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Sizzler promo video from 1991. You gotta see this. 4:42 (Original Post) underpants Apr 2020 OP
Wow what a bunch of Ohiogal Apr 2020 #1
I feel like I got Republican cooties watching that promo. /nt spudspud Apr 2020 #3
So right! I want to go use up some of my stash of disinfectant spray for my eyes now. FailureToCommunicate Apr 2020 #14
It took a while underpants Apr 2020 #4
Good lord. spudspud Apr 2020 #2
How about the couple near the end inserting some sexual innuendo? underpants Apr 2020 #5
You SURE it was real beef? Ohiogal Apr 2020 #8
And that woman at 2:14. Iggo Apr 2020 #15
Big hair, small portions jmbar2 Apr 2020 #6
((Raising hand)j Ohiogal Apr 2020 #7
Ew good point underpants Apr 2020 #9
Mr.O will not eat at a buffet Ohiogal Apr 2020 #10
I'm hungry! I'm sick of drive thru McDs, Wendy's, Arby's and Burger King. I went doc03 Apr 2020 #11
At my last physical Ohiogal Apr 2020 #12
I've been eating eggs, hamberders, fried chicken, fried fish for lunch every day. I used doc03 Apr 2020 #13
Sizzler steaks are saltier than a Quarter Pounder. Iggo Apr 2020 #16
'Merica! LaurenOlimina Apr 2020 #17
Air time Smackdown2019 Apr 2020 #18
Had a Sizzler here for a few years. Aussie105 Apr 2020 #19
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2020 #20
I know I've said it before, but... Tucker08087 Apr 2020 #21
I think it was a promo they'd air at meetings underpants Apr 2020 #24
Those steaks look rubbish. OnDoutside Apr 2020 #22
If I walked into a place PCIntern Apr 2020 #23

underpants

(182,274 posts)
4. It took a while
Sat Apr 11, 2020, 10:25 PM
Apr 2020

But it did get diverse. We’ll sort of.

That was one of my observations when I first watched it.

spudspud

(508 posts)
2. Good lord.
Sat Apr 11, 2020, 10:17 PM
Apr 2020

That was cheesy as hell. And the over the top lyrics and use of slow mo everywhere! I think I went to Sizzler's maybe once with my family as a tween.

underpants

(182,274 posts)
5. How about the couple near the end inserting some sexual innuendo?
Sat Apr 11, 2020, 10:27 PM
Apr 2020

At least they sort of did.

This was about when Sizzler started in its downward trend.

We used to go. Not a lot of money and it WAS steak.

jmbar2

(4,832 posts)
6. Big hair, small portions
Sat Apr 11, 2020, 10:30 PM
Apr 2020

Look at any contemporary steakhouse ads today and the portions are twice as big. No wonder we're all so fat.

I feel better about my pictures from back then. Everyone had ridiculous hair.

Ohiogal

(31,660 posts)
7. ((Raising hand)j
Sat Apr 11, 2020, 10:35 PM
Apr 2020

I had big hair back then, too.

Can anyone imagine ever eating from a salad bar again after what we’ve been going through?

Ohiogal

(31,660 posts)
10. Mr.O will not eat at a buffet
Sat Apr 11, 2020, 10:44 PM
Apr 2020

Although once years ago when on vacation we stopped overnight in a town where a buffet was basically the only place to eat. Three teenage boys ... I think they were glad to see us go, probably lost money on us.

doc03

(35,148 posts)
11. I'm hungry! I'm sick of drive thru McDs, Wendy's, Arby's and Burger King. I went
Sat Apr 11, 2020, 10:54 PM
Apr 2020

for my yearly physical thursday my cholesterol was the highest it has been in years. I never ate at
Sizzler but it looks good to me. That ad reminds me of the Morning in America ads RR ran for his second term.

Ohiogal

(31,660 posts)
12. At my last physical
Sat Apr 11, 2020, 11:01 PM
Apr 2020

They told me my cholesterol had gone up, too ... and I’ve been on a low carb diet ... I was eating hard boiled eggs by the truckload thinking I was being so health conscious.

You just can’t win....

doc03

(35,148 posts)
13. I've been eating eggs, hamberders, fried chicken, fried fish for lunch every day. I used
Sat Apr 11, 2020, 11:08 PM
Apr 2020

eat my main meal at lunch time in a restaurant everyday. I have to start cooking regular meals instead of that fast food junk
or my diet will kill me. Trump has me on his diet.

Smackdown2019

(1,169 posts)
18. Air time
Sun Apr 12, 2020, 03:54 AM
Apr 2020

What tv station or network was this played on in 91? Good lord, that was sure was a long commercial and frankly it would of been TV13 rated back then from all that kissing.....



Aussie105

(5,214 posts)
19. Had a Sizzler here for a few years.
Sun Apr 12, 2020, 04:41 AM
Apr 2020

(Adelaide, South Australia)

Same layout and food on offer as the promo commercial.

I was younger then, and knew how to pick the most expensive buffet offerings, and pig out on that.

No wonder they went broke!

But for some reason, we only went several times, then lost interest. Miss the place though.

Response to underpants (Original post)

Tucker08087

(621 posts)
21. I know I've said it before, but...
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 01:53 AM
Apr 2020

Small town, so nearest Sizzler was about 45 minutes away, which didn’t seem odd to us because we drove more than an hour to buy shoes. Now maybe because the town that Sizzler was in was practically a city to me, but really was just a larger small town, but our Sizzler NEVER looked like that! Salad bar and potato fixings: that’s it. But maybe the smaller population forced them to limit the options.

AND, A few of you know I’m a poet but I’ve started writing lyrics. The bands are all about keeping it under 3.30, which is over in a blink, so Ive gotta ask: How long WAS that commercial? I was starting to think it was A Very Special After School Movie!

underpants

(182,274 posts)
24. I think it was a promo they'd air at meetings
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 09:04 AM
Apr 2020

Stock holder meetings. Employee meetings. Trade shows etc. it was also 5 minutes long b

PCIntern

(25,347 posts)
23. If I walked into a place
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 09:00 AM
Apr 2020

Where everyone is that good looking I would assume that I had walked into the twilight zone or into a promo commercial.

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