Olive Garden pulls ads from Letterman

[Fezticle98]

Cowards. I hope this decision causes financial hardship for them.

Giving in to such a small politically-motivated special interest group is pathetic.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0609/23889.html

And now, let the "Olive Garden is fake Italian garbage" and "I'm too real to ever have eaten there" talk begin...

[King Hippos Bandaid]

I blame right wing lunitics

[Ritalin]

The Olive Garden? That place is still in business?

[ANC]

"Olive Garden is fake Italian garbage" and "I'm too real to ever have eaten there" talk begin...

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[TheMojoPin]

One has to be "too real" to have the common sense to not eat at an Olive Garden?

[sailor]

I blame right wing lunitics

i blame your 3rd grade teacher.

[Dougie Brootal]

One has to be "too real" to have the common sense to not eat at an Olive Garden?

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[spoon]

...and I'll never eat there again! Oh wait, I never have.

Pastaitaliano upa ur asso!

[ANC]

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[Misteriosa]

great :)

letterman's reputation just went up 50 points!

[RAAMONE]

everything taste like a frozen dinner there

but i have to admit, i like the salad

[mikeyboy]

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It's kind of fun to watch their little thumbs move in unison.

[ToiletCrusher]

So, even less people will know of the glorious Olive Garden?

Luckily they have quite a strong faithful customer base comprised mainly of early bird special dinner seeking old people.

[styckx]

Olive Garden, continuing the tradition of if you add enough salt people will eat near damn anything.

[ANC]

At least they brought us the great character of Needles Nelson..

http://image.com.com/tv/images/content_headers/person_new/24323.jpg

[spoon]

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It's kind of fun to watch their little thumbs move in unison.

Is that the same thing you say when hanging with Twittering JustJon and Tweetastic Pantera!?

[mikeyboy]

Is that the same thing you say when hanging with Twittering JustJon and Tweetastic Pantera!?

Their thumbs don't move in unison. I swear they have no sense of choreography.

[west milly Tom]

RaPe!

[boosterp]

I think I was a teen the last time I ate there. Fuck em, that pre-prepared, heat in a bag, and serve bullshit sucks anyway.

[west milly Tom]

I think I was a teen the last time I ate there. Fuck em, that pre-prepared, heat in a bag, and serve bullshit sucks anyway.



Come on, unlimited bread sticks.

[Zorro]

I blame right wing lunitics

And GEICO doesn't do ads on Limbaugh. It's there money they should get to spend it where they want.

[Judge Smails]

Fuck them and fuck my niece too.

[west milly Tom]

Fuck them and fuck my niece too.

Haha, I remember that thread. That one caused quite a stir.

[silks]

Mock the Olive Garden all you want, but you do have to give them credit for introducing authentic Tuscan style cuisine to scores of strip mall shopping white-bread yokels.

[spoon]

Fuck them and fuck my niece too.

Done and done!

Deal!

[TheMojoPin]

Mock the Olive Garden all you want, but you do have to give them credit for introducing authentic Tuscan style cuisine to scores of strip mall shopping white-bread yokels.

Is it OG that has the commercials that implies they train their chefs in a cullinary school in Italy?

[Serpico1103]

I don't eat there, but now I will make sure I avoid it. Businesses have to learn that they lose more by bending to a boycott. Fans have to support advertises that support their shows, and shun the ones that don't.

[styckx]

Is anything out of that place real Italian food besides the basics, or is it like 7-11 and Taco Bell where they just make up names for a meal, pick random shit for it and pass it off as authentic Italian food?

[west milly Tom]

Is anything out of that place real Italian food besides the basics, or is it like 7-11 and Taco Bell where they just make up names for a meal, pick random shit for it and pass it off as authentic Italian food?



The later. OG is as Italian as Pizza Hut.

[Judge Smails]

I worked there for about a month while in college. Everything is pre-made and pre-packaged. Big trays of canneloni would come off the truck along with giant plastic tubs of sauce. Even the salad was precut and premixed and came in big bags.

[silks]

Is it OG that has the commercials that implies they train their chefs in a cullinary school in Italy?

Yes! Their chefs are whisked away to a remote village in the Apennines, where they attend Olive Garden Culinary Institute. They are taught how to boil heavily salted pre-made pasta dishes-in-a-bag using traditional Tuscan techniques.

[topless_mike]

Come on, unlimited bread sticks.

they have gone from this wonderous delicious white thing in your mouth to 2 snaps short of stale hot dog rolls.

its really sad how they went from a really good, fun time to ghetto folk and sub-par food.

