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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, well-known for attention-grabbing stunts (as evidenced by this simple and totally NSFW Google search) has enlisted Andy Dick and Martin Short to produce a clever two minute short to draw attention to its campaign to pressure McDonald's to improve its treatment of chickens.
Say what you will about PETA (and their ideology leaves room for critique), they've been pretty effective at challenging mass-producers of food to improve how they treat livestock. [Via Crain's, because we aren't really all that hip]
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Martin Short and Andy Dick? I didn't think it was possible for PETA to be more abrasive and annoying until just now.
Anything PETA does makes me want to grab a burger ... much the way Greenpeace makes me want to take a nice, long drive.
This is the second time in a week PETA has inferred that vegetarians aren't overweight.
To which I'll reply, "Prince Fielder."
Prince Fielder has only been a vegetarian, for what, 12 months? He was a plump motherfucker well before then.
Rick Rubin must eat pasta primavera by the gallon. He's been veggie for years and is STILL a real porker.
hmmm...somehow i don't see the logic of Andy Dick = grabbing my attention
Take some life advice from Martin Short and Andy Dick...
Well, that's just FAIL.
I think it was Penn Jillette who pointed out that PETA isn't about animals or any kind of cause, it's just "in your face" performance art. The sort of thing that first year MFA types do to "shock the norms"
Y'know, crap.