Episode 206 – Rockstars vs good impressions

The guys tackle a pair of letters – one about Slipknot and the other about Tom Waits – BOTH about major food brands cashing in on impersonations.
SHOW NOTES:
Slipknot 
https://www.loudersound.com/features/remember-the-time-slipknot-tried-to-sue-burger-king-over-a-chicken-fries-ad
https://www.loudersound.com/news/ross-robinson-did-not-like-slipknot-the-first-time-he-heard-them
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slipknot_(band)
https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-definitive-history-of-every-slipknot-mask
https://beat.com.au/the-bronx-2/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BK_Chicken_Fries
https://slate.com/business/2012/01/crispin-porter-bogusky-how-the-hot-ad-agency-fell-from-grace.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/25/business/advertising-addenda-from-burger-king-music-to-eat-chicken-by.html
https://www.tomzukoski.com/Burger-King-Coq-Roq-Integrated-Campaign
https://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/celebrity/slipknots-burger-king-beef
 
Tom Waits 
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-05-09-me-238-story.html
https://www.reuters.com/technology/scarlett-johansson-says-openai-chatbot-voice-eerily-similar-hers-2024-05-21/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Waits
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Change_(Tom_Waits_album)
https://www.songfacts.com/facts/tom-waits/step-right-up
http://tomwaitslibrary.info/biography/interviews/tom-waits-is-flying-upside-down-on-purpose/
Dog food commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYOMPU18QjA
https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/the-variations-of-tom-waits-6400869