[styckx]

Yes! Their chefs are whisked away to a remote village in the Apennines, where they attend Olive Garden Culinary Institute. They are taught how to boil heavily salted pre-made pasta dishes-in-a-bag using traditional Tuscan techniques.

They actually have a page for this.

http://www.olivegarden.com/culinary/cit/default.asp

Olive Garden’s Culinary Institute of Tuscany is located in the 11th century village of Riserva di Fizzano. Every year Olive Garden chefs travel to our Culinary Institute to learn authentic cooking secrets from Italian Chef Romana Neri and Chef Paolo Lafata.

Hundreds of Olive Garden chefs have traveled to Italy and learned the essential skills for creating traditional Italian cuisine and popular Italian great dishes; like how to choose the freshest ingredients, layering flavors to create the perfect meal, and pairing flavorful wines with each entrée to enhance the dining experience.

But they are lying. If you take their video tour here

http://www.olivegarden.com/culinary/cit/tour.asp

The opening line "Every year over 100's of OG managers travel to Culinary institute of Tuscany in Italy"

[west milly Tom]

Yes! Their chefs are whisked away to a remote village in the Apennines, where they attend Olive Garden Culinary Institute. They are taught how to boil heavily salted pre-made pasta dishes-in-a-bag using traditional Tuscan techniques.



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[Death Metal Moe]

Just sent them an E-mail letting them know I don't support companies that fold after 2 dozen people protest a show even after Palin accepted the apology.

Fucking idiots.

[west milly Tom]

Just sent them an E-mail letting them know I don't support companies that fold after 2 dozen people protest a show even after Palin accepted the apology.

Fucking idiots.



I haven't laughed so hard in such a long time as during the Sam interviews the raPe lady. What a genuine ass. It really put into perspective what kind of retard fills out those form letters and marches in ygoar protests. Lmao

[styckx]

I'm imaging their "chefs" are just one "chef". I'm sure somewhere is Tuscany 1 chef comes up with a bunch of random meals to fit into a 19.99 price range entree for OG.

Some execs come over, try them out, pick one, get trashed, get some hookers, blow some lines, then fly back to the states with this recipe. Then straight to automation at the factory to pump this authentic recipe out by the 1000's to be frozen and reheated just for you.

[lleeder]

Hosp must be conflicted.

[STC-Dub]

And GEICO doesn't do ads on Limbaugh. It's there money they should get to spend it where they want.

Yes it is, and they are not getting my money.

[GreatAmericanZero]

wow...guess i have to continue never eating there

[TripleSkeet]

Some of the replies on their website made me physically ill.

Oh well, Ive never eaten that slop they try to pawn off as italian food. If I did Im pretty sure my parents would disown me.

[happytypinggirl]

good news...

if it hasnt already been posted somewhere. olive garden says they didnt do it. the report that they pulled their ads was erroneous. yay!


although it looks like they're trying to play both sides of the silliness by saying they arent sure they'll buy more time with the show. hmmmm

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/18/olive-garden-says-it-did-not-cancel-ads-on-letterman-show/

[silks]

good news...

if it hasnt already been posted somewhere. olive garden says they didn't do it. the report that they pulled their ads was erroneous. yay!


Hooray! Breadsticks all around!

[boosterp]

Thanks HTG, still wont eat that shit though.

[led37zep]

Thanks HTG, still wont eat that shit though.

Every vote against Olive Garden is a vote against Adam Ferrara

[Freakshow]

y'all should be forced to eat there since you were so ready to believe they'd pull their ads.

[The Jays]

Yeah, fuck Olive Garden. Who needs them when I can have Tuscani Pastas?

Though I do love their salad and breadsticks.

[GreatAmericanZero]

good news...

if it hasnt already been posted somewhere. olive garden says they didnt do it. the report that they pulled their ads was erroneous. yay!


although it looks like they're trying to play both sides of the silliness by saying they arent sure they'll buy more time with the show. hmmmm

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/18/olive-garden-says-it-did-not-cancel-ads-on-letterman-show/

it seems to me that it would be a really good direction if companies have to start defending themselves "Hey! We didn't pull our ads, we still support this broadcaster". It shows that their is a voice against the letter writers that they have to answer to as well. If they have to defend themselves to the people that would be angry if they pull their ads, that seems like a small victory, no?

[CofyCrakCocaine]

And to think that Midwest Jeff, who is usually golden in this world, would defend these evil Olive Fucksnakes from the face of Justice Smails. Makes one wonder how we got to be so wrong, so wrong.

[Zorro]

Yes it is, and they are not getting my money.

You're wrong

[boosterp]

y'all should be forced to eat there since you were so ready to believe they'd pull their ads.

