--- ---  # Comedian Billy Eichner Is Accusing Burger King's Latest Ad of Ripping Off His Act by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Oct 13, 2014 3:22 PM UTC  Burger King by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Oct 13, 2014 3:22 PM UTC One of Burger King’s [latest ads](http://www.ispot.tv/ad/7zRm/burger-king-shockingly-cheap-chicken-nuggets) (above) features a slightly unhinged, brown-haired man yelling at innocent passersby on the street. But according to [comedian Billy Eichner](http://www.funnyordie.com/billyonthestreet), host of _Billy on the Street_ on Fuse, there’s only room for one slightly unhinged, yelling street interviewer. Eichner, who has even gotten [David Letterman to exchange a few screams](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDK6p1-tX5s), took to Twitter Sunday night to accuse Burger King of ripping off his signature schtick — in an overall unfunny rip off: > [](https://twitter.com/billyeichner/status/521461513794498561) > [](https://twitter.com/billyeichner/status/521461832435765251) > [](https://twitter.com/billyeichner/status/521463570525995008) > [](https://twitter.com/billyeichner/status/521521612274040832) Eichner fans — including celebrities — have tweeted out their displeasure: > [](https://twitter.com/billyeichner/status/521549189277581312) > [](https://twitter.com/JuddApatow/status/521525663229296640) > [](https://twitter.com/jondaly/status/521473491522969600) > [](https://twitter.com/michaelianblack/status/521560418007793664) Burger King and Horizon Media, [the ad agency credited with making the spot](http://www.ispot.tv/ad/7zRm/burger-king-shockingly-cheap-chicken-nuggets), did not immediately respond when asked for comment. This isn’t the first time a big company has been accused of ripping off an artist’s act. In September, the band [OKGo alleged that Apple](http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-09-09/ok-go-apple-ripped-off-our-video-for-the-iphone-6-event) copied the visual effects used in its VMA-winning music video _The Writing’s on the Wall_ in a recent ad. Billy Eichner Accuses Burger King of Stealing His Act for New Ad ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3502004/comedian-billy-eichner-burger-king-ad/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3502004/comedian-billy-eichner-burger-king-ad/"},"headline":"Comedian Billy Eichner Is Accusing Burger King's Latest Ad of Ripping Off His Act","datePublished":"2014-10-13T15:22:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:13:45.375Z","description":"Seth Rogen and Judd Apatow have weighed in","url":"https://time.com/3502004/comedian-billy-eichner-burger-king-ad/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Advertising","Fast Food","Burger King","celebrity","Ad"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a602fb58876955a/69876052428a9e1da4cc47db/screen-shot-2014-10-13-at-10-49-40-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a602fb58876955a/69876052428a9e1da4cc47db/screen-shot-2014-10-13-at-10-49-40-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Burger King ad","caption":"Man yells at two teens in Burger King ad","creditText":"Burger King","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3502004/comedian-billy-eichner-burger-king-ad/","name":"Comedian Billy Eichner Is Accusing Burger King's Latest Ad of Ripping Off His Act"}}]}] ```