It was definitely on in the mid-70s, if not earlier. I can remember watching it as a kid, and I’m 40.
So that is a commercial that ran for 15 years? At least?
The marketing bigwigs at Tootsie Roll, Inc. are either geniuses or extremely lazy.
I believe the Samsonite commerical where the gorilla is throwing it about in a most effiecent manner (better than any luggage handler) ran from the mid seventies until the late 80’s. It is one of the most successful commericals evar111!!!.
Back on Topic:
LifeonWry besides being one of the coolest doperchix, how did you come up with your great name?
Athena which pug is your favoritist?
You’re kidding, right? Yes, I know about the movie that Futurama was referencing. I’m media-junkie guy. Sheesh. 
I think she meant me, because I hadn’t seen Futurama.
Definitely longer. I remember that commercial (both the short and long versions) in the mid- and probably late-90s, and I believe TheFaerie when she says it still shows up. I always thought it was just made to look old, I never imagined it actually was that old.
It’s just a play on the old phrase, “A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.” The username doesn’t necessarily make any sense. I would have called myself something more urbane, but when I was prompted to choose a username, that’s what I typed in, not having thought about it a great deal.
If that Tootsie Roll Pop commercial is the I’m thinking of, it’s even older than you think – I remember from the 1960s. The drawing and animation style is of that period, and the voice of the owl is that of Paul Winchell. And while it’s true that he continued to do voices for decades after that (He was the voice of Tigger in the Winnie-the-Pooh cartoons, until recently), his heyday was the 1960s.
I believe the first two animals admit they’ve never made it without biting. The first animal suggests asking the turtle, the turtle says to ask Mr. Owl.
wait a sec, what are we doing, this is the internet! googlegooglegoogle… aha!
The correct answers appear to be 1) 1970, 2) a turtle
By all means, and thank you for the answer. Also, thanks are due to those who answered the other questions I posed.
I am filled with so much new (to me) knowledge that I fear I must go lie down in a darkened room for a few hours until I can compose myself.
Two pages, and all we’ve figured out for sure is an ancient candy commercial?
:smack:
I expected better of you guys.
William Gladstone, 19th century British PM. He actually chatted them up in order to “save” them from a life of sin. No idea if Mrs G. was involved.
Anaamika! I didn’t know you were also Elenia28. You’re one of those posters I always enjoy reading.
Aguecheek, were you adored once? And don’t say “Yes. For 20 minutes. In 1601.”
Oh…wow. I forever more love you, Izzybella.
Thanks, I’ll treasure this forever!
(hope I can live up to it!)
Don’t you mean 1960?
::d&r::
Rather than resurrect an old thread, I’ll lob this one out there:
laina_f, did you ever receive my coffee mugs? 
Bite your tongue (or your typing fingers). Every once in a while Deb begins speculating that it would be “nice” to have chickens. (With four cats, indoor birds such as parakeets, canaries, and other feline food are pretty much out of the question unless we extended the house to accept a cage large enough to let them fly.)
For that matter, I would not trust our free range eviscerator–er, iguana–(that somehow did not get mentioned, above) to refrain from leaping on a bird cage given that she leaps onto every other perch in the house.
The only time I came across an iguana was on a trail on an island off the coast of Malaysia. Later that day I was talking to a barman who had an enormous scar that had been inflicted (well, the wound, I suppose, not the actual scar) by an iguana.
Tom, calm. boring, steady - I don’t believe a word of it. You work for the CIA, don’t you?
Or is it the CSI?
Anyway, shit, I’m removing my email address pretty damn pronto.