# Move over Noid, there's a new most horrible food mascot **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 22, 2003, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-over-noid-theres-a-new-most-horrible-food-mascot/170198 "2003-04-22T01:32:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-over-noid-theres-a-new-most-horrible-food-mascot/170198/1 "2003-04-22T01:32:15Z")
Not worthy of a full-blown pit rant: The Arby’s oven mitt. Sweet Zombie Jesus is this not the worst mascot to come down the pike in many a year? PEOPLE ARE GETTING PAID TO CREATE THIS CRAP! ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-over-noid-theres-a-new-most-horrible-food-mascot/170198/2 "2003-04-22T01:42:36Z")
Link? We don’t have Arby’s around these parts. And personally, I thought the Domino’s Pizza Bad Andy Monkey was pretty awful. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-over-noid-theres-a-new-most-horrible-food-mascot/170198/3 "2003-04-22T02:00:33Z")
As soon as I saw the thread title, I knew it had to be that mitt. That “Volare” commercial is absolutely _painful_ to watch. I may never eat at Arby’s again. Happy ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-over-noid-theres-a-new-most-horrible-food-mascot/170198/4 "2003-04-22T02:20:15Z")
[I’m terribly sorry, but here’s the link](http://www.arbys.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-over-noid-theres-a-new-most-horrible-food-mascot/170198/5 "2003-04-22T02:22:18Z")
Almost as bad as the mitt is their new, completely uninspiring slogan: “What are you eating today?” And here I thought I’d never hear a slogan as mundane as Denny’s “A good place to sit and eat.” ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-over-noid-theres-a-new-most-horrible-food-mascot/170198/6 "2003-04-22T02:28:44Z")
Oh my God, now I know the Oven Mitt is evil. He requires Real Player to view his on-line commercials. The horror!!! ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-over-noid-theres-a-new-most-horrible-food-mascot/170198/7 "2003-04-22T02:37:15Z")
My personal least favorite food mascot is that &%$#\*!!! Honeycombs freak. “Me…want…HONEYCOMBS!!!” GAAAAAAAAAH! You want Honeycombs? No problem! Here! Take mine! They’re on the end of my shoe, which is on it’s way up your furry little freakazoid a\*\*! F\*\*\*! I HATE that little weirdo! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-over-noid-theres-a-new-most-horrible-food-mascot/170198/8 "2003-04-22T02:46:53Z")
There _was_ a [Noid to avoid](http://www.jameslandrith.com/archives/cat_lott_watch.html). ---
**Author:** ![Payton\_s\_Servant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@Payton\_s\_Servant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Payton_s_Servant)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-over-noid-theres-a-new-most-horrible-food-mascot/170198/9 "2003-04-22T02:50:02Z")
I can’t stand the commercial where he’s doing sit-ups to try and get in shape, if for no other reason then when the mitt talks his voics is so strained it sounds like he’s trying to take the world’s largest crap, but it just won’t come out. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-over-noid-theres-a-new-most-horrible-food-mascot/170198/10 "2003-04-22T04:06:32Z")
Count me in, I saw the thread title and thought “If someone doesn’t mention that effing Arby’s mitt, I sure as heck will!” ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-over-noid-theres-a-new-most-horrible-food-mascot/170198/11 "2003-04-22T04:13:15Z")
I thought Jason Alexander pimping KFC was the worst of the worst, until I saw that demon mitt. Back, accursed creature, to the hellish oven that spawned ye! ---
**Author:** ![Siegfried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Siegfried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siegfried)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-over-noid-theres-a-new-most-horrible-food-mascot/170198/12 "2003-04-22T04:37:16Z")
Yeah, the Arby’s Oven Mitt has some pretty lame commercials. At the moment, though, the only fast food commercial that makes me cringe is Jason Alexander pimping KFC with Joe Millionaire. ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-over-noid-theres-a-new-most-horrible-food-mascot/170198/13 "2003-04-22T17:20:20Z")
I was sure this thread was going to be about the new Samuel Adams commercials. Whose idea was it to turn ol’ Sam into a talking mascot? Oh well, at least he isn’t as whiny as Jim Koch. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-over-noid-theres-a-new-most-horrible-food-mascot/170198/14 "2003-04-22T18:48:14Z")
[small hijack] Jason Alexander pimping chicken is Hysterical. (…if only it could be Kenny Rodgers chicken with Kramer picketting though) Still, has anyone noticed how, lately, there is something even More wrong with Jason’s head? His eyebrows…They’re Gone! What the hell happened There? I mean, did he shave them and they didn’t grow back? Did the crack-pipe flame up on him like Richard Pryor? Did he lean too far in on ‘The Fatty Steak’ while trying to grill it on the propane cooker? (“It was ‘The Fatty Steak’, Jerry…that Damned ‘Fatty Steak’. Look at me…I’m scarred For Life. They’ll never grow back…I Just Know they’ll never grow back. But does She care? She still doesn’t get that She did this to me…Her with her cheap ‘Fatty Steak’. But I’m going to get my apology, Jerry…As God Is My Witness, I will Get my apology…”) His head is truly becoming more ugly & more phallus-looking with every new commercial. And with a face like that, if he blows the KFC gig, what’s left for him? Merchandising his head on Doc Johnson products? And could you imagine the personal appearances at the Adult Boutique he’d have to do then? (“Hi…want me to sign that for you? I’m Jason. Jason Alexander? I helped them design that, you know. No just the head. You know, you get a better value with the 20” one. And 'Nuemann’s head is on the other side. Nuemann? From ‘Seinfeld’? Jason Alexander? Do you Even Own a TV set, you Trench Coated Freak…?") * * * Still, that Arby’s Mitt Is pretty evil. But I can’t imagine that anyone with a fist up them that far would be in the best mood… ---
**Author:** ![Ivar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ivar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ivar)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-over-noid-theres-a-new-most-horrible-food-mascot/170198/15 "2003-04-22T19:02:14Z")
Another clue to the evilness of the Oven Mitt. It is voiced by Tom Arnold! ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-over-noid-theres-a-new-most-horrible-food-mascot/170198/16 "2003-04-22T19:10:11Z")
I’ll take the new Sam over those horrible Bass Ale commercials any day. Oh, that mitt is pretty bad, too. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-over-noid-theres-a-new-most-horrible-food-mascot/170198/17 "2003-04-22T19:11:46Z")
I am blown away by the Oven Mitt. And tell me again why he sings “Volare”? That is some WEIRD shit. Also, tell me again why I OWNED a Volare? That, too, is some weird shit. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-over-noid-theres-a-new-most-horrible-food-mascot/170198/18 "2003-04-22T19:11:49Z")
Does Jason Alexander ever need to work again? Didn’t he make a killing from _Seinfeld_? ---
**Author:** ![occ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@occ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/occ)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-over-noid-theres-a-new-most-horrible-food-mascot/170198/19 "2003-04-22T19:16:14Z")
Yeah, it was kinda silly. But you know, that potroast sandwich he was hocking looks pretty fuckin’ good. I’m going to have to swing by Arby’s and try it, before its gone. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-over-noid-theres-a-new-most-horrible-food-mascot/170198/20 "2003-04-22T19:21:27Z")
Yes kill the oven mitt. The Honeycomb thing comes in a close second though. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-over-noid-theres-a-new-most-horrible-food-mascot/170198.md?page=2)