Sexy Teacher in Hardee's "Flat Buns" Commercial Upsets Tennessee Educators (Carl's Jr.)

If you've ever seen the video of former gym teacher Pamela Rogers gyrating in a black bikini for her underage boyfriend, you will probably see the similarity to the hot blond teacher dancing seductively on her desk in a new commercial for the fast food chains Hardee's (and on the West Coast, Carl's Jr.). In it, students sing of their love of "flat buns" (a new concept in sandwich technology, we assume) while the pretty teacher performs for the class. Apparently, the similarity wasn't lost on the Tennessee Education Association. Here's more from AdRants:

The Hardee's Flat Buns commercial has caused an uproar in Tennessee with Tennessee Education Association President Dr. Earl Wiman (who you've got to hear) saying, "It is unbelievably demeaning." The ad shows a female teacher dancing seductively in front of a class that raps about the positivity of flat buns which the teacher, of course, does not possess. The commercial is part of a campaign launched earlier this summer which included the Flat Buns website.
Wiman wants concerned citizens to complain to Hardee's, saying, "I am asking that all of our members and the public who care about children and their education to contact their local Hardee's to voice their concerns."
Hardee's EVP of Marketing Brad Haley counters, saying, "If the ad were taken literally, I could certainly understand people being concerned about it but it was designed to be funny." No rolling over from the company that made washing a Bentley with Paris Hilton a pillar of intelligently low-brow advertising. And we mean that as a good thing. After all, this is the company that brought us the big-mouthed, straw eating girl.

Watch the Carl's Jr. version of the commerical for yourself below.