Brand Marketing Ad of the Day: Burger King Is Out to Change the World With ‘Satisfries’ New low-cal fries get everyone highBy Tim Nudd|September 25, 2013Share By Tim Nudd|September 25, 2013Share Everyone seems pretty excited this week about Satisfries, the new lower-fat, lower-calorie french fry at Burger King—no one more so than the characters in the first commercial for the menu item. The spot, from Mother New York, shows food-porn shots of the new crinkle-cut fries before transitioning to action shots of people eating them—a family, a firefighter, a boyfriend and girlfriend, a farmer type. They all seemingly can't believe how amazing the new fry is—how life changing. "New Satisfries from Burger King," says the gushing male voiceover. "A delicious new choice with 40 percent less fat, 30 percent less calories and big taste. Cut from whole potatoes, fried to perfection, to satisfry our lives. The heroes. The lovers. The everyman." The spot ends on a "cool guy" who's burning out his tires like a jackass, as his girlfriend, "Tammy," celebrates the fries in the passenger seat by screaming with her arms in the air. BK's goal, the voice adds, is to "satisfry freakin' everybody." If the spot is quirky, so is CMO Eric Hirschhorn's way of describing how Satisfries will help you eat better. "You live in Manhattan and might be having a kale smoothie on your way to work this morning," he tells The New York Times. "But a lot of people don't even know what kale is, and if they do, they don't want to eat it. You have to give people what they want." Satisfries, which have a coating designed to be less porous and absorb less oil, will cost 20-30 cents more than regular fries. We'll see if consumers want them badly enough to pay that small premium. CREDITS Client: Burger King Spot: "Satisfry Everybody" Agency: Mother, New York Creative: Mother Strategy: Mother Agency Producer: Mother Music, Business Affairs: Mother Production Company: Smuggler Director: Sniper Twins Director of Photography: Rodrigo Prieto Executive Producer: Laura Thoel Line Producer: Donald Taylor Wardrobe Design: Holland Neilson Production Designer: Dan Butts Hair, Makeup: Stella Tzanidakis Editing Company: The Now Corporation Editors: Nelson Leonard, Jessica Farmer Animation, Postproduction Company: MPC Executive Producer: Nancy Finn (Now Corp) Post Producer: Claudia Guevara (MPC) Final Grade, Finishing: MPC Music Production: Singing Serpent Music Producer: Dennis Culp TV Mix, Sound Design: Rob DiFondi, Sound Lounge Adweek Adweek