Who needs the Kwik-E-Mart? I do......

[tibor75]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070701/ap_on_bi_ge/7_eleven_kwik_e_mart


7-Elevens become Simpsons 'Kwik-E-Marts'
By DAVID KOENIG, AP Business Writer Sun Jul 1, 7:44 PM ET
DALLAS - Over the weekend, 7-Eleven Inc. turned a dozen stores into Kwik-E-Marts, the fictional convenience stores of "The Simpsons" fame, in the latest example of marketers making life imitate art.

Those stores and most of the 6,000-plus other 7-Elevens in North America will sell items that until now existed only on television: Buzz Cola, KrustyO's cereal and Squishees, the slushy drink knockoff of Slurpees.

It's all part of a campaign to hype the July 27 opening of "The Simpsons Movie," the big-screen debut for the long-running television cartoon, which loves to lampoon 7-Eleven as a store that sells all kinds of unhealthy snacks and is run by a man with a thick Indian accent.

 

[iambrutus]

good way to market the movie - but i'm sure someone will be offended by this as soon as they put an Indian in there to work as Apu

 

[tibor75]

good way to market the movie - but i'm sure someone will be offended by this as soon as they put an Indian in there to work as Apu

you're implying there isnt' already an Indian working there.

 

[iambrutus]

you're implying there isnt' already an Indian working there.

not as often as people think

 

[gregorylee]

not as often as people think

That's becauswe we are to the point where they are hiring non-indian people to work for them.

 

[endzoneBucki]

I will probably get into a kwikE as often as I watch the Simpsons.:tongue2:

 

[Jagdaddy]

you're implying there isnt' already an Indian working there.

It seems to me, given your persona here, that you could make a nice chunk of change making appearances as Apu as part of this campaign if you talked to the right marketing people . . .

 

[scooter1369]

NO DUFF, NO KWIK-E-MART

 

[tibor75]

not as often as people think

It seems to me, given your persona here, that you could make a nice chunk of change making appearances as Apu as part of this campaign if you talked to the right marketing people . . .

I think you are right. Although when I lived on west 8th in columbus, the 7-11 nearby had an Indian "boater" Once, I was going to a Halloween party and didn't have a costume, so I asked the 7/11 if I could borrow his 7/11 jacket to wear. I'm not sure if he understood me, but he said Sure. Unfortunately, I returned it to him...I should have kept it.

I think the new stereotype is hotel management. Some ungodly percentage of hotels are owned by Indians (? 60%). It's alwasy funny going to some town in the middle of nowhere (Twentynine Palms, CA or Kayenta, AZ) and seeing "Andy Patel" greet you in the lobby.

 

[redskinbucksfan]

NO DUFF, NO KWIK-E-MART

Homer: "I'm feelin' low, Apu. You got any of that beer that has candy floating in it, you know, Skittlebrau?"

Apu: "Such a product does not exist, sir! You must have dreamed it."

Homer: "Oh. Well then just gimme a six-pack and a couple of bags of Skittles."

 

[Big Papa]

Here is a Kwik-E-Mart set up for The Simpsons movie promotion. Opened on 07/01. It's in Burbank, CA at the corner of Olive & Verdugo in the 91505.

Kwik-E-Mart - a photoset on Flickr

 

[BuckeyeTillIDie]

Kwik-E-Mart - a photoset on Flickr

wow, those are awesome

They have Krusty-Os

 

[Zurp]

I asked the 7/11 if I could borrow his 7/11 jacket to wear. I'm not sure if he understood me, but he said Sure. Unfortunately, I returned it to him...I should have kept it.

I wonder if the stairway to the roof will be in the cooler that's supposed to have the non-alcoholic beer.