# 'Fresh Water Otter' commercial? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** commercials-ads\ **Created:** [February 26, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-water-otter-commercial/960161 "2022-02-26T18:57:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-water-otter-commercial/960161/1 "2022-02-26T18:57:12Z")
ISTR a commercial when I was very young in the '60s in San Diego, that had a ‘fresh water otter’ as a mascot. ‘[Something, something], the Fresh Water Otter!’ Does anyone else recall it? Was it a bottled water commercial? Or did my mind make it up? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-water-otter-commercial/960161/2 "2022-02-26T19:24:04Z")
Otter Pops? ---
**Author:** ![Eclipse\_Chaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Eclipse\_Chaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eclipse_Chaser)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-water-otter-commercial/960161/3 "2022-02-27T09:25:12Z")
It’s a joke. A water otter is a kettle. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-water-otter-commercial/960161/4 "2022-02-27T13:42:59Z")
> [@Eclipse\_Chaser](#): > > A water otter is a kettle Where is this true? Google seems to know nothing about it. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-water-otter-commercial/960161/5 "2022-02-27T15:12:16Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Otter Pops? I don’t believe so; though I did have Otter Pops when I was a kid. > [@Eclipse\_Chaser](#): > > A water otter is a kettle. Not in San Diego in the '60s. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-water-otter-commercial/960161/6 "2022-02-27T16:47:57Z")
Stoat N Oats, the breakfast cereal. ---
**Author:** ![Eclipse\_Chaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Eclipse\_Chaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eclipse_Chaser)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-water-otter-commercial/960161/7 "2022-02-28T09:06:31Z")
It’s maybe a British joke. We use kettles a lot. Water otter - “water hotter”. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-water-otter-commercial/960161/8 "2022-02-28T13:08:50Z")
Was it a commercial for farm raised otters? They bred the gaminess out of them. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-water-otter-commercial/960161/9 "2022-02-28T14:34:53Z")
I don’t remember what the commercial was for. It may have been for bottled water, similar to Sparkletts or Crystal Springs. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-water-otter-commercial/960161/10 "2022-03-02T17:29:46Z")
Yeah, searching for water otter produces, well, a lot of otters. But no commercials. Just a bit north of San Diego (and still within San Diego county) is Carlsbad, which is known for it’s alkaline spring water. Not sure how it relates to otters, but Carlsbad water would be specific to the San Diego area.