# I Hate the Audrey Hepburn Commercial **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2006, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-audrey-hepburn-commercial/373548 "2006-09-21T12:59:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-audrey-hepburn-commercial/373548/21 "2006-09-21T20:21:57Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] Well, they’ll have to kill off Mary Tyler Moore first. But I agree, when I hear skinny pants I think of Laura Petrie, not Audrey Hepburn. When I think of Audrey Hepburn type fashion I think of a simple but classy dress. [/QUOTE] Never thought I would post on Fashion, but two of my favorite old actresses. Mary Tyler Moore was famed for Capri pants on the Dick Van Dyke show. Audrey, I think was most closely associated with the “Little Black Dress”. I think I have that right. Funny Face was a fun movie and showed off Audrey’s beauty to the max. Astair seem to have fun doing the movie. Jim ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-audrey-hepburn-commercial/373548/22 "2006-09-21T20:25:59Z")
Damn she was hot. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-audrey-hepburn-commercial/373548/23 "2006-09-21T21:50:17Z")
[QUOTE=StGermain] Yep - in _Funny Face_ she played a philosophy devotee of a coffee-house beatnik type, and did that dance when she went to the coffee house where he held court in an upstairs room. It’s like, wow, baby. It’s the happening. Fred Astaire also did a dance in the same locale, only his was mocking the beatnik types. StG [/QUOTE] I hate the commercials - and mixing AC/DC and Audrey Hepburn - both of whom I love for entirely different reasons - is just _wrong_. And the school of philosphy Hepburn’s character championed in FF was _empathicalism_… ---
**Author:** ![Mouse\_Maven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@Mouse\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mouse_Maven)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-audrey-hepburn-commercial/373548/24 "2006-09-21T22:19:38Z")
[QUOTE=Eve] Great. How am I going to get them over my Fat White Ass? [/QUOTE] 😃 Applause. 🆒 Whistles. 🙂 Throws flowers. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-audrey-hepburn-commercial/373548/25 "2006-09-21T22:42:11Z")
[QUOTE=Hey you!] Not me. I love it. Love it! [/QUOTE] Me too… in fact, whenever I watch it, it just makes me feel like… **expressing myself!** ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-audrey-hepburn-commercial/373548/26 "2006-09-21T23:09:03Z")
[QUOTE=NurseCarmen] Damn she was hot. [/QUOTE] Preach it Bro! My all-time Hollywood crush. ---
**Author:** ![SiouxChief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@SiouxChief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiouxChief)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-audrey-hepburn-commercial/373548/27 "2006-09-22T00:18:16Z")
[QUOTE=ASAKMOTSD] Cue Laura Petrey for the next commercial… [/QUOTE] Just as soon as irregularly shaped bras come back in style… ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-audrey-hepburn-commercial/373548/28 "2006-09-22T00:21:05Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Preach it Bro! My all-time Hollywood crush. [/QUOTE] Apparently someone did some (rather impressive) Photoshop cleanup. Or at least I wouldn’t expect a quality color photo of her while still young that wasn’t blurred or such. [http://www.wallpaperbase.com/wallpapers/celebs/audreyhepburn/audrey\_hepburn\_2.jpg](http://www.wallpaperbase.com/wallpapers/celebs/audreyhepburn/audrey_hepburn_2.jpg) Mmmm… ---
**Author:** ![Operation\_Ripper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/34f0e0/32.png) [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-audrey-hepburn-commercial/373548/29 "2006-09-22T03:01:34Z")
Oh, I’d do her. The absolute, not-aging-well goofyness is the icing on the cake. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-audrey-hepburn-commercial/373548/30 "2006-09-22T05:39:26Z")
The GAP does not deserve to be linked with Audrey Hepburn. The Mad-Av hotshot whose idea that was should be dropped from a helicopter in the Rockies with no skis, just a Speedo. I hope The GAP paid dearly for those few seconds of film. I’m. rather. pisto. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-audrey-hepburn-commercial/373548/31 "2006-09-22T05:44:43Z")
[QUOTE=Velma] She says something like “A girl’s gotta dance” or something over and over. I forget exactly what it is but I know it’s something like that. [/QUOTE] A girl’s gotta sell clothing from beyond the grave. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-audrey-hepburn-commercial/373548/32 "2006-09-22T06:42:44Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] That ad is nice but then again the elephant wasn’t a much loved and now dead celebrity. [/QUOTE] Give us a little time, we’re working on it. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-audrey-hepburn-commercial/373548/33 "2006-09-22T12:46:23Z")
[QUOTE=Velma] I don’t like the trend of the tapered skinny pants in general. We stopped wearing those because no one looked good in them, people! The worst part is that now people who never stopped wearing tapered leg pants are going to think they are in style again. It will be a Mom Jean Revival! [/QUOTE] Too funny. I remember people saying almost the exact same thing in the 70s when old-fashioned tapered jeans began to replace bellbottoms. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-audrey-hepburn-commercial/373548/34 "2006-09-22T13:10:42Z")
Hm. I actually like the Audrey Hepburn ad, I think she’s cute as a button and the AC/DC pairup was clever. I also like the updated \*Singin’ In The Rain \* spot. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-audrey-hepburn-commercial/373548/35 "2006-09-22T13:30:15Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Preach it Bro! My all-time Hollywood crush. [/QUOTE] Also, Father Andrew Greeley’s. I was attending a lecture by him on “Images of God in Popular Culture”, and he noted the casting of Audrey as God as the only reason to see the Richard Dreyfuss remake of “Always”. For the record, I like the commercial. The wrongness of AC/DC & Miss Hepburn combined is wondrous! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-audrey-hepburn-commercial/373548/36 "2006-09-22T13:36:55Z")
[QUOTE=amarinth] But I’m not sure what Gap is trying to say - “if you have an Audrey Hepburn-like body, these pants will make you look merely slightly ridiculous. If you don’t have an Audrey Hepburn like body, don’t even bother.” [/QUOTE] I like the commercial, but I gotta admit you have a very good point! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-audrey-hepburn-commercial/373548/37 "2006-09-22T15:12:40Z")
[QUOTE=Eve] Great. How am I going to get them over my Fat White Ass? [/QUOTE] Don’t worry. \*No one \* is wearing them. It’s the fashion fad that’s being pushed really really hard this year, and ain’t gettin nowhere. Cool tune though. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-audrey-hepburn-commercial/373548/38 "2006-09-22T16:21:42Z")
[QUOTE=FriarTed] For the record, I like the commercial. The wrongness of AC/DC & Miss Hepburn combined is wondrous! [/QUOTE] I agree! I had planned to start a thread making this very point today, having seen the commerical for the first time last night. I laughed out loud with delight when I saw it. That said, I think it’s ridiculous to introduce “skinny” pants when 3/4 of even the teenage population is bulging at the seams. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-audrey-hepburn-commercial/373548/39 "2006-09-22T18:01:52Z")
I hate the commercials, I hate the pants, and I’m starting to really, really hate the Gap. I spilled something on myself today, and ran over to the Gap to buy some emergency pants. It was a nightmare. The clothes are bad enough, but for the love of god, no one should ever walk into a building and be confronted with a larger than life picture of Pete Wentz screaming. It’s inhumane. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-audrey-hepburn-commercial/373548/40 "2006-09-22T18:17:18Z")
Damn, forgot to add the [linky](http://www.somorescene.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/gap_wentz.jpg). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-audrey-hepburn-commercial/373548.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-audrey-hepburn-commercial/373548.md?page=3)