# TV ad crush smackdown: Flo vs. Jan vs. Lily **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 5, 2014, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ad-crush-smackdown-flo-vs-jan-vs-lily/685442 "2014-04-05T23:28:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ad-crush-smackdown-flo-vs-jan-vs-lily/685442/21 "2014-04-06T11:25:20Z")
Stephanie “Flo” Courtney also played Marge on _Mad Men_ (first season only, I think). ---
**Author:** ![DonLogan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@DonLogan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DonLogan)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ad-crush-smackdown-flo-vs-jan-vs-lily/685442/22 "2014-04-06T12:19:27Z")
> [@Neidhart](#): > > Definitely Flo, because she might appear next to you at any moment - maybe even in your bed at night! To sell pecker insurance? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ad-crush-smackdown-flo-vs-jan-vs-lily/685442/23 "2014-04-06T13:07:41Z")
Nobody watches Victoria Secret commercials anymore, huh. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2014, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ad-crush-smackdown-flo-vs-jan-vs-lily/685442/24 "2014-04-06T13:17:08Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > Stephanie Courtney [guest-starred](http://www.politedissent.com/archives/5953) as the mother of a patient-of-the-week on _House_. Once you strip off Flo’s clown lipstick and over-caffeinated perkiness, she’s actually a pretty good actress who can make you forget she sells insurance to fund her lipstick addiction. Or something, since I haven’t seen her in anything else. The other night I caught a rerun of Modern Family and thought I saw Toyota “Jan” in one scene, but I couldn’t tell for sure. It was the episode where Mitch was concerned about how clingy Lily was being with Cam, and decided he was going to drop her off at pre-school (because Cam was taking her shopping instead of going to school, etc.) The woman Mitch was talking to at the day care looked a lot like Jan. But it was a short scene and I never really got a good look at her. As for the poll, AT&T Lily was my most recent hot ad girl crush until she started giving Grant Hill all kinds of attitude. Flo and her clown lipstick are annoying and Jan has bugged me since the early “lie detector” ad, so I think I would have to go with Wendy, who has a little bit of an Allyson Hannigan thing going, but is way hotter. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ad-crush-smackdown-flo-vs-jan-vs-lily/685442/25 "2014-04-06T13:36:57Z")
None of the above - it’s gotta be the motorcycle hottie in the T-Mobile commercials. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ad-crush-smackdown-flo-vs-jan-vs-lily/685442/26 "2014-04-06T13:38:58Z")
I just voted “Other”. The Wendy’s spokesperson is wonderful, but I sure wouldn’t mind seeing more of this girl on tv. (Not sure if she qualifies as Spokesperson, however…) > **[CREATE TV BLONDE ACTRESS - MYSTERY GIRL](http://createtvmysterygirl.blogspot.com/2012/01/create-tv-mystery-girl.html)** > > Courtesy of American Public Television Beautiful, Sensuous, Unknown. . . Who is this girl? Video here Plays at t... ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ad-crush-smackdown-flo-vs-jan-vs-lily/685442/27 "2014-04-06T14:21:28Z")
…I still kinda miss the [Pizza Hut Girl](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Defeat_the_Dark_Side#Pizza_Hut_Girl). ---
**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:** [April 6, 2014, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ad-crush-smackdown-flo-vs-jan-vs-lily/685442/28 "2014-04-06T16:06:50Z")
For the Lily fans, Milana Vayntrub has her own [YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn3x5a_TrxkAXA7zrKqftFA). ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ad-crush-smackdown-flo-vs-jan-vs-lily/685442/29 "2014-04-06T16:23:17Z")
I’ll take the animated [e-surance](http://www.jasonshen.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/erin-esurance.jpg) chick. Where has she been lately? In case she doesn’t resurface, put me down for the pony-tailed Nationwide ninja chick who replaces all your stolen stuff: [Ninja!!](http://www.bellenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Jana-Kramer-is-Cat-Woman-in-new-Nationwide-Insurance-commercial.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ad-crush-smackdown-flo-vs-jan-vs-lily/685442/30 "2014-04-06T17:08:54Z")
