

[@StarWolf_88]

Yes those TMNT videos! I had 2 of I recall, far too young to remember when we got the tape but I definitely watched it alot. This commercial would begin my love for Whoppers.

[@KevinJonDavies]

This is the full length version of the first $1m commercial by Lucasfilm (with FX by ILM and animation by Passion Pictures Ltd, London), made in late 1989. The cut-down version is on KZbin as "1990 - Burger King - BK Kids Club Commercial", posted in 2019. - I was an effects animator at Passion in London, and got a free trip over to ILM whilst working on this ad. (I saw them filming submarine models for 'The Hunt For Red October" whilst I was there, just before Xmas 1989.)

[@lorenzoantoniodominguezflo9116]

I’m not gonna lie, this is actually really well done and pretty creative.

[@BluDrgn426]

woa.... the production values were insane back then...

[@epicrapfan73]

Kid Vid, Boomer, I.Q., Jaws, J.D., Lingo, Snaps and Wheels should have had their own Saturday morning cartoon show!

[@zerogranger]

epicrapfan73 That would've been awesome!! I would've watched every episode. I miss these guys

[@Treyworld]

No way! Those characters are hella stock AND dated!

[@pennysanchez7656]

@@zerogranger And a bit of character development for each member making them more likable and memorable.

[@Moonbeam143]

I'm surprised that they didn't. I remember them being fairly big. I still have my Kid Vid Troll doll.

[@BKBLUEY]

Then this would have in incident like the Noids and Yo it’s Chester Cheetah Show, but will be like Ronald McDonalds' Show

[@qwertyuiop1234264ify]

Alright, the perfect diversity! Cool kid, black kid, nerd, girl, all that's really missing is wheelchair kid. HE'S not radical enough...

[@qwertyuiop1234264ify]

+jordin mccoy OH, he's at the end! Diversity accepted!

[@TheChoujinVirus]

what made them good was their personalities, not like today where they would be just token diversity

[@Junygeek]

That's some great animation! I love the Burger King Kid's Club Gang! They further inspired me to keep drawing. :D

[@otaking3582]

This is pretty meta for a commercial about a kids program at a fast food chain

[@Linz031487]

Oh my goodness I had those Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles videos too!! And I definitely remember this commercial; I'd forgotten all about it...I miss commercials like this.

[@upstatenewyorkrailfan6775]

that commercial takes me back when I was a kid good times!! :)

[@JazzyJka]

same

[@keonta81]

me too

[@Tornado1994]

BK Kids Club launched in the Mid Fall of 1989. I fondly remember it. Especially its first year.

[@zerogranger]

I miss these guys so much!!! Kid Vid and the Burger King Kids Club were so awesome!!! They need a comeback!!! I know for a fact that kids these days would love these guys!! Should've never gotten rid of them in the first place nothing was wrong with them. If Ronald McDonald can last this long then Kid Vid and the Burger King Kids Club should be able to as well.

[@Ballerz24]

These commercials always used to make burgers look so delicious🤤😋

[@polarnasu]

Memories of a better time.

[@epicrapfan73]

They should bring back the Burger King Kids Club and make Kid Vid, Boomer, I.Q., Jaws, J.D., Lingo, Snaps and Wheels in CGI animation!

[@zhanefulp]

And don't forget to add Jazz and The King himself while they're at it, too!

[@thedrewdog]

I never forgot this ad, I remember it from the opening of one of my TMNT tapes, and I always loved how creative it was.

[@davidwells4685]

i remember watching burger king commercials back in the days,awesome times.

[@DORSIAKILL]

I loved getting birthday stuff mailed to me from them!

[@segaprophet]

Dude...I watched this at least 4 times every weekend during saturday morning cartoons back in the day.

[@bannanahammer1]

i was apart of the BK kids club :') oh the memories :D

[@Brillemeister]

0:24 "Well, that just trims my mullet"

[@Nasoj0Tnek]

I was a member as a kid, one of the highlights of my summer was getting my kids club package in the mail. Oh those were the days...

[@mattimeo2252]

why is this such a big part of my childhood? i remember getting a ninja turtles vhs from burgerking and this commercial was on there. ..

[@rickyevans2697]

Same here!!! Good times! Do u remember when McDonald’s commercial with Thing from Addams Family? They were giving out VHS tapes of The Addams Family movies!

[@SushiLord89]

Got mine from the Pizza hut special.

[@BoogsterSU2]

DIPPY FRESH

[@richardmorganwrites]

Leave it to corporate America to make you feel like you've missed out on an exciting and exclusive circle of friends.

