This Mac isn't hard to swallow

16 September 2015 - 02:18
By Roxanne Henderson

A McDonald's billboard promoting a spicy burger was too hot to handle for a Johannesburg blogger but it has got the green light from the advertising watchdog. The ad, for the McFeast Spicy burger, features local Indian comedian Karou Charou and the payoff line "Hot like a twin turbo".The comedian's fans praised the advertising campaign, which includes a television commercial featuring Karou with comedians Jai'prakesh Sewram and Simmi Areff on his Facebook page, but one man said the ads were rac...

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