...a question about the arby's icon...?

[g222leav]

with the advent of all these new arby's commercials that i'm seeing, my girlfriend and i got into a discussion of what arby's icon is supposed to be. I think that that arby's icon is an old hat, like the western/cowboy type hat. but with all these new commercials there's that talking mitt and it does a lil spin at the end and turns into the arby's icon...so my girl says that the icon was really the mitt.

soo...umm, what do you guys think?

[brainsmile]

hat

[GraingerGuy]

http://www.heritage-flag.com/images/logo/arbys.gif

It's definately a hat....

[g222leav]

Originally posted by DarkFury
It's a "ten gallon hat" g222leav...

That "oven mitt" is just the "flavor of the month" gimmick that Arby's is using...

I guess their "marketing ploy" has been successful on your GF... :shrug:

she's not to bright...:heh:

[brain]

/marge simpson on "People do all kinds of crazy things on TV... like eat at Arbys! /marge simpson off

[Jcranmer]

It's a hat. If you can remember the old signs they used to have 10-15 years ago, it looked much more like a hat back then.

[whitak24]

Originally posted by Jcranmer
It's a hat. If you can remember the old signs they used to have 10-15 years ago, it looked much more like a hat back then.
around here there are still a few of the old-school signs around. they're kind of cool.

[Merlin]

Originally posted by g222leav


she's not to bright...:heh:

But is she smart enough to know that it should be "too" :hihi:

Okay, enough of that. I'll leave the typo policing to DF.

[bachviet]

Old cowboy hat

[WhiskeyPapa]

Back in the day, Arby's had more of a western theme. Anyone who remembers that has absolutely no doubt that it is a hat.

http://members.aol.com/SATP2/articles/fear/arbys.jpg
"America's Roast Beef, Yes Sir!"

BTW, is Tom Arnold the voice of the mitt, or just someone who sounds like him?

[ArkiStan]

MMMM~~ Arby's roast beef sandwiches are the bomb!!! A prefect balance of carbs and low-fat (compared to burgers) protein. Great food for weight lifters!!! Add tons of horsey sauce and you're all good with your daily amount of recommended fat.

[attgig]

oven mitt

if you look at the commercials, it's an oven mit that they talk with or what not...

and then....at the end.
on the bottom left.
they have the oven mitt guy spin around.... into the logo.

[coleslaw]

From what I've been able to gather, Arby's uses the lowest grade beef sold and many times the meat even comes from culled cows. Basically, the hunks of roast beef that you see in the slicer in the back is really formed from reconstructed beef parts that are pre-marinated and then formed into the roast shape. Pretty much similar to the bologna and chopped ham you see in the grocery store - only with beef.

[ArkiStan]

Originally posted by coleslaw
From what I've been able to gather, Arby's uses the lowest grade beef sold and many times the meat even comes from culled cows. Basically, the hunks of roast beef that you see in the slicer in the back is really formed from reconstructed beef parts that are pre-marinated and then formed into the roast shape. Pretty much similar to the bologna and chopped ham you see in the grocery store - only with beef.

so? ;)

[coleslaw]

Originally posted by ArkiStan


so? ;)

Hey, I'm not saying that it's a bad thing. I still eat the stuff! Arby's is one of the best fast-food places out there, outside of Chipotle! The Italian Beef and Provolone was mighty tasty! :lick:

[Momma Kitty]

It is definatly a hat, as most the people in the animal science dept. at school would tell you!! hehehe

[Booyamos]

Originally posted by ArkiStan


so? ;)

ha ha exactly, yummmmm Arby's..... drooool....

I love their Big Montana, that thing is yummmy! Throw on a bunch of Arby's sauce and get some curly fries! Woo what a good meal

[attgig]

Originally posted by DarkFury

Heh... you must be blond too? :hihi:

what...you tryin to insult me?


http://www.arbys.com/

that's arby's main official site....
now, where the heck is the hat? I ain't seein no hat on their official main site.....


whatchu got blondie???
and you're not even a real blonde...just a wannabe :hihi:

[mcs328]

I actually don't like Arbys roast beef. I like Roy Rogers' roast beef sandwiches. Those were definitely much better.

[Joshua]

Man, I'm drooling all over the place. We have NO Arby's in metro NY and I LOVE 'EM!

When my wife and I drove to Miami, we must've stopped at EVERY Arby's along the way!

:drool:

[attgig]

Originally posted by DarkFury


Here is the "hat" on their site... http://www.arbys.com/arb07.html HA HA!!! :pfft:

http://www.lemonizer.com/uploads/arbyhat.jpg

versus the oven mitt...

http://www.lemonizer.com/uploads/ovenmitt.jpg

As you can see... the HAT doesn't have a thumb finger on the right side... therefore, how can it be an "oven mitt".

