Celebrity Justice
Jack Won't Say Jack

Posted Jun 2nd 2007 3:10AM by TMZ Staff

JackA fast food giant is making a huge stink over Jack in the Box's toilet-humored attack on Angus beef. It seems that there is a fine line between steer and rear.

Jack -- the styrofoam-headed, jovial pitchman for the Jack in the Box fast food chain -- ducked TMZ's requests for comment over a lawsuit about a commercial that makes his rival fast food joint the butt of a burger joke. Bummer.

The parent company of Carl's Jr. and Hardee's filed the lawsuit over a hilarious ad that depicts Jack in the Box employees -- lead by the aforementioned Jack -- laughing about Carl's Angus hamburgers by acting as if they're called "anus." Tee-hee.

Carl's peeps contend that Jack's commercials falsely imply that Angus beef burgers come "from the rear-end and/or anus of beef cattle, by creating phonetic and aural confusion between the words 'Angus' and 'anus.'" That's just silly -- everyone knows Angus beef comes from Uranus.

TMZ tried to contact Mr. Box to try and get to the bottom of these allegations, but we were cast a(back)side.

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Tags: angus, angus beef, AngusBeef, carl's jr., Carl'sJr., hardee's, jack in the box, JackInTheBox

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1. Hey, maybe Jack's claim has some truth to it after all. I am not joking, this is a true story. About 18 years ago my brother worked at a Carl's Jr. It was his first job, he was 15. He told me years later that there was a guy that worked there that would stuff hamburger buns down his pants, and rub it all over his butt. NO JOKE. I asked my brother if this guy did it all the time, and he said it was just to the jerks. I learned a lesson I will never forget. Always be nice to people serving your food.

Posted at 3:23AM on Jun 2nd 2007 by number13

2. Stupid story!

Posted at 3:43AM on Jun 2nd 2007 by Ima Bitch

3. Jack in the Box Commercials are the best ads on the tube these days. They are imaginitive and funny and the competitors like Car'l are just envious that they can't even come close when it comes to advertising their product. If this lawsuit goes forward, it can only make the court system look foolish. What judge want's to look like a fool. Keep up the great ads Jack.

Posted at 4:18AM on Jun 2nd 2007 by Jiggy

4. jack we so love you

Posted at 4:20AM on Jun 2nd 2007 by renee

5. No matter how funny their ads are.. I'm not going to forget that JB killed people with bad meat. I'm sure they would not be happy if someone were to make an ad about that.


Posted at 5:04AM on Jun 2nd 2007 by Hello Kitty

6. Nasty food at this dump

Posted at 5:05AM on Jun 2nd 2007 by Polish Keibasa

7. Kitty - it was little babies that were killed!!

Posted at 5:30AM on Jun 2nd 2007 by Ima Bitch

8. This is all so pathetic...it's almost non-funny. Oh my gosh. JIB, must be having trouble selling burgers if they stoop so low.

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Posted at 9:04AM on Jun 2nd 2007 by jProud American Author

9. Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s have had some of the most lewd, inappropriate for prime time ads for the past ten-or-so years. We stopped patronizing them as a result. Remember the breakfast sandwich ad in the night club with the “should I call you or just nudge you” for breakfast line? And, of course the ad with you-know-who all over the car. That sure said fast food!

Jack-in-the-Box’s ad is bathroom humor, but I don’t have to make my kids leave the room. In fact, they think it’s funny.

Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s are being poor sports with this lawsuit. More reason to stay away from their establishments.


TEAM JACK IN THE BOX!

Posted at 9:09AM on Jun 2nd 2007 by JB

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Posted at 10:11AM on Jun 2nd 2007 by Jobson Lemos

11. YUMMY YUM YUM!

Posted at 10:19AM on Jun 2nd 2007 by I WOULD EAT JESSICA'S BIELS ANUS IF I COULD!

12. Of course Kids think it's funny they don't know any better. But this is a food commercial you do not want to think of a cows butt hole when your eating a hambugar!! Esp: if you think thats what your eating, It makes me want to never eat a hambuger again.

Posted at 10:19AM on Jun 2nd 2007 by angie

13. Jack in the Box is just turning people away for their own restaurants. They may turn people completely away from eating meat. we would all be better off without it anyway.

Posted at 10:27AM on Jun 2nd 2007 by It's just sick!

14. LMAO
i love this story :)

Posted at 10:55AM on Jun 2nd 2007 by tinky's friend dipsy :)

15. I've never eaten at Carls Junior simply because their ads are sexist, and they seem to only want to appeal to men. And I don't think we have Jack in the Box here in Oklahoma.

Posted at 11:01AM on Jun 2nd 2007 by Mysty Maples

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