Huh. I never would have thought those things worked, but I guess the publicity was good.

Is this the first grand slam associated with a Super Bowl?

Honestly? I'm not the Denny's type(never been to one), but it certainly did pop into my head when i drove by my local Denny's this weekend. On another note, who knew that NJ had a Denny's??

It is still packed cuz some the 'free' part is still 'grand-slammed' into the minds of some... if you know what I mean....

It's like hearing a song and having a hard time getting it off your head

@the_gank:

That's called advertising.

It worked.

more giggledrops please!

@Papercutninja: we actually have a few. I know of 2 right off the back, Brick NJ and near Woodbridge NJ

or it might be that people who are experiencing hard times had their memories jogged to the existence of Denny's.

Its a 'sit-down' restaurant with the prices of McD's, with a different stigma.

Who-ever came up with this campaign should get a nice pat on the back, great idea that is paying off in spades.

Maybe I will go to Denny's and try some of their food.

Denny's was busy during the day?! With sober customers??

You gotta hand it to 'em-- great marketing. Now you hope the Denny's all got the memo to step up the quality.

OK, quick, what is Denny's stock market symbol? BUY BUY BUY!

We went to Denny's for breakfast on Saturday and there were only a few people there; it wasn't any busier than usual.

I will admit that we did go because of the Super Bowl promotion, so it at least worked on us.

This really was genius marketing.

Mush more effective than the Super Bowl commercial was all the news/blog coverage they got from it.

@alexcassidy: This could be a disaster for stoners if the rush continues on into the late night. Will noooooooobody think of the stooooooners?

Wow.

So, Denny's is packed with mouthbreathing morons and the top grossing film of last week was Paul Blart: Mall Cop.

We've proven how high the bar has been lifted for idiocy in America.

I have no problem going to Denny's if someone came with me, as I never go out to a restaurant by myself.

That being said, whenever I think of Denny's, I think of the guy who thought he injected an air bubble into his veins, and tried to cut his arm off with a butterknife he took from a fellow patron's table at Denny's. When that didn't work, he got a knife from the kitchen and tried again. Police later Tazed him and brought him to the hospital. He survived. So if I do go, I'm hiding my butterknife if I think someone is tweaking.

I would make a snarky comment about cutting out the middle man and just dumping Denny's food right into the toilet (thank you, Jim Gaffigan), but I myself patronize Waffle House, which is, admittedly, a step down.

And that would make me a hypocrite.

@sicknick: Or lowered, as the case may be.

I actually think that Denny's is actually good tasting. Not good for you mind you, but good tasting. I guess that makes me a mouth-breathing moron.

Meat lover skillets are awesome. But, that's pretty much impossible to mess up. Meat items, potatoes, cheese, bam you're done. Other stuff, I don't know if I would trust them as far as tasting good. Except maybe regular breakfast items.

@cmdrsass: LOL, that commercial is hilarious.

I was going to go to Denny's with my mother on Saturday morning, but it was ridiculously packed. Like over an hour long wait. Sorry, Denny's isn't THAT good.

@Witold Witkowski: Country fried steak, eggs over easy, hashbrowns smothered and covered...
I enjoy Denny's from time to time. It's simple comfort food. I try to support our local diners also, but their quality is falling rapidly. They all serve the same Sysco pre-made garbage. Not that Denny's doesn't, but Denny's seems to have higher quality control.

@sicknick: Wow. I'm thinking of a character in the film Ratatouille...

I'm glad at least one corporation in America had some tangible success come from the Superbowl!

Good on ya, Denny's. The guy who thought that promo up deserves a promotion, cuz you know it couldn't have been an easy sell to top management...

@Jim Topoleski: East Brunswick Piscataway, Somerset and Hillsborough, too!

@B: Americans just needed a reminder of how much they like "food".

Ah memories, my grandma used to take me to Denny's as a kid, later in high-school it was a great late-night destination. But now I live by two or three high-quality, locally owned cafes where the prices can't be beat for the portions that you get, I haven't been to a Denny's in years, though I drive by one all the time.

