Once about a time there was a Frigid Queen and a Burger King. November, 1967. Mattoon, Illinois, pop. 18,000. Gene and Betty Hoots, proprietors, take Burger King to court over a trademark dispute. Forty years later the Hoots’ Burger King is an island, protected from encroachment by the big guys -although the moat is only 20 miles wide.- And the famous double cheeseburger? It’s the Hooter Burger. Says the Marketplace reporter, Jeremy Hobson, “You guys are a trademark disaster area.”
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And I always thought they were singing, “Judy’s in the Sky”! Judy’s in Disguise!?! What the?!
The Lunch Encounter 
Aw, that’s nothin’. My Mom still thinks the Steve Miller Band’s “Jungle Love” goes, “Chug-a-Lug, the Strawberry Man, He’s making me crazy!”