this kinda unnerved me ... this is one of the programs that i have lined up to TiVo ... my husband even commented one night about the small little mcdonald's M logo (the greasy arches) in the corner at the end of the show and asked: since when does mcdonald's advertise on the iron chef? i hadn't even noticed that small logo ....

tricky!!!

What. The hell.

That's seriously Orwellian.

And on a cooking show, where viewers get progressively hungry watching it.

I noticed that too watching a while back. So funny.

Watching gourmet chefs making culinary masterpieces in less than an hour sure makes one crave a BigMac.

Beggars can't be choosers.

And when I say beggars I mean university students.

"Food says it was a "slight technical problem," with the episode. According to the network, a small McDonald's logo, normally inserted on a stats chart as a paid sponsorship by the fast food chain, was inadvertently inserted to run full-screen. The network says the graphic appears as a mere red flash if viewed in real time and is only apparent as the Mickey D's logo if viewed in slo-mo." [via]

Still gets an upvote.

Yeah, some McD apologist on here tried to say, uh maybe they accidentally hit the commercial queue button early and it was a glitch.

No, sorry, you don't just get random accidental graphics on network TV broadcasts. Period. Or else there would be a lot more 'accidental' pornographic images, or maybe the occasional 'Vote for Ike', maybe a 'Get the F- out of Iraq'...

This is total crap. Food Network got caught and busted. I still have a theory that this was a Tivo ad-insertion. And it went wrong. Everyone on the internets who mentions this Iron Chef thing is showing it from their Tivo..

I love the assertion that it is "only a red flash" therefore it is ok. They miss the whole point of subliminal.

I'm sure they made this illegal years ago under subliminal advertising.

They used to do this in movie theaters with popcorn and desert images that would make you feel thirsty and want to buy drinks.