# Fran Drescher + Old Navy = I want to Die **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 5, 2003, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fran-drescher-old-navy-i-want-to-die/217072 "2003-12-05T02:32:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fran-drescher-old-navy-i-want-to-die/217072/81 "2003-12-05T22:06:23Z")
**Inky-** , considering the dreams I’ve had while under the spell of NyQuil, I don’t think you can pin that one on poor Fran. I mean Old Navy commercials are weird and annoying, but not NyQuil weird. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fran-drescher-old-navy-i-want-to-die/217072/82 "2003-12-05T23:09:39Z")
> [@](#): > > I guess I am the only person living that loves Fran and loves her voice and mannerisms. It’s her gimmick, and to me, it’s funny as hell. > > Ah well, to each his own. I don’t care, though. She’s fun, pretty and vivacious and I’d kill to have her waistline (again). Not the only one. She doesn’t bug me at all. I love watching re-runs of the Nanny. She’s got great timing, and she makes me laugh. She’s used her “real voice” on the Nanny a few times… ---
**Author:** ![PRNYouth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9dc877/32.png) [@PRNYouth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PRNYouth)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fran-drescher-old-navy-i-want-to-die/217072/83 "2003-12-05T23:24:46Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by dantheman \* > [BIf someone decided to sell Idi Amin Cornflakes, are they **really** at an advantage because so many people know who Idi Amin was?_\* Idi Amin … Idi Amin … oh, yeah – that’s David Bowie’s wife, right? Oh wait. That’s Iman. Carry on. Iman Flakes. That’s a cereal I’d eat. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![acrossthesea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@acrossthesea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/acrossthesea)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fran-drescher-old-navy-i-want-to-die/217072/84 "2003-12-06T00:57:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by plnnr \* > \*\*You can hear her real speaking voice several times in “Spinal Tap.” A little bit of an accent, but nowhere near as pronounced as her schtick. > > With that tiny waist, she reminds me of a wasp (no, not a WASP). \*\* She’s from the same neighborhood as me. She went to the same local pizza place I always went to my whole life. I’m sure I never saw her because I think she was making movies before I was even born, but I always knew that couldn’t be her real voice because noone there talks like that! Ever since the Nanny was on she gave Queens a bad name because people would think we all sound like that. And worse for me it’s not just that she’s from Queens but like the same street in Queens. I’ve in fact met people in other places who were impressed “you don’t sound anything like that Nanny woman. I thought you all talked like that.” AAGGHHHHH!!! ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fran-drescher-old-navy-i-want-to-die/217072/85 "2003-12-06T02:12:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Amp \* > \*\*But, but… she is so hot. Especially in that commercial. \*\* Yes she is! ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fran-drescher-old-navy-i-want-to-die/217072/86 "2003-12-06T03:06:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*The Brothers were also on that CBS 75th Anniversary show not long ago, and they were just as dead-on there as they’ve always been, IMO. \*\* Long live the Smothers Brothers! ---
**Author:** ![sleeping](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@sleeping](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeping)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fran-drescher-old-navy-i-want-to-die/217072/87 "2003-12-06T04:29:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by zoog \* > > Face it, annoying sells. And are the Old Navy commercials really any more annoying than the ones from Dell? Or wait, God help us… > > _“I lost another loan to [ditech.com](http://ditech.com)!”_ And what about those Arby’s commercials? Talking glove + insipid dialogue = cancer indeed ---
**Author:** ![NothingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@NothingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NothingMan)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fran-drescher-old-navy-i-want-to-die/217072/88 "2003-12-06T04:46:21Z")
Best. Thread. Title. _ **Ever.** _ Eve you rock. ---
**Author:** ![jesleigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@jesleigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jesleigh)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fran-drescher-old-navy-i-want-to-die/217072/89 "2003-12-06T05:01:55Z")
I just miss the good ol’ days when a given commerical break lasted no more than 3 or 4 commericals…now, I honestly think the commericals last longer than the actual show. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fran-drescher-old-navy-i-want-to-die/217072/90 "2003-12-06T05:02:23Z")
Ah…the dreaded _Arby’s Oven Mitt_ commercials. I’d watch Fran Drescher every 15 minutes if it meant I didn’t have to watch the oven mitt. Does anyone think Fran is parodying herself on the Old Navy commercials? StG ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fran-drescher-old-navy-i-want-to-die/217072/91 "2003-12-06T05:46:06Z")
Death to Oven Mitt. Absolutely worst ad campaign ever. Not only should the creators of that stinker be fired, we should all file a class-action suit against them for mental anguish and emotional distress. God, it sucks. ---
