# Carrot Top vs. Dell Guy **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 13, 2002, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot-top-vs-dell-guy/128364 "2002-09-13T23:06:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Buck\_The\_Diver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Buck\_The\_Diver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_The_Diver)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2002, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot-top-vs-dell-guy/128364/21 "2002-09-14T17:26:06Z")
Did anybody else just flash on a Anna Nicole - Carrot Top porno? * * * You just THOUGHT you had sigs turned off! ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2002, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot-top-vs-dell-guy/128364/22 "2002-09-14T17:28:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Buck The Diver \* > \*\*Did anybody else just flash on a Anna Nicole - Carrot Top porno? > \*\* Not until now. :mad: :mad: :mad: (shoulda voted for that ‘barfy’ smiley :smack: ) ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2002, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot-top-vs-dell-guy/128364/23 "2002-09-14T23:15:05Z")
I must be the only one who hates the Dell guy more. At least CT is self-effacing. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2002, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot-top-vs-dell-guy/128364/24 "2002-09-14T23:18:05Z")
No, **KidCharlemagne**. I hate him more too. ---
**Author:** ![AveDementia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@AveDementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AveDementia)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot-top-vs-dell-guy/128364/25 "2002-09-15T00:06:55Z")
What’s going on here? All these annoying celebrity spokespeople are being mentioned and nobody brings up ALF? Actually, my vote for most annoying finally went away, but I mourn the loss of so many televisions during his reign as Leader of the Special People. There is a circle of hell reserved especially for David Arquette and the band of leperous gorillas that will rape him for eternity. ---
**Author:** ![SpasticKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@SpasticKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpasticKitty)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot-top-vs-dell-guy/128364/26 "2002-09-15T00:55:54Z")
I’m completely against the overplaying of certain commercials, but the Dell guy is just so darn cute! As for the Geico gecko…it was a cute concept to begin with, but it’s been way overplayed. And maybe it’s just me, but does anyone else remember the gecko’s voice way back when the commercials were still new? (“I am a gecko, not to be confused with Geico, which could save you 15% or more on car insurance…”) It had a hint of a British accent. Personally, I preferred the original voice over that Australian voice they have on the commercials. And the AFLAK duck is just the shit. Nothing compares. ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot-top-vs-dell-guy/128364/27 "2002-09-15T05:55:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SpasticKitty \* > \*\*As for the Geico gecko…it was a cute concept to begin with, but it’s been way overplayed. And maybe it’s just me, but does anyone else remember the gecko’s voice way back when the commercials were still new? (“I am a gecko, not to be confused with Geico, which could save you 15% or more on car insurance…”) It had a hint of a British accent. Personally, I preferred the original voice over that Australian voice they have on the commercials. \*\* If I remember correctly, it was Kelsey Grammer who originally did the voice of the Geico gecko. However, my memory is shaky these days (it’s a good thing my butt is bolted on, as my hubby would say!), so I am not 100% certain. (Now, if I could just find that darn bolt and a good wrench…) ---
**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot-top-vs-dell-guy/128364/28 "2002-09-15T06:09:58Z")
> [@](#): > > As for “Ernest” - I understand that Varney is negotiating a partnership with Newt Gingrich for dinner theater road shows. Sen. Thompson is rumored to be “interested”. Hmmm. Someone’s not keeping up. [Jim Varney](http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8459) died awhile back. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Seraphim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Seraphim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seraphim)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot-top-vs-dell-guy/128364/29 "2002-09-15T08:18:36Z")
I’d like to nominate Teri Bradshaw to join the rest of these clowns in a battle royale. I wouldn’t have thought he could get any more annoying with those 10-10-220 commercials until they paired him with _Alf_. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot-top-vs-dell-guy/128364/30 "2002-09-15T08:27:19Z")
Fuck, let’s just agree that they’re all annoying and torture them with sharp objects in a public arena for all to see. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot-top-vs-dell-guy/128364/31 "2002-09-15T13:02:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Buck The Diver \* > \*\*Did anybody else just flash on a Anna Nicole - Carrot Top porno? > > * * * > > You just THOUGHT you had sigs turned off! \*\* I’d enjoy seeing" sugar pie" hump his leg, though. ---
**Author:** ![lucwarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@lucwarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lucwarm)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot-top-vs-dell-guy/128364/32 "2002-09-15T13:19:05Z")
I’m thinking that the Dell Dude can stop doing commercials now that his song - “No Such Thing” - is in the Top Ten. ---
**Author:** ![sbic56](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@sbic56](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sbic56)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot-top-vs-dell-guy/128364/33 "2002-09-15T19:08:28Z")
Steve has a certain charisma that is hard to explain…conversely, Carrot Top needs to be planted…head first!! LouisB I’m with you on the Aflack duck…He ROCKS!! ---
**Author:** ![JamesCarroll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@JamesCarroll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JamesCarroll)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot-top-vs-dell-guy/128364/34 "2002-09-15T20:00:44Z")
The Dell guy, as well as every other Jeff Spicolli clone, should be shot into space. Enough already. As for CarrotTop, I’ll admit he’s a dirty pleasure. I think he’s funny. His commercials aren’t, but when he talks about putting his hair into two pigtails and messing with the workers at Wendys’ ("Oh shit! She’s here!!), it jus cracks me up. Beats the hell outta that damned preachy-hippie named Gallegher anyday. Sure, its not Shakespeare, but its still funny. ---
**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot-top-vs-dell-guy/128364/35 "2002-09-15T20:07:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*preachy-hippie named Gallegher \*\* Gallagher is 🆒 . ---
**Author:** ![SpasticKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@SpasticKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpasticKitty)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot-top-vs-dell-guy/128364/36 "2002-09-15T20:57:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mayflower \* > \*\* > > If I remember correctly, it was Kelsey Grammer who originally did the voice of the Geico gecko. However, my memory is shaky these days (it’s a good thing my butt is bolted on, as my hubby would say!), so I am not 100% certain. > > (Now, if I could just find that darn bolt and a good wrench…) \*\* Thanks **Mayflower**! Now that you mention it, the original voice does sound a lot like Kelsey Grammer. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot-top-vs-dell-guy/128364.md?page=1)