Our local Denny's serves fairly good food at fair prices. If we go on the Kids Eat Free nights it's even better.

Way better than our last trip to Applebees.

@sicknick: Well well, we all can't be fancy lads like yourself.

A cheap diner meal and a brainless comedy. The nerve of some people! You're right, we Americans are fancy folks and should only partake of the highest brow entertainment and cuisine cooked by the world's finest chefs!

Grow up.

@tcp100: Hey, some of us only aspire to Denny's. We're stuck in the drive-through asking for extra packets of ketchup.

I like Denny's. It's decent food, at a cheap price. That being said, I seldom eat there. It's become one of those, 9:30PMJustGotBackInTownAndWeHaven'tEatenDinnerYetSoScrewItLet'sHitDenny's kind of places for me. I blame my wife, who'd rather go to one of those "breakfast" joints that keep popping up. The one's that serve healthy alternatives, like egg-white omlettes. Only, you wind up ordering the same bad-for-you crap that you'd get at Denny's, it tastes the same, but costs twice as much.

IHOP is better.

That said, I just hadta go to Denny's over the weekend. It was still a farking zoo.

@RecordStoreToughGuy:

Yum, WH. Luv them hashbrowns.

@ApologeticBale_GitEmSteveDave:

i always think of the Denny's somewhere down south that refused to serve a table of African Americans. Turns out this was a bad choice, as they were a table of African-American FBI agents who i'm sure didn't take kindly to being refused service.

@JGKojak: The ad got me in a Denny's for the first time in about 15 years-- not for the free promotion, it's just not a place i usually think to go. Food was ok but the service was terrible, and it may be another 15 years before i go back. Waitress got a 10% tip, and my girlfriend thought that was too much.

@bigmil87: Only at 2:30 in the morning, after the bar closes. Then it's fantastic.

@sicknick: And proven that there are still elites among us who don't enjoy a quick meal on the cheap and a funny mindless movie.

Just because I eat at Denny's once a year or watch a mindless movie (haven't seen it, but will probably watch it once it trickles down to some cable channel) doesn't make me, or anyone else, for that matter, an idiot.

@sicknick: so, one of two conclusions can be ascertained by your post. either you: A) frequent denny's, which explains your knowledge of their clientele, making you a "mouthbreathing moron", or

B) you don't frequent denny's & don't really know anything about their clientele, & therefore are speaking out of your ass.

so, which is it? mouthbreather or assbreather? we're all dying to find out.

@Papercutninja:

Just what is "the Denny's type"? I didn't know only certain types of people ate there.

I miss our local Denny's. Ours closed down about 6 months ago. Granted, my friends and I only went during the bar rush (we were usually the sober ones laughing at all the drunks), and we always had a good time.

Their Chicken Ranch thing was my favorite, and I loved their fries. They also had the best ranch dressing I'd ever had. I may have low standards, but darn it, it was good in my opinion!

I'm freaked out beyond imagination.

I can't figure out why people in NJ go to Denny's either - diners are a better option for the most part. The rest of the country doesn't have a diner infestation though..

Stand in line for over 1 hour for a free breakfast that costs only $4.99 normally. Uh, no thanks.

@Corporate-Shill: Yum and WH together... that is the sign, the world is coming to an end. WH is nastier than eating out of a garbage dump.

@sicknick: Oh please. I can hire a private chef for my anniversary and still love my IHOP. I'm sure I'd love Denny's but I don't know where one is. And after I read "Middlemarch" I shall go read "The Duchess's Bodice" or whatever the latest romance novel on the rack at the drugstore.

I only breathe through my mouth when I have a cold. :P

@ApologeticBale_GitEmSteveDave: Dude, going to restaurants by yourself is the best! I love taking myself out to lunch with a good book ... or a stack of grading, if necessary. It's one of my favorite things.

@Yoko Broke Up The Beatles:
If you wanted to buy, you should have done so two weeks ago. :P

@Andrew McCloskey Aka ATM:
Wasn't that like, over 10 years ago?
Back then, they 'took it seriously' for real. :3