# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Ivar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ivar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ivar)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/61 "2005-03-11T19:30:32Z")
First, Vida Guerra is from FHM magazine. She’s on the cover this month. Second, the twins with the buckets of cream – Annie and Alicia Sorrell, the twin “kissing cousins” from the shower scene in “Cruel Intentions 2”. I’m almost positive about it. This commercial seems like some surreal fratboy dream come true ---
**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:** [March 11, 2005, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/62 "2005-03-11T20:02:46Z")
> [@Duke of Rat](#): > > Lieu, you might have missed the window of opportunity to see the uber-surreal extended version, seems like it’s been chopped down now. But the upside is, Brooke gets to speak in the shortened version where she was silent in the long. > > I think there was a link to the long version many posts back… Brooke has the speaking part in both versions. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/63 "2005-03-11T20:17:30Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Brooke has the speaking part in both versions. Err…umm…yes and no. She has a speaking part in two versions…there are three. There is a lnog one, which starts off in black and white, and has the full song, including the line “there’s a train of girls coming with a nice caboose.” The second version is I think a 30 second spot, and does not have the previous line, but ends with Brooke saying her line. Then there is a super-short version, only 15 seconds, which also ends with Brooke’s line. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/64 "2005-03-11T20:41:54Z")
I dislike this commerical for the mere fact that it runs rampant over “The Big Rock Candy Mountain” which is such a great song :(. ---
**Author:** ![ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c77e96/32.png) [@ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/65 "2005-03-11T22:36:21Z")
> [@Orbifold](#): > > The bit with the women dancing with buckets of ranch dressing _freaks me out_. I can offer no rational reason for this. And I find the whole idea of a river of ranch dressing vaguely nauseating. I don’t think I’ll be eating anything with ranch dressing on it until this commercial fades from memory. It just doesn’t make me think of ranch dressing. You know…because of the implied sexuality. Milk maids and all. Blech. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/66 "2005-03-12T03:45:11Z")
I love this ad. Forget ‘fallen on hard times’. I think musicians were fighting eachother for the role. “It’s an ad for a new Burger King sandwich. But, the important thing is that you’ll be stuck in people’s minds, and the set will be full of gorgeous women.” Darius really does a great job. His voice is surreally cheerfull and I don’t find the jingle annoying in the least. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/67 "2005-03-16T05:41:12Z")
(bump) just because this thread, and the commercial, are so friggin cool ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/68 "2005-03-16T05:46:44Z")
I was wondering whether or not to post the truth. Then, **Oslo** bumped the the thread. It’s a sign. [The truth about the new tendercrisp bacon cheddar ranch](http://www.livejournal.com/users/doc_cathode/31463.html) ---
**Author:** ![andrewdt85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/69 "2005-03-16T05:51:21Z")
Did anyone else think at first that they’d seen Christina Aguilera swinging on the swing? It freaked me out ---
**Author:** ![Millit\_the\_Frail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Millit\_the\_Frail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Millit_the_Frail)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/70 "2005-03-16T08:21:31Z")
> [@andrewdt85](#): > > Did anyone else think at first that they’d seen Christina Aguilera swinging on the swing? It freaked me out Funny you ask–I thought it was Dee Snider. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/71 "2005-03-23T20:18:58Z")
It seems that we aren’t the only ones to have noticed this. Check out [today’s Boondocks](http://www.msnbc.com/comics/daily.asp?sFile=bo050323). ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/72 "2005-03-23T20:34:17Z")
**TV Guide** gave the ad a “jeer.” I jeer at their jeer. ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/73 "2005-03-23T20:55:22Z")
I’m with **Nonsuch** - this ad makes me want to break things, and it sort of bewilders me that it has such a huge following. I dunno, there’s something about the feel of it that immediately makes me go “blah, this again” and change the channel whenever it comes on. ---
**Author:** ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/74 "2005-03-23T21:08:38Z")
After seeing this commercial a few times I had to go watch _O Brother Where Art Thou_ again. Anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e36b37/32.png) [@Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_A_Tame_Lion)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/75 "2005-03-23T21:22:42Z")
> [@badomen](#): > > The chicken suit guy is the Subservient Chicken - [http://www.subservientchicken.com/](http://www.subservientchicken.com/) - you can tell he/she/it to do stuff and it does… very bizarre for a fast food restaurant in my opinion but fun. Now I’m totally freaked out. I clicked to this page and saw the guy in the chicken suit come out. I thought it was just a weird movie, so I typed “die” into the command line. I thought I’d just get an error message. But the dude did a swoon and flopped to the floor! Weird, weird, superweird. This is supposed to sell sandwich? And I thought the TV commercial was freakish and disturbing! ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/76 "2005-03-23T21:27:27Z")
Hootie and the Blowfish perform in Las Vegas…sadly at the Silverton Hotel which has a “theater” about the size (and quality) of a small high school gymnasium. Not even real seats…sort of fancy folding chairs. Tickets were $35 last time they were here. Far cry from Madison Square Garden. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/77 "2005-03-23T22:54:51Z")
Hmmmm… Tendercrisp bacon cheddar ranch… The only thing in that the least bit appitizing is the cheddar. I hope they don’t mind me watching the girls but not buying the sandwhich… ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/78 "2005-03-23T23:15:08Z")
Excellent commercial. TV Guide gets a jeer from me also. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/79 "2005-03-23T23:19:05Z")
Pay close attention to the “french fries that grow like weeds” in the long version [here](http://www.hellblazer.com/media/bacon-cheddar-ranch/BKHootie_Long.wmv), especially with respect to the guy on the right. ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/80 "2005-03-23T23:45:23Z")
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