Case closed... please pay the balif on your way out. :wavey:


that is the logo. not a hat.

the object in question is the logo...
is the logo a hat? or a oven mitt?

your picture.... is a picture of a logo...not a hat.
you can talk all you want about not sticking out on the right side or whatnot...but the fact remains...there is only pictures of the logo and oven mitt on their site. no hat.

I'll stay right here thank you very much :thumb:

[attgig]

Originally posted by DarkFury

Obviously you can't think in "abstract" terms (that "logo" more closely resembles a "ten gallon hat" than it does an "oven mitt").

Oh well... go put your "mitt" on your head and git back in the kitchen... Your taters are callin' ya... :hihi:

abstract??!!!?!
whatchu talkin about abstract???

this is a stinkin logo...not picasso or warhol.
resembles shmembles..
what u see is what you get....and what i see is an oven mitt!


stop trying to "see" a 10 gallon hat, and go get me my curly fries!

[attgig]

pullin out the rank card on me eh?

yeah....everyone knows that I won the argument ;) :P

[brainsmile]

Originally posted by DarkFury

NO it is YOU who shall be preparing the curly fries...

http://www.lemonizer.com/uploads/kpduty.jpg

And be sure to put on your "oven mitt"... some of those potatoes are HOT! :angry: :hihi:
:hihi:

[whitak24]

Originally posted by attgig
pullin out the rank card on me eh?

yeah....everyone knows that I won the argument ;) :P
i'm with df man :P

i guess i don't really understand your argument though.....maybe if i did, i'd agree with you.


i mean, obviously, what you see in the commercial is an oven mitt. but i think, like DF says, this is a current thing they'er doing....and i don't think it will last more than a few months. i'll put it this way: i don't think that arby's is going to discard years of brand/logo awareness in favor of an oven mitt :hihi:

[attgig]

Originally posted by whitak24

i'm with df man :P

i guess i don't really understand your argument though.....maybe if i did, i'd agree with you.


i mean, obviously, what you see in the commercial is an oven mitt. but i think, like DF says, this is a current thing they'er doing....and i don't think it will last more than a few months. i'll put it this way: i don't think that arby's is going to discard years of brand/logo awareness in favor of an oven mitt :hihi:


go to the website.

check out the commercial in the red box where it says:
Click your connection speed below to watch
Oven Mitt™ explain the benefits of oven roasting. (dude, the oven mitt is even tm'ed)...

at the end of the commercial...tell me that the the oven mitt doesn't spin around and turn into the logo....

[whitak24]

i've seen the commercial on tv......which i take to me that the traditional hat is still the logo.

so perhaps we can agree that the OvenMitt(tm) is a logo, but i just don't think it's the logo :P

[speedracer120]

I'm gonna have to stick with attgig and say that oven mitt thing is just a fad. It's a friggin hat!

[zenbooty]

Who care? Arby's sucks.

[coleslaw]

[alex trebek]

It's a friggin' hammer!

[/alex trebek]

Dude, it's a friggin' hat. The oven mit just somewhat resembles the cowboy hat on purpose so that they could exploit it in the current ad campaign. Since when does an oven mit have an indentation at the top and a brim at the bottom? :hmm:

[speedracer120]

my bad.

[attgig]

then why change it to an oven mitt????
why couldn't they use a talking hat?

[attgig]

Originally posted by DarkFury

Ummm... I think you have your "debaters" confused...

attgig believes that the Oven mitt is here to stay... and that there is no "hat"... :hmm:

used to be a hat...
i can agree with that.

but it is now an oven mitt


heck i thought it was a hat at one point (buddy's xanga post (http://www.xanga.com/item.asp?user=rongse&tab=weblogs&uid=14993738) where i said it was a hat....) but I've learned that it is NOW an oven mitt.

[attgig]

http://www.arbys.com/press/press_030203.html

[WhiskeyPapa]

It is Tom Arnold! Man, I think I'm going to Arby's tonight...

[attgig]

man. I finally got a reply from arby's asking about their logo.



Subject: Arby's® Guest Feedback #12623 View Full Header
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From: Customer Service <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, May 23, 2003 10:31 am


Dear Arby's® Customer;

Thank you for taking the time to visit our Guest Feedback website to submit your comment.

The Arby's logo is a hat and not an oven mitt. The oven mitt is being used in our current ad campaigns.

Hope this answers your question.

Regards,
Arby's® Customer Service

[g222leav]

:heh: hahaha....gee, looks like somebody had a lil extra time on their hands..:hmm:

[whitak24]

wow.....glad to get the definitive word on it.

i'm surprised they actually responded to the question. seems like whenever i send an email like that to a company, they ignore me :bawl:

[Nija]

Originally posted by whitak24
wow.....glad to get the definitive word on it.

i'm surprised they actually responded to the question. seems like whenever i send an email like that to a company, they ignore me :bawl:

yeah, it's just you. Whenever I email a company, they respond in force. Unless of course, it's for my resume =\