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

g222leav · 05-07-2003, 10:35 PM

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 · 05-07-2003, 10:56 PM

GraingerGuy · 05-07-2003, 11:20 PM

It's definately a hat....

g222leav · 05-07-2003, 11:53 PM

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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...

she's not to bright...

brain · 05-08-2003, 12:14 AM

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

Jcranmer · 05-08-2003, 07:26 AM

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 · 05-08-2003, 08:07 AM

Quote:

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 · 05-08-2003, 08:34 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by g222leav

she's not to bright...

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

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

bachviet · 05-08-2003, 08:58 AM

Old cowboy hat

WhiskeyPapa · 05-08-2003, 10:13 AM

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.

"America's Roast Beef, Yes Sir!"

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

ArkiStan · 05-08-2003, 09:22 PM

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 · 05-08-2003, 09:27 PM

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 · 05-08-2003, 09:37 PM

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 · 05-08-2003, 09:50 PM

Quote:

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 · 05-08-2003, 10:07 PM

Quote:

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!

Momma Kitty · 05-09-2003, 12:04 AM

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

Booyamos · 05-09-2003, 08:13 AM

Quote:

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 · 05-09-2003, 08:22 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by DarkFury

Heh... you must be blond too?

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

mcs328 · 05-09-2003, 09:57 AM

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

Joshua · 05-09-2003, 10:39 AM

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!

attgig · 05-09-2003, 10:52 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by DarkFury

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

versus the oven mitt...

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.

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

attgig · 05-09-2003, 12:45 PM

Quote:

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...

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 · 05-09-2003, 01:18 PM

pullin out the rank card on me eh?

yeah....everyone knows that I won the argument

brainsmile · 05-09-2003, 01:18 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DarkFury

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

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

whitak24 · 05-09-2003, 02:17 PM

Quote:

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

yeah....everyone knows that I won the argument

i'm with df man

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

attgig · 05-09-2003, 02:23 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by whitak24

i'm with df man

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

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 · 05-09-2003, 02:27 PM

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

speedracer120 · 05-09-2003, 02:42 PM

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

zenbooty · 05-09-2003, 02:57 PM

Who care? Arby's sucks.

coleslaw · 05-09-2003, 03:04 PM

[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?

05-07-2003, 10:35 PM	#1
g222leav Rear Admiral Lower Half Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: halfway between lost and found Posts: 2,948	...a question about the arby's icon...? 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? __________________ "it's more fun than it looks" - Red Foreman "trying is the first step in failing" - Homer J. Simpson "the world needs more dumb people...dumb people can't start wars" - mike lam

05-07-2003, 11:20 PM	#3
GraingerGuy Rear Admiral Upper Half Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Working....and working...and working some more Posts: 3,573	It's definately a hat.... __________________ potato gun + marshmallow gun = FLAMING MARSHMALLOWS OF DOOM!!!!! -Welfareloser 4/13/05 Time to switch to AMD now I guess... (just kidding... ) -Darkfury 5/23/05 I don't think this'll stop anything though - the better you idiot-proof a system, the more impressive the idiot becomes. -ShawnLee 5/30/08

05-08-2003, 10:13 AM	#10
WhiskeyPapa Rear Admiral Upper Half Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: 45° 11' 35" North Latitude, 95° 8' 37" West Longitude Posts: 3,427	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. "America's Roast Beef, Yes Sir!" BTW, is Tom Arnold the voice of the mitt, or just someone who sounds like him? __________________ Last edited by kb0wwp : 05-08-2003 at 10:15 AM.

05-08-2003, 09:27 PM	#12
attgig Chief of Naval Operations Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: the burbs of baltimore Posts: 11,924	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. __________________ Last edited by attgig : 05-08-2003 at 09:32 PM.

05-08-2003, 09:37 PM	#13
coleslaw Arrrhh! Join Date: May 2000 Location: LI NY Posts: 6,807	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. __________________ A priest, a paladin and Varimathras walk into a bar...

05-07-2003, 10:56 PM	#2
brainsmile Chief of Naval Operations Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: woah... why is welfareloser here with me so early in the morning and more importantly why am I wearing her clothes?!? Posts: 13,754	hat

05-08-2003, 12:14 AM	#5
brain Rear Admiral Upper Half Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Sherman Oaks, CA Posts: 3,404	/marge simpson on "People do all kinds of crazy things on TV... like eat at Arbys! /marge simpson off

05-08-2003, 07:26 AM	#6
Jcranmer Commander Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Pekin, IN Posts: 1,377	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.

05-08-2003, 08:58 AM	#9
bachviet What's Da Pho*? Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SoCal (714) Posts: 13,296	Old cowboy hat

05-08-2003, 09:22 PM	#11
ArkiStan Admiral Join Date: May 2000 Location: Recession Central Posts: 5,898	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.

05-09-2003, 12:04 AM	#16
Momma Kitty Lieutenant Junior Grade Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Corvallis, OR Posts: 122	It is definatly a hat, as most the people in the animal science dept. at school would tell you!! hehehe __________________ And then...no and then...and then...NO AND THEN...and theeeeen...

05-09-2003, 09:57 AM	#19
mcs328 Admiral Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Maryland Posts: 6,578	I actually don't like Arbys roast beef. I like Roy Rogers' roast beef sandwiches. Those were definitely much better. __________________

05-09-2003, 10:39 AM	#20
Joshua Rear Admiral Upper Half Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 3,390	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! __________________ The Apexer formerly known as SnotRocket. "Like I **ing said, "Ok, so I hear it may be a repost. Blah But I had never seen it, so..." ** you Canta." -Jenny 12/4/2003

05-09-2003, 01:18 PM	#23
attgig Chief of Naval Operations Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: the burbs of baltimore Posts: 11,924	pullin out the rank card on me eh? yeah....everyone knows that I won the argument

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whitak24 easily amused Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: my office Posts: 9,781	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

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05-09-2003, 02:42 PM	#28
speedracer120 Rear Admiral Upper Half Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: HB,CA/PA Posts: 3,437	I'm gonna have to stick with attgig and say that oven mitt thing is just a fad. It's a friggin hat!

05-09-2003, 02:57 PM	#29
zenbooty Admiral Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Prime Material Plane Posts: 7,486	Who care? Arby's sucks. __________________ Common sense is what tells you the Earth is flat.

05-09-2003, 03:04 PM	#30
coleslaw Arrrhh! Join Date: May 2000 Location: LI NY Posts: 6,807	[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?

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