# Was that Hootie I just saw doing a Burger King ad while wearing a cowboy suit? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 22, 2005, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319 "2005-02-22T07:55:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/21 "2005-02-28T18:50:02Z")
I feel like I’ve passed through the looking glass … people actually _like_ that commercial?! :eek: 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/22 "2005-02-28T19:05:26Z")
> [@Nonsuch](#): > > I feel like I’ve passed through the looking glass … people actually _like_ that commercial?! :eek: 😕 Love it. It’s the best commercial since “Tiny House” - no question. What’s not to love about it? It’s perfectly surreal. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/23 "2005-02-28T19:19:03Z")
OK, since I am blessed with TiFaux (DVR) and hardly ever see a commercial anymore, can some kind soul describe what’s going on in this commercial? I’m very curious now! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/24 "2005-02-28T19:22:31Z")
I’d be surprised if those Dallas cheerleaders shaving the cowhand aren’t real Dallas Cowgirls. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/25 "2005-02-28T19:23:34Z")
It’s indescribable, but I’ll give it a shot. Our hero, Hootie, is seen wearing a purple cowboy shirt, a big white cowboy hat, and a white scarf, singing a song about the new Burger King bacon chicken ranch something-or-other, sung to the tune of “The Big Rock Candy Mountain”. In the background are seen various hotties doing various random things (paving the road with big blocks of cheddar cheese, pumping one of those single car train cars, etc.). Continous cuts to Hootie, happily singing about his new BK sandwich. It ends as it pans up to the top of a hill, where Brooke Burke is being pushed on a giant swing by Burger King himself (with that gigantic fake head that freaked everyone out in the “Wake up to the King” commercials a few months ago), and Brooke exclaims (with new BK sandwich in hand), “Come and get it!” ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/26 "2005-02-28T19:27:30Z")
Ooh! Found a link: [http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/3408646](http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/3408646) It’s down near the bottom. Enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/27 "2005-02-28T19:49:22Z")
> [@NothingMan](#): > > It isn’t just “Hootie” (you DO know that his real name is Darius right?), I noticed several other celebs in it too. I can’t remember now who - but someone. Perhaps theres a version of it on BKs website…I’ll see. His real name is “Darius Rucker.” His professional name is “Darius Rucker.” His stage name is “Darius Rucker.” His name is not “Hootie,” not even for pretend. The name of the _band_ is “Hootie and the Blowfish.” No one in the band is either Hootie or Blowfish. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/28 "2005-02-28T20:19:32Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > His real name is “Darius Rucker.” His professional name is “Darius Rucker.” His stage name is “Darius Rucker.” > > His name is not “Hootie,” not even for pretend. The name of the _band_ is “Hootie and the Blowfish.” No one in the band is either Hootie or Blowfish. Not only that, but I’ve read/heard that Mr. Rucker gets quite irate whenever anyone calls him “Hootie.” ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/29 "2005-02-28T20:27:08Z")
Yeah they probably have fallen on hard times ☹ They are playing a show here in Augusta, Georgia during Masters Week. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/30 "2005-02-28T20:37:40Z")
> [@pool](#): > > Yeah they probably have fallen on hard times ☹ I don’t understand this. Was U2 falling on hard times when they did iPod commercials? What about P Diddy with his Diet Pepsi commercials? There are plenty of big name celebrities who hawk products - Hootie being one of them. The BK commercial is entirely tongue-in-cheek. It’s also apparently directed by top music video guy Dave LaChappelle: [www.davelachappelle.com](http://www.davelachappelle.com) Take it with the same sense of humor that Rucker & Co. must have also had when they did it. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/31 "2005-02-28T21:06:18Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > His real name is “Darius Rucker.” His professional name is “Darius Rucker.” His stage name is “Darius Rucker.” > > His name is not “Hootie,” not even for pretend. The name of the _band_ is “Hootie and the Blowfish.” No one in the band is either Hootie or Blowfish. Oh by the way, which one’s pink? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/32 "2005-02-28T21:12:19Z")
I LOVE this commercial. “At the tendercrisp, baconb-cheddar ranch, the breasts they grow on trees And the bacon ranch dressing streams, go right up to your knees,” . . . . “There’s tumbleweeds of bacon, and cheddar paves the streets.” It’s so amazingly surreal. And the train of girls coming with the nice caboose? Yes, they do, indeed, have a nice caboose. And the sandwich sounds tasty, to. Bacon? Cheddar? RANCH?!! Holy Hell, sign me up!! ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/33 "2005-02-28T21:26:06Z")
The commercial is a resounding argument for not using drugs. At least the gals looked yummy. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/34 "2005-02-28T21:36:38Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > His real name is “Darius Rucker.” His professional name is “Darius Rucker.” His stage name is “Darius Rucker.” Who? You mean Hootie? ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/35 "2005-03-01T01:47:36Z")
Wait untill that damn song becomes an ear-worm! Then we’ll see who likes it! Not me! However, I might like the sandwich! All the ingredients sound tasty! I also like exclaimation points! ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/36 "2005-03-01T02:39:12Z")
The song sounds like the bastard child of “Old Joe’s Place” and “Potato’s in the Paddy Wagon.” If only the Folksmen or the New Main Street Singers had been around to do the commercial! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/37 "2005-03-01T03:19:21Z")
> [@Scarlett67](#): > > Not only that, but I’ve read/heard that Mr. Rucker gets quite irate whenever anyone calls him “Hootie.” Well, then he should have named his band something else! The first time I saw it, at first I was thinking, “Okay, this is going to be the stupidest commercial ever.” Then when it was over, I was, “DAMN! This commercial rules!” ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/38 "2005-03-01T05:43:58Z")
> [@Scarlett67](#): > > Not only that, but I’ve read/heard that Mr. Rucker gets quite irate whenever anyone calls him “Hootie.” Rod Tidwell doesn’t like being called Hootie either. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/39 "2005-03-01T08:17:42Z")
> [@Duke of Rat](#): > > The other girl is Vida Guerra. Majorly fine ass, FHM girl. I’m pretty sure she’s been in Maxim and/or Stuff as well and she was definitely in R. Kelly’s _I Wanna Piss On You_ video. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/40 "2005-03-01T15:04:47Z")
It’s funny how she displays her name on her most notable feature just as Hootie, errr…Darius says “great caboose” or some mention of majorly fine caboose. I think that’s her with the red onion hula hoop, also. And breasts they grow on trees. They shoulda had Katie Price pickin’ them chicken sandwiches of that tree. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319.md?page=3)