Television commercials have long been a way for restaurant chains to build their brands, promote specials and introduce new products. On the Spot looks at the latest commercials, classics and other restaurant chain videos. Join the conversation. en-us http://www.graphicartsonline.com/blog/1470000747.html?nid=4808 Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use September 23, 2009 http://www.graphicartsonline.com/blog/1470000747/post/500049050.html?nid=4808 Have you been following T.G.I. Friday's Woody campaign? The story goes that Friday's fan Woody challenges the restaurant chain: If he can get half ... http://www.graphicartsonline.com/blog/1470000747/post/1760048776.html?nid=4808 Outback Steakhouse International exec Steve Nilsen sent us this gem of a commercial. (Thanks, Steve!) It's part of a series the resta... http://www.graphicartsonline.com/blog/1470000747/post/1580048358.html?nid=4808 I had the mixed-blessing of stumbling upon this commercial for Kelsey's Restaurants, a Canadian chain of 120-some casual-dining eateries. Think T.G... http://www.graphicartsonline.com/blog/1470000747/post/1410047741.html?nid=4808 Our core audience is made up of restaurant-chain executives, so when I saw this commercial for Domino's Chocolate Lava Crunch Cakes, I knew I had t... http://www.graphicartsonline.com/blog/1470000747/post/1820047582.html?nid=4808 It feels just like a Monday today, so I need to do something fun and distracting, but still work related. Aha! Sonic Drive-In commercials!... http://www.graphicartsonline.com/blog/1470000747/post/1840047384.html?nid=4808 The new TV commercial from restaurant chain Pizza Inn is meant to look at family disfunction, and this family has it. Grown-up twins are almost per... http://www.graphicartsonline.com/blog/1470000747/post/160047216.html?nid=4808 I thought you might enjoy this piece posted on the Washington Post site. In an online discussion, Paul Farhi asks, when did fast food advertis... http://www.graphicartsonline.com/blog/1470000747/post/600047060.html?nid=4808 Some of us big-city folk are jaded, what with all the build-your-own-stir-fry concepts to choose from. And there are even fewer than there were jus... http://www.graphicartsonline.com/blog/1470000747/post/290047029.html?nid=4808 Our little friend Gidget, who played the Taco Bell dog, has passed after a long and richly lived life. In her honor, I have moved my talki... http://www.graphicartsonline.com/blog/1470000747/post/870046887.html?nid=4808 In honor of the 1969 Apollo lunar landing, we bring you a classic moon-themed restaurant-chain commercial: Mac Tonight. Enjoy. . http://www.graphicartsonline.com/blog/1470000747/post/1410046741.html?nid=4808 I wasn't going to post the 2-minute Taco Bell commercial "It's all about the Roosevelts." Just assuming everyone had already seen it, dec... http://www.graphicartsonline.com/blog/1470000747/post/710046671.html?nid=4808 Dear Steak 'n Shake, I like the new commercials with customers talking up the virtues of the value menu. The guy giving his friend the bus... http://www.graphicartsonline.com/blog/1470000747/post/1080046508.html?nid=4808 We don't have Hardee's here, so we almost missed the Biscuit Holes commercial that pits the restaurant chain's "B holes" against "A ... http://www.graphicartsonline.com/blog/1470000747/post/320046432.html?nid=4808 This is a television miniseries about a man who really enjoys Shari's Double Double Value Breakfast: two eggs, two pancakes plus two strips of baco... http://www.graphicartsonline.com/blog/1470000747/post/580046258.html?nid=4808 The nice folks at Ritter's Frozen Custard sent their commercial over for a look-see. It's about as American as mom and apple pie, and well-timed fo... http://www.graphicartsonline.com/blog/1470000747/post/1000046100.html?nid=4808 We've had a request to run the latest Joe's Crab Shack Steampot commercial, and we're happy to oblige. For one, it's funny, and who doesn't lo... http://www.graphicartsonline.com/blog/1470000747/post/160046016.html?nid=4808 The latest and arguably sexiest Carl's Jr. commercial has hit the airwaves. "The Hills" actress Audrina Patridge stars. It seems the rest... http://www.graphicartsonline.com/blog/1470000747/post/1960045796.html?nid=4808 This commercial made an Arizona man boycott Jack in the Box. He believes the latest "stoner" commercial for 99-cent tacos promotes drivin... http://www.graphicartsonline.com/blog/1470000747/post/1050045705.html?nid=4808 The movie "Food, Inc." opened on Friday. Have you seen it yet? Here's the PR: "In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts t... http://www.graphicartsonline.com/blog/1470000747/post/1610045561.html?nid=4808 This week, Dunkin' Donuts rolled a new ad campaign, Breakfast NOT Brokefast, to promote its new 99-cent Wake-Up Wrap. The sandwich features a five-... http://www.graphicartsonline.com/blog/1470000747/post/1050045505.html?nid=4808 Carl's Jr. is taking some breakfast advice from its sister concept Hardee's. CKE Restaurants President and CEO Andy Puzder told us as much in our W... http://www.graphicartsonline.com/blog/1470000747/post/620045262.html?nid=4808 Fazoli's is promoting this new commercial, "Blown Away," the latest in its Spaghetti Revolution campaign. According to th... http://www.graphicartsonline.com/blog/1470000747/post/1910045191.html?nid=4808 Welcome to Chain Leader's On the Spot, the forum to discuss restaurant chain commercials. We'll start on a positive note with this "H...