My headphones are burgers.
[typing] [music]
It just amuses me to think that someone, somewhere,
got two Whoppers and just went–
Yeah.
You know, this is a good–
This is a good look for me.
I like the way this feels.
If only they played music.
[splat]
And stayed on my head.
Greetings and welcome to an LGR thing.
Not exactly "Oddware," although it
could be, in a way, because it is certainly odd.
This is the Burger King Headphone AM Radio
from 1983.
And before I go any further, this is not an ad for Burger King.
I actually don't like their food. [laughs] At all.
In fact, it's probably my least-favorite fast food place.
But I do like these kind of stupid gimmicky things.
Old crappy headphones
in the shape of, uh, burgers.
For some reason. And, yes,
insert a "Simpsons" reference here.
Although, those were earmuffs.
These are proper headphones with an AM radio
that may or may not work
after these many years.
But, we're about to find out once we unbox this thing.
Sorry, collectors, but you know what?
I paid the equivalent of two Whopper value meals
for this thing on eBay, so I don't feel too bad opening it up.
I had no idea
that back in the early-'80s thereabouts
there was something called the Burger King Collection
at Radio Shack stores
and they sold these
really cheap electronics with Burger King branding
because...
why not?
"Aren't You Hungry?"
Trademark, Burger King, trademark.
Uh, you know, I might be hungry if the burgers they sold actually looked like that,
but, uh, they don't.
At least, not anymore. Maybe they did in '83.
I like how the back of the packaging is mostly describing
the actual Whopper that you would get at Burger King
as opposed to the
Whopper headphones that you've actually bought.
"Features: Solid State High Sensitivity"
"Feather Light Headphone"
"Volume and Tuning Control, and a Waist Belt Clip!"
Mmm!
And "you can remove the unit from the package by opening from the back
along the dotted line."
How convenient.
Let's give it a shot.
To whoever had the foresight to buy this
33 years ago and
keep it in the package, thank you.
Some weirdo on YouTube in the future...
[plastic crackling]
is gonna have a lot of fun...
[plastic crackling]
Oh, yes!
You know, that actually was pretty easy. I gotta say.
That's...
that's pretty classy.
So we have the
AM radio itself
which also says "Aren't You Hungry?"
And it looks like we got some tuning here, which is good.
And here we go.
Stars of the show.
[plastic crackling]
[grunting]
The headphones themselves.
And they're a little...
they're packed in here.
All right.
Well. Um...
They don't feel as cheap as I thought they would.
To be honest.
In fact, they actually [chuckles] feel pretty solid.
[Laughs]
Who woulda guessed?!
On the other hand, this headband is like the cheapest thing in the world.
I mean, look at that. That's literally plastic being held in place by plastic with
a tiny bit of friction.
Just... unroll these.
This is actually a nice feeling little cable, too.
Gotta say.
Uh, that plug is...
mmm... well...
It's alright.
These on the other hand, they feel
terrible already.
[Laughs] In fact, they look
like, uh...
kinda the foam that you would find inside of an 8-track,
like, behind the tape.
Hmm...
Alright. Well,
let's test these things out!
First, we're going to put the battery inside of the AM radio.
Cheap little battery compartment there.
And it's a standard 9-volt battery, which I have laying around,
since I bought it specifically for this.
Alrighty.
There we go. Packed in there.
And we are ready to listen to AM radio
with burgers!
So the AM radio itself is just
a nice little simplistic
box, and I actually quite like it.
I like how straightforward it is. It's just a box!
It has radio components in there.
The slogan on it is kinda stupid, but the colors are lovely.
It's a nice bright white.
There's that fancy belt clip
that it was so happy to brag about on the front of the cover.
Of course, you just turn it on with the volume slider here.
[click]
[tinny music with static]
Uh, it's got some, you know–
Probably need some DeoxIT, or something, but–
Either that, or it's just really cheap.
Probably both.
[clasic soft rock]
Very appropriate music to be picking up with this thing to, I gotta say. [laughs]
I tell ya.
And of course, you've got your tuner right here.
So we can try some other AM radio stations.
Not that anything's picking up.
[staticky music]
Just the one, I guess.
You can't hear it. They're playing the Rolling Stones now. [laughs]
But, uh...
Yeah, you know what?
I gotta say, I'm actually kind of impressed
with the sound quality of these things.
They're... not as crappy
as I thought they would be.
The sound could be a bit beefier, though.
And screw studio monitor headphones.
I got these.
I'm actually quite impressed with them, to be honest.
Uh, well, you know, considering that it's something that's 33 years old-ish and [laughs],
they don't sound
like burgers. They sound like headphones.
And these are terribly uncomfortable, but
they sound okay.
And yes, I did actually plug them into, like, my phone, and
a record player and computer– just whatever I could, and they
sound... passable for
burger-shaped headphones.
So, uh...
Okay, I'm kidding about the studio headphones.
But I'm gonna keep those.
But, yes. Thank you very much for watching.
My headphones are burgers.
And if you'd like some more videos that are burgers,
then I'm sorry to disappoint you. This is the only one.
But I do have other videos on odd things.
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And as always, thank you very much for watching.
Wow, this one actually pretty much stayed together.
I don't know if that's a...
a good thing or a bad thing.