**Author:** ![primesite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@primesite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/primesite)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fran-drescher-old-navy-i-want-to-die/217072/92 "2003-12-06T06:15:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duke of Rat \* > \*\*Before Morgan Fairchild, Old Navy had a really cute blonde that wasn’t an over-the-hill TV star on their ads…mabey about the time of “Glasses Lady”??? I always wondered who she was. The catch phrase back then was, “You’ve GOT to get this look”. \*\* AH, yes…the delectable [Molly Sims](http://www.mollysims.com/#), who now co-stars in NBC’s drama [Las Vegas](http://www.nbc.com/Las_Vegas/) on Monday nights. Molly is definitely the exception to the rule when it comes to Old Navy commercials. Nobody else has progressed after starring in one (except maybe Spike the dog. Doesn’t he do Target commercials now?)… ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_in\_NM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@Carl\_in\_NM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_in_NM)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fran-drescher-old-navy-i-want-to-die/217072/93 "2003-12-06T06:30:55Z")
No!!! The absolute worst commercials have gotta be those Carl’s Jr commericals where the person takes a huge bite out of a nasty looking hamburger and these disgusting chewing sounds issue forth out of my television speakers like there is a microphone in the guy’s mouth or something, then the commerical says “quiet, I’m eating”…Well No SHIT!!! The whole world can hear you eating… Really makes me wanna run right out to Carl’s Jr, I can tell ya. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fran-drescher-old-navy-i-want-to-die/217072/94 "2003-12-06T12:57:11Z")
Well geez, if we’re gonna count disgusting commercials, how about the Miller Hi-Life ones where they have this absurdly closeup image of some old fart’s face as he eats and drinks? ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fran-drescher-old-navy-i-want-to-die/217072/95 "2003-12-06T17:51:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by trublmakr \* > \*\*Death to Oven Mitt. Absolutely worst ad campaign ever. \*\* You may have gotten your wish. In the last commercial I saw, Oven Mitt was being held out a sun roof, screaming “I’M THE KING OF THE WORLD!” when it is whisked off in the wind and vanishes. One can only assume it was run over and squished to a grisly, gravel-encrusted death by oncoming traffic. ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fran-drescher-old-navy-i-want-to-die/217072/96 "2003-12-06T18:12:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LadyDragon \* > \*\*The only hope for brain cleansing, is to replace her image with Kirstie Alley in tight green satin, singing her Santa song… \*\* I thought Kirstie did a good job singing her santa song. I don’t like the clothes they put her in, but she has really packed on teh pounds and I bet its hard to find something that is flattering on tv. As far as Fran goes…It is worse then nail scratching on a board. Her voice just grates on me. I can understand that many moons ago “that voice” was part of her character…but she no longer has the part and should rid herself of that awful laugh and nasal voice! How would you like to see Henry Winkler walking around going “ayyyyyyyy” You woulnd’t. That was a part of an old character…he has moved on. Move on Fran! ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fran-drescher-old-navy-i-want-to-die/217072/97 "2003-12-06T20:45:36Z")
But…but…she comes from QUEENS! I hear that accent every day. I think it’s kinda sexy. Oh, and I watched _This is Spinal Tap_ again the other night. She was great in that. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fran-drescher-old-navy-i-want-to-die/217072/98 "2003-12-06T22:25:12Z")
I know I am late on this thread love-fest, but what kills me about this commerical in quesiton is Lil’ Kim. I could not tell who she was for the first three or four times because she was clothed. When she leans into the car window , I fulled expected her to put her rack on the car window sill and display some pastie-yule tied theme. GAH. ---
**Author:** ![blasphmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@blasphmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blasphmer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fran-drescher-old-navy-i-want-to-die/217072/99 "2003-12-06T23:15:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duke of Rat \* > \*\*Before Morgan Fairchild, Old Navy had a really cute blonde that wasn’t an over-the-hill TV star on their ads…mabey about the time of “Glasses Lady”??? I always wondered who she was. The catch phrase back then was, “You’ve GOT to get this look”. \*\* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duke of Rat \* > \*\*Before Morgan Fairchild, Old Navy had a really cute blonde that wasn’t an over-the-hill TV star on their ads…mabey about the time of “Glasses Lady”??? I always wondered who she was. The catch phrase back then was, “You’ve GOT to get this look”. \*\* Molly Sims MMMMMMMM [Molly](http://sliceoftheday.com/molly_sims) She can shizzle my Pizzle anyday. ---
**Author:** ![\_ceQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/b9bd4f/32.png) [@\_ceQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_ceQueen)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fran-drescher-old-navy-i-want-to-die/217072/100 "2003-12-06T23:15:10Z")
I don’t even _notice_ any accent in Fran’s voice… love Fran herself loved “The Nanny” HATED that old blonde woman in glasses with the dog in the Old Navy commercials. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fran-drescher-old-navy-i-want-to-die/217072.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fran-drescher-old-navy-i-want-to-die/217072.md?page=6)