# I'm in Love with a Character in a Commercial, or How Lame can Lightnin' Be? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 3, 2002, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-a-character-in-a-commercial-or-how-lame-can-lightnin-be/112221 "2002-06-03T19:58:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-a-character-in-a-commercial-or-how-lame-can-lightnin-be/112221/41 "2002-06-06T01:47:23Z")
Ooh! Ooh! Somebody mentioned this guy in another thread, but **Max Carnage** ’s post reminded me: the SUV/Land Rover commercial where the girl pulls up to the toll booth, and the toll guy is instantly smitten: “Take me with you!” I’d be like, “Honey! Get in the car!” He is gawgeous. Another truck commercial, from the manufacturer featuring their own engineers: the guy with the beard and glasses looks like he’s going to try to jump a raised bridge in the truck (IIRC he’s got a trailer, too). Of course he stops just in time and the announcer says something about how smart their engineers are. He looks into the camera, his picture pulls back and turns into a print ad, complete with drafting-type penciled drawings of the vehicle. That guy is just so stunningly sexy, yeeowza. ---
**Author:** ![DarkWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@DarkWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkWriter)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-a-character-in-a-commercial-or-how-lame-can-lightnin-be/112221/42 "2002-06-06T04:43:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zebra \* > \*\* **DarkWriter** you can visit my world any time. \*\* Hey, thanks! It seems to be a bit warped, and that’s where I’m most comfortable. 🙂 Sheri ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-a-character-in-a-commercial-or-how-lame-can-lightnin-be/112221/43 "2002-06-06T07:01:01Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. the Orbit gum girl. She’s “fabulous!” I’d get dirty with her anyday. Oooh, yeah, her too–she reminds me of a younger Olivia Newton-John. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-a-character-in-a-commercial-or-how-lame-can-lightnin-be/112221/44 "2002-06-06T08:17:07Z")
There was a TV commercial a year or two back; I think it was for a financial company or something. It was a head-shot of this girl, and she was making funny faces. The one that I recall was like a squirrel-face, where she sucked in her cheeks so her front teeth stuck out. And she had a lot of freckles. Anyway, no idea what they were advertising, but that image stuck with me so much that I made her the model for the main love-interest in the (godawful) novel I’m writing. Anyone else remember this ad? ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-a-character-in-a-commercial-or-how-lame-can-lightnin-be/112221/45 "2002-06-06T13:07:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cervaise \* > \*\*This is actually Bailey’s Irish Cream, not Kahlua. > > I know this because I notice this commercial every time, specifically because I’m trying to figure out if this is really and truly supposed to be a gang-banging quartet. \*\* Damn…you’re right. Must now search on Bailey’s…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-a-character-in-a-commercial-or-how-lame-can-lightnin-be/112221/46 "2002-06-06T13:30:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by widdershins \* > \*\*Hate the commercial and the damn song. > > But I’m hot for Ashna Patel on the TV Guide Channel, as long as we’re sharing. \*\* If you think she’s beautiful now, you should have seen her before she ‘went Hollywood’. She was one of the most gorgeous women I’d ever seen, and I was surprised to see how she’s changed since her days on YTV in Canada. She had long curly hair and looked like an Indian Princess. Now she sorta looks - eh. News-anchor-ish. ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-a-character-in-a-commercial-or-how-lame-can-lightnin-be/112221/47 "2002-06-06T15:48:14Z")
Oh the torture! I’m trying to picture her as you described! I must find images! Actually, I have a bit of a fetish for the news-anchor-ish type, so she still works for me. And Patti Tripathy on Headline News. I _sooo_ need a life… ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-a-character-in-a-commercial-or-how-lame-can-lightnin-be/112221/48 "2002-06-06T16:37:07Z")
I’ve got you all beat. I’m in love with Jack… Yes that’s right: The clown from the Jack in the Box commercials. ---
**Author:** ![Netbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71e660/32.png) [@Netbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Netbrian)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-a-character-in-a-commercial-or-how-lame-can-lightnin-be/112221/49 "2002-06-06T18:13:46Z")
Currently, I’ve had this weird attraction to the girl in the magazine ads for “Parents: The Anti Drug”. I don’t know why, I guess the hair and violet eyes just really is attractive to me. Now if she could just get rid of the rebel look, we’d be perfect together… ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-a-character-in-a-commercial-or-how-lame-can-lightnin-be/112221/50 "2002-06-06T18:29:17Z")
**Tygr** : > [@](#): > > The one bobbing her head ever-so-slightly side-to-side along with the music? > > That little move is so damn sexy… Yeah, that’s the one. Clearly we’re on the same page with this one. Except it wouldn’t work if her eyes were open. ---
**Author:** ![Acrylic\_Vessel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Acrylic\_Vessel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acrylic_Vessel)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-a-character-in-a-commercial-or-how-lame-can-lightnin-be/112221/51 "2002-06-06T19:05:50Z")
Lightnin’ You are so right. The girl in that commercial is so tasty. Any girl that can dance like that…WWWhhhhooooo… can rock my world any day!!! I too run into the room when I hear that commercial come on!😃 ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-a-character-in-a-commercial-or-how-lame-can-lightnin-be/112221/52 "2002-06-06T19:55:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by stv \* > I _hate_ that commercial. > > Like the song. > > _Hate_ the commercial. > > stv I hate the song, too. I wish they would invent Tivo that can go back in time, so I could go back and push the mute button before the commercial even starts, so I don’t accidentally hear one second of it. I don’t want the car to crash though - they would die too quickly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-a-character-in-a-commercial-or-how-lame-can-lightnin-be/112221.md?page=2)