# The new Arby's commercial that mentions "your therapy peacock" made me crack up! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 6, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-arbys-commercial-that-mentions-your-therapy-peacock-made-me-crack-up/810112 "2018-03-06T14:22:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-arbys-commercial-that-mentions-your-therapy-peacock-made-me-crack-up/810112/1 "2018-03-06T14:22:34Z")
See it [here](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wh5X/arbys-sandwich-legends-therapy-peacock). I was only half listening until I heard the announcer say “But since you can’t bring your therapy peacock on the plane…” Then I lost it. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-arbys-commercial-that-mentions-your-therapy-peacock-made-me-crack-up/810112/2 "2018-03-06T14:28:17Z")
Saw that last night. It’s pretty funny 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-arbys-commercial-that-mentions-your-therapy-peacock-made-me-crack-up/810112/3 "2018-03-06T15:00:02Z")
I was wondering who the voice-over was then I looked to the right. Ving Rhames. Ah. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-arbys-commercial-that-mentions-your-therapy-peacock-made-me-crack-up/810112/4 "2018-03-06T15:17:30Z")
I wonder how the person who really had the “therapy peacock” feels? Her friends are calling her - “Hey! they mentioned you in an Arby’s commercial!” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-arbys-commercial-that-mentions-your-therapy-peacock-made-me-crack-up/810112/5 "2018-03-06T15:22:47Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I wonder how the person who really had the “therapy peacock” feels? Her friends are calling her - “Hey! they mentioned you in an Arby’s commercial!” It makes her just want to scream. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-arbys-commercial-that-mentions-your-therapy-peacock-made-me-crack-up/810112/6 "2018-03-06T15:23:34Z")
I think the site the OP links must be overloaded-- It’s stuck on the first frame of the commercial, for me. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-arbys-commercial-that-mentions-your-therapy-peacock-made-me-crack-up/810112/7 "2018-03-06T15:50:16Z")
Arby’s has a miami cuban sandwich now? I’m going to try that. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-arbys-commercial-that-mentions-your-therapy-peacock-made-me-crack-up/810112/8 "2018-03-06T15:58:15Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > Arby’s has a miami cuban sandwich now? I’m going to try that. I tried it a few days ago. I was disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-arbys-commercial-that-mentions-your-therapy-peacock-made-me-crack-up/810112/9 "2018-03-06T16:05:04Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I tried it a few days ago. I was disappointed. Maybe they don’t use real Cubans. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-arbys-commercial-that-mentions-your-therapy-peacock-made-me-crack-up/810112/10 "2018-03-06T17:02:30Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > I was wondering who the voice-over was then I looked to the right. Ving Rhames. Ah. For the longest time it didn’t click with me that Ving Rhames was the voice behind the Arby’s commercials. Then one day I heard the same voice on an ADT Home Security ad and looked up and “Holy crap! It’s Ving Rhames!” I haven’t seen the peacock ad yet… I’ll have to keep an eye out for that one. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2018, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-arbys-commercial-that-mentions-your-therapy-peacock-made-me-crack-up/810112/11 "2018-03-06T17:33:51Z")
He sounds like James Earl Jones to me. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-arbys-commercial-that-mentions-your-therapy-peacock-made-me-crack-up/810112/12 "2018-03-06T17:44:19Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I wonder how the person who really had the “therapy peacock” feels? Her friends are calling her - “Hey! they mentioned you in an Arby’s commercial!” Considering she was a performance artist who clearly pulled the stunt solely to get publicity, she’s probably thrilled. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-arbys-commercial-that-mentions-your-therapy-peacock-made-me-crack-up/810112/13 "2018-03-06T18:53:29Z")
Should I have heard of Ving Rhames? ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-arbys-commercial-that-mentions-your-therapy-peacock-made-me-crack-up/810112/14 "2018-03-06T18:56:47Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Should I have heard of Ving Rhames? Only if you’ve gone to the movies. Ever. Seriously, even if the name of the actor doesn’t ring a bell, the odds of you never having seen him in something are [quite low.](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000609/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1) ---
**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:** [March 6, 2018, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-arbys-commercial-that-mentions-your-therapy-peacock-made-me-crack-up/810112/15 "2018-03-06T19:10:21Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > Only if you’ve gone to the movies. Ever. Seriously, even if the name of the actor doesn’t ring a bell, the odds of you never having seen him in something are [quite low.](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000609/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1) Hm. Out of those 129 credited acting roles, I’ve seen two–_Pulp Fiction_ and _Lilo & Stitch_. (I may have seen some of his _ER_ episodes.) ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-arbys-commercial-that-mentions-your-therapy-peacock-made-me-crack-up/810112/16 "2018-03-06T19:13:11Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Hm. Out of those 129 credited acting roles, I’ve seen two–_Pulp Fiction_ and _Lilo & Stitch_. (I may have seen some of his _ER_ episodes.) So you’re supporting my point. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-arbys-commercial-that-mentions-your-therapy-peacock-made-me-crack-up/810112/17 "2018-03-06T19:24:32Z")
There are lots of actors in quarter-century-old movies that I couldn’t name. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-arbys-commercial-that-mentions-your-therapy-peacock-made-me-crack-up/810112/18 "2018-03-06T19:36:50Z")
Ving Rhames also did a series of Radio Shack commercials with Vanessa Williams, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-arbys-commercial-that-mentions-your-therapy-peacock-made-me-crack-up/810112/19 "2018-03-06T20:03:11Z")
Time to run out and pick up some Arby’s; fortunately, there’s one right near where I work - oh, wait, it’s shut down (and was briefly taken over by a local deli that tried to turn it into its own version of Arby’s, but that shut down as well). Well, there’s another on my way home from work - no, that one’s also shuttered. Here’s one that’s a few miles out of the way of my commute - what do you mean, it’s on an air force base? There are none that I can access within 50 miles of where I live or work… ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-arbys-commercial-that-mentions-your-therapy-peacock-made-me-crack-up/810112/20 "2018-03-06T22:43:54Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I wonder how the person who really had the “therapy peacock” feels? Better, ever since she got the therapy emu. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-arbys-commercial-that-mentions-your-therapy-peacock-made-me-crack-up/810112.md?page=2)