[@pacificanorthwest1015]

By the time it was all over, it was known as the 'Fatties Club'.

[@jet3529]

I love this Burger King Kids Club commercial

[@vinaymulukutla358]

I’ll always remember the Breakfast Buddies as well as the Kids Clubs. In the 80’s and early 90’s, it was something very special to have McDonalds and Burger King. It was for many of us, a connection to America.

[@LegitMan335]

Long live the Burger King Kids Club!! Great food, cool stuff, kids only!!!

[@jeffwolcott7815]

I've always wondered who really animated the Burger King Kids Club commercials.

[@Classic7-4-7]

Really showing off with the animation there🙌🏼

[@throwback_kid_84]

I think I'm the only guy to notice that last actor that was shown was John Kasir aka the voice of The Cryptkeeper.

[@xgray2012]

Sweeet!!!

[@nexxusty]

No way. This guy did the Cryptkeeper? I remember him from Sliders in the 90's. He was on an episode called "Lipshitz Live". I hated him, but now.... I have to respect him.

[@philcollinshill2951]

Besides being the Crypt Keeper (which I absolutely love) he was also a cast member on The Amanda Show

[@Lioness_Es]

I was in the kids club! Free meals on my birthday every year!

[@jayshaunjohnson2349]

i wish i was born in 90s the 90s look so cool and it didnt hlod back on kid shows

[@Zeoinx69]

Miss these so much... my god these guys were aweosme.

[@wheels687]

i wish they still sold burger king in the old fashion boxes and cups and made more commercials like this

[@SpacekatTommy]

OMG i remember this! Was at the beginning of some VHS at somepoint, i'm sure of it, and often on TV. Nothing like good old high quality 90s fast food advertising.

[@daniel86collins]

i remember them being on the old tmnt cartoon tapes!

[@SpacekatTommy]

THATS RIGHT!! We had like 4 of em.

[@Tornado1994]

80s. BK Kids launched in '89.

[@SpacekatTommy]

launched in 89, watched through the 90s :D

[@Tornado1994]

Spacekat Tommy That's right!

[@Fanatic_Foremem]

I miss kid vid...

[@edward18517]

That...is some of the most continual fourth-wall-breaking I've ever seen.

[@oliverhernandez1735]

Man commercials from the 90s and 80s were so nice

[@JLC-rm9bu]

I used to watch this repeatedly back when I was a kid- but now I think about how that guy paid for his food and it got stolen from him by animated kids that he had drawn himself. Then he thinks that he can take that other guy's burger as well- and I know it also rightfully belonged to that man since he paid for that himself too.

[@kelbyramon1993]

aww the 1990 i miss this era! miss being a baby and kid memories i will never forget !

[@Bport8789]

This video just took me back.

[@arturovalenzuela4465]

Jesus, this not only takes me back, but what a bizarre Inception like commercial. A commercial, within a commercial, within a commercial, within a whopper.

[@jmiester25]

Remember when commercials were fun and inventive? lol

[@pennysanchez7656]

And so, the group of legends were born....

[@bluekewne]

While watching this I can practically taste the Whopper. Big hit of nostalgia.

[@JesusIsTheWord]

Those graphics were pretty on point

[@axlyoung1218]

How I miss late 80s and 90s as a kid. Back when BK and restaurants. Made it about the kids and families. Nothing like it is today. Sad kids these days. Will never experience magic of our era

[@alphaghoul]

Spirit of the 90s right here. Anyone else notice that they shrink when they move to the burger?

[@day196]

Animation was on point for it's time

[@oliverrando6463]

Man even commercials were so nice back then

[@Moonbeam143]

The 4th wall just crumbled with this commercial.

[@MrCrutial87]

soooo many good childhood memories

[@Theshark15z]

I still have my toys of the Burger King Kids!!

[@betsy032785]

I remember having a kids club membership . I use to get cool stuff in the mail .

[@bentauschek2697]

I LOVE THIS COMMERCIAL.

[@reposed]

This was from the beginning of the Teenage Mutrant Ninja Turtles the movie VHS. I remember this, I would never fast forward through it because it would always make me hungry for a burger.

[@alexanderpytko5394]

The work that guy's doing at 0:04, that used to be the kind of work I wanted to do when I grew up. I loved drawing and wanted to make a career out of it, especially in advertising. Unfortunately, after the economy went bad there wasn't much work like that around. Thanks, Bush Jr.!

[@pennysanchez7656]

You mean concept art?

