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At Super Bowl 59, the Philadelphia Eagles prevented a Kansas City Chiefs three-peat in a lopsided

contest better

remembered for its Kendrick Lamar halftime show, and of course its commercials, including a fast food ad,

notable for having some tities. The horned-up $7 million-plus spot was a return to form for a

burger chain known for excess both in its marketing and on its menu. Founded in Anaheim in

1945 by Carl Carcher, the company grew across the American

West for a half century and then expanded its map globally via 1997 merger with a similar

Wilbur Hardy founded burger concept after Carcher was forced out by his corporate board.

Enter new CEO Andrew Puzzder, who'd worked as a lawyer representing anti-abortion organizations,

and Carcher himself.

Puzzder transformed the brand into gleeful trash, debuting a wildly successful softcore-adjacent

starring Paris Hilton, and subsequently building a decade-long campaign centered on models

and skimpy clothes getting sloppy with burgers.

Suddenly, condiments often symbolize come.

The sexually charged ads practically dared viewers to fire off a quick load during an

American Dad commercial break.

For his part, Carcher was dismayed that his legacy would be stained by Smut.

Shortly before his death, he was quoted as being heartbroken that a company he founded

on Christian principles had taken, such an immoral act. In life, Carcher had poured his own fortune into a failed California

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