The 1983 Burger King Headphones by Radio Shack - YouTube

My headphones are burgers.

[typing] [music]

It just amuses me to think that someone, somewhere,

got two Whoppers and just went–

Yeah.

You know, this is a good–

This is a good look for me.

I like the way this feels.

If only they played music.

[splat]

And stayed on my head.

Greetings and welcome to an LGR thing.

Not exactly "Oddware," although it

could be, in a way, because it is certainly odd.

This is the Burger King Headphone AM Radio

from 1983.

And before I go any further, this is not an ad for Burger King.

I actually don't like their food. [laughs] At all.

In fact, it's probably my least-favorite fast food place.

But I do like these kind of stupid gimmicky things.

Old crappy headphones

in the shape of, uh, burgers.

For some reason. And, yes,

insert a "Simpsons" reference here.

Although, those were earmuffs.

These are proper headphones with an AM radio

that may or may not work

after these many years.

But, we're about to find out once we unbox this thing.

Sorry, collectors, but you know what?

I paid the equivalent of two Whopper value meals

for this thing on eBay, so I don't feel too bad opening it up.

I had no idea

that back in the early-'80s thereabouts

there was something called the Burger King Collection

at Radio Shack stores

and they sold these

really cheap electronics with Burger King branding

because...

why not?

"Aren't You Hungry?"

Trademark, Burger King, trademark.

Uh, you know, I might be hungry if the burgers they sold actually looked like that,

but, uh, they don't.

At least, not anymore. Maybe they did in '83.

I like how the back of the packaging is mostly describing

the actual Whopper that you would get at Burger King

as opposed to the

Whopper headphones that you've actually bought.

"Features: Solid State High Sensitivity"

"Feather Light Headphone"

"Volume and Tuning Control, and a Waist Belt Clip!"

Mmm!

And "you can remove the unit from the package by opening from the back

along the dotted line."

How convenient.

Let's give it a shot.

To whoever had the foresight to buy this

33 years ago and

keep it in the package, thank you.

Some weirdo on YouTube in the future...

[plastic crackling]

is gonna have a lot of fun...

[plastic crackling]

Oh, yes!

You know, that actually was pretty easy. I gotta say.

That's...

that's pretty classy.

So we have the

AM radio itself

which also says "Aren't You Hungry?"

And it looks like we got some tuning here, which is good.

And here we go.

Stars of the show.

[plastic crackling]

[grunting]

The headphones themselves.

And they're a little...

they're packed in here.

All right.

Well. Um...

They don't feel as cheap as I thought they would.

To be honest.

In fact, they actually [chuckles] feel pretty solid.

[Laughs]

Who woulda guessed?!

On the other hand, this headband is like the cheapest thing in the world.

I mean, look at that. That's literally plastic being held in place by plastic with

a tiny bit of friction.

Just... unroll these.

This is actually a nice feeling little cable, too.

Gotta say.

Uh, that plug is...

mmm... well...

It's alright.

These on the other hand, they feel

terrible already.

[Laughs] In fact, they look

like, uh...

kinda the foam that you would find inside of an 8-track,

like, behind the tape.

Hmm...

Alright. Well,

let's test these things out!

First, we're going to put the battery inside of the AM radio.

Cheap little battery compartment there.

And it's a standard 9-volt battery, which I have laying around,

since I bought it specifically for this.

Alrighty.

There we go. Packed in there.

And we are ready to listen to AM radio

with burgers!

So the AM radio itself is just

a nice little simplistic

box, and I actually quite like it.

I like how straightforward it is. It's just a box!

It has radio components in there.

The slogan on it is kinda stupid, but the colors are lovely.

It's a nice bright white.

There's that fancy belt clip

that it was so happy to brag about on the front of the cover.

Of course, you just turn it on with the volume slider here.

[click]

[tinny music with static]

Uh, it's got some, you know–

Probably need some DeoxIT, or something, but–

Either that, or it's just really cheap.

Probably both.

[clasic soft rock]

Very appropriate music to be picking up with this thing to, I gotta say. [laughs]

I tell ya.

And of course, you've got your tuner right here.

So we can try some other AM radio stations.

Not that anything's picking up.

[staticky music]

Just the one, I guess.

You can't hear it. They're playing the Rolling Stones now. [laughs]

But, uh...

Yeah, you know what?

I gotta say, I'm actually kind of impressed

with the sound quality of these things.

They're... not as crappy

as I thought they would be.

The sound could be a bit beefier, though.

And screw studio monitor headphones.

I got these.

I'm actually quite impressed with them, to be honest.

Uh, well, you know, considering that it's something that's 33 years old-ish and [laughs],

they don't sound

like burgers. They sound like headphones.

And these are terribly uncomfortable, but

they sound okay.

And yes, I did actually plug them into, like, my phone, and

a record player and computer– just whatever I could, and they

sound... passable for

burger-shaped headphones.

So, uh...

Okay, I'm kidding about the studio headphones.

But I'm gonna keep those.

But, yes. Thank you very much for watching.

My headphones are burgers.

And if you'd like some more videos that are burgers,

then I'm sorry to disappoint you. This is the only one.

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And as always, thank you very much for watching.

Wow, this one actually pretty much stayed together.

I don't know if that's a...

a good thing or a bad thing.