[@alexanderpytko5394]

@@pennysanchez7656 Stuff like that or graphic design, particularly logos. But I have good job now. It's not in this field but it pays nicely.

[@siobi69]

oh man i would love to go back to my childhood

[@sammerz50]

They have this on the old 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles VHS tapes I got at a Goodwill store in East Brunswick, NJ.

[@mskeenac21]

I was in the Burger King Kids Club & I use to be so happy to get all the stuff they send to me in the mail.

[@tombstone5860]

OMG, I REMEMBER THIS COMMERCIAL!

[@VThaVillan]

Bring's back memories

[@Underthegun897]

does anyone remember the commercial, where the people are ordering food and the food is magically being placed on the tray. i think its with these characters but i cant remember

[@eisemanrenyardjake]

I'd love to see these characters brought back. The toys they used to make with their meals were pretty good, especially compared to the crude Happy Meal toys McDonalds make today. Tetley Tea (a popular British brand) recently brought back cartoon characters it used all the time in its '90s adverts, so why not give this bunch a second coming?

[@rypaz87]

same here- do you remember "the great boldini"? best episode.

[@waynewood445]

I still have the VHS

[@tommydonahue7144]

Remember seeing this on the tmnt cartoon on vhs

[@GoblinFromOblivion]

For like the past few months I was absolutely certain the mf with the wavy blonde hair and shades was part of the Burger King Kid’s Club but didn’t bother ever looking up to confirm it until now.

[@eclat4641]

That was great ideas!

[@HoshizakiYoshimasa]

@CCConservatory the characters you guys created where a big part of my childhood.

[@TheHexeract]

This is some kid of metaphysical nightmare.

[@ccseries]

Kid Vid is Pulsefire Ezreal in League of Legends now, in case anyone's wondering.

[@kuznapi]

I found a coupon for the kids club in one of my vhs movies the coupon expired in December 21, 1995

[@Tornado1994]

I'll never forget the BK Kids club. Introduced in the fall of 1989.

[@MegaAnimazing]

Dude, I remember seeing this on a TMNT VHS tape (don't remember which episode, maybe it was the one that had Leo and Rocksteady abducted).

[@ryanrab2]

I can't believe I remember this video!

[@CCConservatory]

@BuckyOHare This was the work of Harvey Hoffenberg and his team at Saatchi in 1989. I was VP of advertising at the time. Still looks amazing 20 years later.

[@cheater87]

So much 4th wall breaking. 0_o

[@StarWolf_88]

As a kid I was always concerned for the guy getting stuck then getti.g his whopper stolen. I really like this commercial.

[@joshuahjfarquharm.3269]

It had a really nice "Inception" twist to it. I'm still processing what it REALLY means. Maybe we are all in a Burger King Commercial....and we don't even know it..... Maybe you are Vid Kid, and you didn't remember that until just now.

[@smill1985]

Hmmmm...maybe. 🤔

[@normadgarmez7026]

Your on to something

[@akoonjb]

2022 anyone? I was looking for my burger King kids club tmnt sky turtles vhs

[@brandonreina3931]

A Pizza Hut commercial was shown on VHS tapes. I had a Ninja Turtles tape while my cousin had a Land Before Time tape.

[@lilydominguez4437]

The reboot of the burger king kids

[@Tornado1994]

The commercial is from 1989 not '90. This clip was ripped from a TMNT home video tape by FHE/Worldvision.

[@SpacekatTommy]

+Tornado1994 I knew it! I was like, this is high production stuff right here, but i wasnt sure cause it's basic fast food commercialism.. Cant believe they stuck that at the beginning of TMNT.

[@CartoonPhreak]

Did you mean “FHE/Lionsgate”?

[@darkmoongoddess86]

i remember i had a Kid Vid troll or something, he had pink hair.

[@kevo1295]

this commercial is so gangster, robbing eachother's whopper, i wish i could travel back in time

[@Jessetvfan]

i remember this man i feel old

[@redsox041098]

kid vid looks so much younger.

[@thegreathawk3659]

It should have kept going all this meta-jumping until consciousness separated from matter and there was just an ontological mush of being and non being in a terrifying void filled with disembodied screams forever yeah yeah hamburgers

[@steelionx9255]

Really takes me back but still weird as heck!

[@OS1540]

This creative idea saved Burger King

[@mon41]

the 90's was a trippy ass era i remember they would push this kids club shit on the ninja turtles vhs tapes

[@hpalpha7323]

this commercial is really meta