Jezebel: chicken

Kraft Rethinks That Whole Saggy Breasts Thing

Irin — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:40:00 EST

The "You look smashing. But your chicken breasts could use a lift" ad has been taken down at Kraft headquarters. A spokeswoman said no one had directly complained, but noted that "a few employees may have expressed concerns online." [AdAge]

Embarrassing Shake 'N Bake Ad Featured In Company HQ

Dodai — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:40:00 EST

There's an ad for Shake-N-Bake, a product owned by Kraft Foods, in the lobby of Kraft's Chicago-area headquarters. The ad is on a mirror, and the copy reads: "You look smashing. But your chicken breasts could use a lift." Hilarious?

More like horrendous. And apparently, as Copyranter reports on Animal New York, no one is laughing:

The Kraft women are furious and the men embarrassed. That's understandable, especially considering that the Kraft CEO is a woman.

Okay: Chicken talk is full of ridiculous stuff — was it Frank Perdue who said "My breasts are as tender as my thighs"? But doesn't this qualifiy as sexual harassment in the workplace? Someone thought it was cheeky, or clever, or funny, but it comes off as rude and crude. It's an awkward campaign. Surely the idea was to grab people's attention, but it's been done in the worst possible way. At least they didn't incorporate the retro catchphrase, "And I helped!"

Saggy Tit Joke Right in The Kraft Headquarters Lobby [Animal New York]

Christopher Walken Cooks A Chicken.

Sadie — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:40:00 EDT

Yes, obviously it's awesome in the usual Walken ways. But the best part? The man knows his way around a kitchen! Get him a cooking show! (Also, a lifestyle newsletter.) Okay, maybe we'd have added some salt. [BuzzFeed via YouTube]

Adorable inter-species adoption strikes...

Maria — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:20:00 EDT

Adorable inter-species adoption strikes again: Jane Etheridge, an Englishwoman from Middleton, says that the lone surviving chick from her hen's recent batch of 14 babes (a fox and untimely death claimed the other 13) was recently adopted by her cat, Snowy. Etheridge says that Snowy cleans and cares for the chick, now named Gladys, and that Gladys loves to play with her adopted dad: "[Gladys] comes in and bounces up and down in front of Snowy and he just stands there and takes it and puts his arm around her," says Etheridge, adding: "They are the best of friends, very much so." We couldn't find photographic evidence of Gladys and Snowy's friendship, but we hope this other cat-chick adoption will suffice. [UPI]

It's been a few months since Heinz pulled...

Maria — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:30:00 EDT

It's been a few months since Heinz pulled its "gay kiss" mayonnaise ad and now, just to prove to the world that they like chicks, they have come up with a new ad showing chicken and potatoes arranged to look like a seductive, voluptuous woman. Appetizing, no? We can just imagine the cracks made over at Heinz HQ over this ad: "Get a load of the taters on that one!" Visual humor involving women's bodies means only one thing: they have completely run out of ideas. (Click the thumbnail to view the whole ad.) [The F-Word]

PETA Prank Or Hungry Bird?

Megan — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:45:00 EDT

Last week in Temecula, California, workers at McDonald's successfully captured a chicken that had been giving patrons the evil eye as they tried to order nuggets. Workers lured the bird with bits of bun from atop the drive-through window box and sent it to live out its days with other chickens. I, Megan, have experience with chickens: My one and only pet, Nugget (pictured here atop my computer in 1997). So I believe that the hen wasn't trying to keep Temeculans from eating its relatives, it was probably just hungry. Nugget was a cannibal and his favorite food was fried chicken — in fact, he could almost eat his own weight in Chicken McNuggets and insisted on trying. RIP Nugget. You were a good bird and I'm glad no one ever ate you. [USA Today]