home at a whopper the Burger King
whopper not only defines the fast-food
chain but is an iconic sandwich known
and loved the world over
despite this popularity not many people
know much about the whopper beyond that
it makes for a delicious lunch or dinner
we are here to rectify that and fill you
in on 10 things you should know about
Burger King whoppers before biting Homer
each whopper takes 75 the whopper is
older than the Big Mac not we all have
heard about the fierce competition
between Burger King and McDonald's the
two giants sell practically the same
thing
they both had their humble beginnings
around the middle of the 20th century
but long before McDonald's had
introduced its famous Big Mac the
whopper was sitting on customers plates
with its famous smile in fact the
whopper made its first appearance on the
menu of Burger King in 1957 that's a
full 11 years before the Big Mac became
a thing in 1968 long before burger
joints knew that the size of the burger
mattered a burger place came up with the
idea of serving an extra large burger to
its customers the customer's always
right
Jim McLemore the co-founder of Burger
King wasn't going to let an opportunity
like that pass he decided to serve an
even larger burger than the rival joint
and named it the whopper the name
implies something huge and that was just
the beginning of a marketing war that
would target the consumer for decades to
come
by the time McDonald's caught up on the
size does matter mantra and introduced
its Big Mac as a response the fast-food
world would never be the same
so whether by chance or by choice it
looks like all of the Big Mac lovers out
there have the whopper to thank for it
imagine a BK had never created the
whopper and Mickey D's had come up with
the big burger idea first maybe we'd all
be ordering Mick whoppers today you got
the Walker
the first whopper sold for 37 cents you
heard that right 37 cents is the
original price of the first-ever whopper
to hit the menu and land on people's
tables of course what this means is that
inflation
has gone up made a huge hole in the roof
and aimed for the sky but let's not
forget that this was 1957 after all baby
boomers were making their way to the
world at unprecedented rates and life
was much much simpler back then you
could get three whoppers for $1 $11
sounds like heaven right but to be fair
prices did drop back too close to its
original price around 2012 while the
average whopper is about four dollars
and change to celebrate the company's
55th anniversary the price of the
whopper came down to 55 cents now that's
something you don't see every day
beating inflation crushing the
competition and scoring a big PR hit all
in one big swoop for just a dollar 10
you could enjoy two whoppers and feel
like all was good with the world once
again sadly the good times don't last
once the campaign was over prices of the
whopper went back up to normal and if
you ordered two sandwiches it would set
you back a Sawbuck I got the brand
sandwiches the War of the burgers that's
why they picked me to convince Congress
to go to war we hinted that there's a
burger war going on between the two fast
food giants Burger King and McDonald's
now let's elaborate without belaboring
the point first off as we already stated
the first large burger was Burger King's
creation not McDonald's but how did the
two iconic sandwiches Big Mac and the
whopper fare when squared off let's talk
about the patty because in the end
that's what the real comparison should
be about the whopper comes with a
quarter pound patties that is much
larger than the patty you get with the
Big Mac the real comparable would be
McDonald's quarter pounder but without
the same toppings as the whopper in fact
McDonald's had tried to come up with a
similar quarter pound burger too you
know what they call a quarter pound of a
cheese in France however that sandwich
the big and tasty didn't stand the test
of time so comparing patty to patty the
whopper wins big-time over the Big Mac
that doesn't mean that the two
franchises haven't been stealing ideas
from each other since forever
in 1997 the year McDonald's had tried to
introduce the big and tasty a direct
competitor
to the whopper Burger King tried to
seduce the customers with a double patty
called
the big king even the name was
derivative neither of those attempts at
beating the competition by copying it
nor any other attempt since then had
managed to lure customers so it seems
the War of the burgers will continue
which is probably a good thing for the
consumer having a longtime rival only
keeps everyone on their toes forcing
each restaurant to continuously improve
which usually results in new and tasty
menu options for us all the angry
whopper you wouldn't like me when I'm
angry
change is the key to keeping your
customers happy
that's the credo of every fast-food
chain out there you can't just sit on
your laurels and hope that your happy
customers will keep coming back and
eating the same food you offer them
because that just doesn't happen people
get tired of the same menu and demand
something new every now and then so
Burger King not being the company to let
people down decided to bring in
something new to spice the menu up and
spice it up it sure did using a hot
concoction of jalapeno pepper jack
cheese and spicy crispy onions one
creative and possibly vindictive chef
came up with the perfect spicy whopper
that was in 2009 and the angry whopper
as it was called had a mixed reaction
some people thought it was excessively
spicy and that every meal brought tears
to their eyes not out of fondness or
nostalgia but out of compassion to their
Bernie mouths
other customers though we're not that
impressed they stated that the spicy
whopper wasn't spicy enough then pointed
to a meal at Taco Bell's for reference
needless to say the whole fire was put
out pretty soon
since the angry whopper was after all a
limited edition not meant to last
however a few years later in 2016 to be
exact
another incarnation of the angry whopper
manifested itself on the menu with more
spiciness this one was called the
angriest whopper Burger King should
really hire some new talent for their
naming Department if I kind of breeze
into the philology Department how the
whopper jr. came into existence Burger
King's most famous image as American
painter and visionary Bob Ross used to
say there are no mistakes only happy
accidents and the story of the whopper
jr. is a confirmation of that it all
started in 1963 in Puerto Rico there was
a new Burger King restaurant about to
open and everybody was getting hyped
about it not least of all the owner
Luisa rayna's Perez fun as with all big
events there's always something that
comes up last-minute and threatens to
spoil the fun for everybody in this case
it was the absence of the bread molds
since this was the first Burger King to
open in Carolina Puerto Rico nobody had
the molds for the buns deep in some buns
son you can't make buns without molds
and the whopper has its own custom made
molds due to its size so now what Perez
cannot delay the grand opening because
the molds haven't arrived from the
states yet at the same time he can't
just dish out whoppers in regular buns
and hope nobody would notice and that's
when the happy accident came to the
world
Perez decided on the spot to use regular
buns and named the creation whopper jr.