I did eat their dog shit before so that means I have to eat their shit now?

[SatCam]

good news...

if it hasnt already been posted somewhere. olive garden says they didnt do it. the report that they pulled their ads was erroneous. yay!


although it looks like they're trying to play both sides of the silliness by saying they arent sure they'll buy more time with the show. hmmmm

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/18/olive-garden-says-it-did-not-cancel-ads-on-letterman-show/




oh thank god. i'll be there stuffing my face with all you can eat breadsticks tomorrow nite at the latest!

[JohnGacysCrawlSpace]

The Olive Garden; Authentic Italian food made by Mexicans and served by Blacks.

[KnoxHarrington]

What annoys me about Olive Garden is that in pretty much any city that has one, you can find much better, locally owned and operated Italian places with much better food, often at about the same price that Olive Garden charges for their entrees, if not less (or not much more.) But people just want to eat that slop.

I mean, even in the relatively hayseed city I'm posting for, there's an awesome Italian restaurant about 2 miles down the road. Great food, and pretty much the same prices.

[The Jays]

And people can also get a better burger, but they will eat at McDonald's, or they can get a better pizza , but they will eat at Pizza Hut. They can get better clothes from a local shop, but they like Old Navy. They can get a suit tailored, but they go to Joseph A. Bank.


You can't look at it like people are holding them up as great Italian food. It's the same food in every town that it comes to, people eat there, and they know they can always get the same food, same service, no matter what town they go to. They go because it's Olive Garden food, not because it's Italian food.

[TripleSkeet]

And people can also get a better burger, but they will eat at McDonald's, or they can get a better pizza , but they will eat at Pizza Hut. They can get better clothes from a local shop, but they like Old Navy. They can get a suit tailored, but they go to Joseph A. Bank.


You can't look at it like people are holding them up as great Italian food. It's the same food in every town that it comes to, people eat there, and they know they can always get the same food, same service, no matter what town they go to. They go because it's Olive Garden food, not because it's Italian food.

At least the McDonalds argument is you can drive right up and get your food in 2 minutes and cheap.

Olive Garden charges the same and you sit down and wait the same amount of time. It doesnt make sense to go there. But most dopes wouldnt know good ethnic food if you slapped them in the head with a veal parm.

[The Jays]

They have salad and bread sticks. I rest my case.

[TripleSkeet]

They have salad and bread sticks. I rest my case.

You really got a thing for breadsticks huh? Ever try Papa Johns?

[grlNIN]

You really got a thing for breadsticks huh? Ever try Papa Johns?

He would but he heard that some animals who work there teabag the dough before kneading it.

[GreatAmericanZero]

What annoys me about Olive Garden is that in pretty much any city that has one, you can find much better, locally owned and operated Italian places with much better food, often at about the same price that Olive Garden charges for their entrees, if not less (or not much more.) But people just want to eat that slop.

I mean, even in the relatively hayseed city I'm posting for, there's an awesome Italian restaurant about 2 miles down the road. Great food, and pretty much the same prices.

seriously, i haven't found any decent italian food since moving to cincinnati. Maybe i should drive an hour and a half to lexington if thats where you can hopefully get a decent Veal Parm

[silks]

He would but he heard that some animals who work there teabag the dough before kneading it.

:lol:

[Jujubees2]

He would but he heard that some animals who work there teabag the dough before kneading it.

Yeah and whan I was at Olive Garden once my server cut her finger before she served me and I thought I got the AIDS or something. But I talked to the manager and he said that all servers sterilize their hands before serving every meal so I felt better...

[Hosp]

Hosp must be conflicted.

They haven't employed Adam Ferrara in years, I hold no loyalties.

Plus I know where to get real italian food and not the frozen crap they sell.

[Mikemantis]

Two Words. BULL SHIT. what cowards like i someone is really going to stop eating there shitty italian food because of what he said. I hate these soft people it was not a big deal. HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE 18YR OLD. NOT THE 14YR OLD why is everyone so sensitive.

[led37zep]

Two Words. BULL SHIT. what cowards like i someone is really going to stop eating there shitty italian food because of what he said. I hate these soft people it was not a big deal. HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE 18YR OLD. NOT THE 14YR OLD why is everyone so sensitive.

:bye:

The Olive Garden restaurant chain may not have been happy with David Letterman’s jokes about Gov. Sarah Palin and her family, but no order was issued to pull commercials from Mr. Letterman’s show, a spokesman for the company said Thursday.

[SatCam]

this thread is akin to telling a teenaged girl "no one likes you" and "you dont have any friends"