# The New "Colgate Herbal Whitening" Commercial **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 26, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-colgate-herbal-whitening-commercial/157640 "2003-02-26T15:05:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-colgate-herbal-whitening-commercial/157640/1 "2003-02-26T15:05:07Z")
Have you guys seen this one? This couple is camping…she looks through the binoculars and sees this BLINDINGLY bright reflection…off of a beaver’s front teeth!! Because HE uses **new Colgate Herbal Whitening Toothpaste!!!** WTF??? He’s a dammed BEAVER. He doesn’t BRUSH his TEETH!!! WHO gave them the idea that a BEAVER would help sell TOOTHPASTE??? (That person should be fired.) Have you ever seen a beaver’s front teeth? (I couldn’t find a picture online quickly.) I just can’t imagine that they’re gleaming white. It’s just such a dumb, campy-looking commercial. I hate it so much I have to watch it every time it comes on so I can holler at the TV!! I can’t STAND dumb commercials!!! ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-colgate-herbal-whitening-commercial/157640/2 "2003-02-26T15:06:21Z")
The toothpaste is yummy, though. ---
**Author:** ![bayonet1976](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bayonet1976](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bayonet1976)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-colgate-herbal-whitening-commercial/157640/3 "2003-02-26T15:17:29Z")
Wild beavers have yellow teeth, actor beavers have generally better dental hygine. ---
**Author:** ![ladydisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@ladydisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladydisco)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-colgate-herbal-whitening-commercial/157640/4 "2003-02-26T15:30:14Z")
That sounds more like a Brian Fellows skit. “That beaver can’t brush his own teeth! That’s crazy!” ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-colgate-herbal-whitening-commercial/157640/5 "2003-02-26T16:10:45Z")
lol lady- I picutured that in his voice and everything. I agree about stupid commercials. My current most hated are the Herbal Essences commercials where the lady sounds like she’s riding Brad Pitt like a dimestore pony- “OH! OH! OH! OHHHH!” having a fake orgasm in the shower. Come on- ridiculous!! ---
**Author:** ![chukhung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@chukhung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chukhung)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-colgate-herbal-whitening-commercial/157640/6 "2003-02-26T16:53:43Z")
This article (warning: PDF), [http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ws/nwrc/is/living/beavers.pdf](http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ws/nwrc/is/living/beavers.pdf), from the USDA Wildlife Services says > [@](#): > > The beaver’s large front (incisor) are bright orange on the front Hmm. Maybe it should be **Colgate Herbal Orangening Toothpaste** … ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-colgate-herbal-whitening-commercial/157640/7 "2003-02-26T16:58:18Z")
The first time I saw the animated beaver (no jokes, please) in that commercial, I wondered if they’d brought back Ipana. ---
**Author:** ![Auntie\_Social](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@Auntie\_Social](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Auntie_Social)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-colgate-herbal-whitening-commercial/157640/8 "2003-02-26T17:12:58Z")
I’ve only seen this commercial once, but I assumed it was intentionally ridiculous. They seemed to be playing up the camp element of the animated spokesanimal. But maybe I’m just giving the good people of Madison Avenue more credit than they deserve. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-colgate-herbal-whitening-commercial/157640/9 "2003-02-26T17:38:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Avarie537 \* > > \*\*Have you ever seen a beaver’s front teeth? (I couldn’t find a picture online quickly.) I just can’t imagine that they’re gleaming white. \*\* [Here you go](http://augustasports.com/images/headlines/021801/Beaver_Teeth.jpg). (Eww) ---
**Author:** ![Politzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@Politzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Politzania)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-colgate-herbal-whitening-commercial/157640/10 "2003-02-26T19:53:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jayjay \* > \*\*The first time I saw the animated beaver (no jokes, please) in that commercial, I wondered if they’d brought back Ipana. \*\* I thought the same thing… 🙂 Would have been even better if they’d gotten the actress who played Jan in the movie version of Grease to do the voice of the beaver. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-colgate-herbal-whitening-commercial/157640/11 "2003-02-26T22:42:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Politzania \* > \*\*Would have been even better if they’d gotten the actress who played Jan in the movie version of Grease to do the voice of the beaver. \*\* “Brusha, brusha, brusha… Dandy for your tee-eeth.”