The girl from [the Big Kahuna Burger commercial.](http://www.tvweb.com/news/from-dusk-till-dawn-the-series-big-kahuna-burger-commercial) ---
**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:** [April 6, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ad-crush-smackdown-flo-vs-jan-vs-lily/685442/31 "2014-04-06T18:44:50Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > I’ll take the animated [e-surance](http://www.jasonshen.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/erin-esurance.jpg) chick. Where has she been lately? Erin Esurance was retired when she became too popular with [a certain segment of her fans.](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/esurance-axes-erin-after-the-secret-agent-took-on-an-x-rated-life-of-her-own/) ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ad-crush-smackdown-flo-vs-jan-vs-lily/685442/32 "2014-04-06T19:38:13Z")
Really, none of them. Jan looks like someone’s Mom, Lily looks like she’s barely in college, and Flo is just… no. No. If I had to choose, the fake Wendy would win, but I’m not really into redheads. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ad-crush-smackdown-flo-vs-jan-vs-lily/685442/33 "2014-04-06T21:36:09Z")
Flo used to be hot, but now she looks like an older woman trying to look young. Jan is indeed hot, but I’ve been an admirer of Milana Vayntrub since she started appearing on college humor. I agree that Morgan Smith Goodwin is (Wendy’s girl) is hot, but I don’t tend to vote “other” in polls like this. It’s too much work to consider the entirety of all television ads. Having to pick between three people is a lot easier. Plus, I seem to remember her personality bugging me a bit. And not in an over the top way like Flo, so it wasn’t funny. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ad-crush-smackdown-flo-vs-jan-vs-lily/685442/34 "2014-04-06T21:57:52Z")
My heart still beats for [Darlene, the MCI girl](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOS-DG5FrwA) (Katy Selverstone). ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ad-crush-smackdown-flo-vs-jan-vs-lily/685442/35 "2014-04-06T22:19:47Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > My heart still beats for [Darlene, the MCI girl](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOS-DG5FrwA) (Katy Selverstone). Oh yeah, I remember being a bit smitten with her–I think of her as the Gramercy Press girl. Wow, that ad is a blast from the past. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2014, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ad-crush-smackdown-flo-vs-jan-vs-lily/685442/36 "2014-04-07T00:12:51Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > My heart still beats for [Darlene, the MCI girl](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOS-DG5FrwA) (Katy Selverstone). She was Drew Carey’s love interest on his show. She’s cute. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2014, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ad-crush-smackdown-flo-vs-jan-vs-lily/685442/37 "2014-04-07T11:10:12Z")
Years ago there was a Reese’s Peanut Butter breakfast cereal commercial where this kid was annoying his older sister who worked at a diner as a waitress. I don’t think she actually had any lines but I thought she was really cute in a quirky kinda way. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2014, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ad-crush-smackdown-flo-vs-jan-vs-lily/685442/38 "2014-04-07T12:18:43Z")
Lily is hot. Love the commercial where there are like four women realtors and one man with them who awkwardly crosses his arms just after all the women do. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2014, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ad-crush-smackdown-flo-vs-jan-vs-lily/685442/39 "2014-05-22T07:18:53Z")
For all the Milana Vayntrub (Lily Adams) fans, she has a new [commercial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrgC51s8db0) out. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ad-crush-smackdown-flo-vs-jan-vs-lily/685442/40 "2014-05-22T14:01:12Z")
The absolute best was that commercial where Wendy and her equally hot friends were sitting around in shorts and sundresses by the pool. Oh my God. Excuse me while I go hose myself down. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ad-crush-smackdown-flo-vs-jan-vs-lily/685442.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ad-crush-smackdown-flo-vs-jan-vs-lily/685442.md?page=3)