and that's how quick thinking can save
the day
you saved us what's in a burger what is
the whopper burger we all love our
burgers can you imagine a burger without
cheese doesn't feel right right the same
applies to the patty it wouldn't be
called a burger if there was no burger
and it but have you ever wondered what's
in the patty itself
we always fuss about the sauce and the
extra cheese but we never
take the time to ask about the burger
patty itself we just take it for granted
that the patty has beef at least that's
what Burger King had us believe for
years until 2013 that is Burger King had
to reveal that some of the patties used
in its burgers notably the ones stuffing
the whoppers buns had horse meat in them
that's right I bought a horse this
debacle took place in the UK there was
an outcry and immediate repercussions
the irish supplier responsible for this
scandal lost his contract with burger
king and the company took its business
elsewhere notably to germany and italy
we're not saying that burger king knew
about it and covered it up because
that's not what happened we're just
saying it's always prudent to find out
what's in that burger just in case right
not enough time to explain all the fresh
ingredients in the whopper sandwich you
can't call it whopper here tasted just
like a whopper should taste Texas is a
state with its own style culture and way
of life and Texans are proud people
maybe even more so than any other state
and Burger King was about to know
firsthand one thing or two about this
famed Texan pride San Antonio is a
wonderful city it always has been except
for one small flaw it didn't have a
Burger King to remedy this shocking
oversight the company made arrangements
to open a few outlets in the city
posthaste
but there was a small problem houston we
have a problem another burger chain
called whopper burger was using the W
word not just in its name but in the
menu items moreover that small local
chain had the copyrights to the word
whopper in the city so even though
Burger King was operating in the city it
couldn't use the W word and its
advertising not in San Antonio you don't
that went on for years
the famous whopper was called deluxe and
nobody was happy about it it wasn't
until the owner of whopper burger had
passed and his widow had agreed to sit
down at the table and negotiate that a
solution to the stalemate had been
reached in 1983 the widow agreed to sell
her franchise to Burger King and San
Antonio was able to order a whopper from
Burger King for the first time ever
like a whopper the Halloween whopper I
want my Walker no this is not a fairy
tale everything about this story is true
and verified and it's not the first time
Burger King has tried to spook its
customers with a scary-looking Bunton
either back in 2014 a genius from
marketing decided to celebrate Halloween
with a black whopper except it wasn't a
whopper at all it was a black bun with
a1 steak sauce and it was aptly called a
one Halloween whopper Halloween party at
our house needless to say the freaky
looking bun had failed to impress anyone
let alone whopper fans who immediately
saw the ruse and shunned this imposter
in whopper clothes but you know what
they say in marketing if you fail once
just keep hammering the customers with
similar ideas until they get tired and
give up four years later in 2018 another
monstrosity came out from the kitchens
of Burger King also to supposedly
celebrate Halloween but this time it was
green and it was called nightmare King
at least they got the name right this
time
this nightmare didn't last long pretty
soon people pinched themselves awake and
went back to their regular whoppers to
whoppers a week for the last 20 years
lose a friend for a whopper can we
please be friends we all know how fickle
some friends are you know which ones
they're never there when we need them
and they only seem to contact us when
they need something
not the ideal kind of friend you'd like
to have this applies more to Facebook
friends than any other friends anywhere
else to help you shed this unnecessary
burden of unwanted and ungrateful
friends
Burger King invited people to trade
their Facebook friends for a whopper not
a bad deal eh all you had to do was
unfriend 10 people on Facebook and you
get one whopper hello Bob returns bird
he to a crime scene for that deal I
delete my entire Facebook account but
Facebook wasn't happy naturally it
insisted on letting the unfriended
friends know that they were not worth
one whopper to someone which is harsh
and cold to say the least
why would Facebook want to bring misery
to its users in such a fashion anyway
that request put Burger King and its
program in a tight spot so to speak and
fearing a backlash the campaign was
pulled quickly but not before it broke
up over two hundred and thirty four
thousand online friendships well you
know your friendship isn't up to snuff
when your so-called friend is willing to
sell you for a whopper the whopper and
Ellen DeGeneres go way back we now
return to Ellen only talks when her
guest is talking so what happens when
you're invited to perform your comedy
sketch on stage but you don't really
have anything all the material is gone
and your silver tongue has turned to let
this is the exact situation young Ellen
DeGeneres found herself in when she was
just 20 years old
and still trying to find her first steps
in the world of stand-up comedy I love
making people happy and making people
feel good her friends had urged her to
go up and wow the audience that night
but Ellen was too scared to say anything
so she did the only thing any of us
would do in this situation she picked up
her whopper milkshake and fries and took
them with her to the stage there she
proceeded to eat without saying a word
did the audience heckle her how can you
heckle a girl eating a whopper
nobody was satisfied with this
performance except Ellen herself who was
really full after that meal but her food
demonstration wasn't a total loss a few
days later she was invited to perform at
a university campus and this time she
went on stage with some good material
you can always find more great Babel top
videos right here just hop on that
screen and if you haven't joined our
notification squad yet what are you
waiting for show us some love and slam
that subscribe button and click that
Bell