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The original Subservient Chicken command interface, 2004Burger King / CP+B / The Barbarian Group

Subservient Chicken

Brand:
Burger King
Agency:
Cp+b Miami
2004FilmVideo · YouTube

Timeless principle

Make the audience part of the joke.

The idea

Let people type commands to a man in a chicken suit and watch him obey online.

Why it works

The deliberately strange room invites experimentation, and the huge library of responses makes the interaction feel almost alive. ‘Have it your way’ becomes behavior rather than a slogan. The more people test it, the more the brand promise proves itself.

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