# 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:** 5
**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, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/81 "2005-03-23T23:47:44Z")
> [@milroyj](#): > > From the Boondocks 3/23/05: > > [http://www.ucomics.com/boondocks/2005/03/23/](http://www.ucomics.com/boondocks/2005/03/23/) Oops, sorry, **Ponder Stibbons** posted this first. Doh! ---
**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:** [March 24, 2005, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/82 "2005-03-24T00:16:38Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > Darius really does a great job. His voice is surreally cheerfull But his EYES, man, look at his EYES. The expression of forlorn desperation utterly belies any superficial appearance of cheer given by the sight of his teeth, and the tone of his voice. ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/83 "2005-03-24T00:48:03Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > [The truth about the new tendercrisp bacon cheddar ranch](http://www.livejournal.com/users/doc_cathode/31463.html) Brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![jimpatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@jimpatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimpatro)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/84 "2005-03-24T06:15:05Z")
Quite surreal indeed. I think most folks are whooshed by the bizarre tone. Geez, it starts out like Blazing Saddles from 1950s TV Hell. It’s almost pornographic with it’s creepy inuendo. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/85 "2005-03-25T18:01:42Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > I dislike this commerical for the mere fact that it runs rampant over “The Big Rock Candy Mountain” which is such a great song :(. I remember singing it in elementary school. I particularly liked the line where they talked about hanging the jerk who invented work. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/86 "2005-03-25T18:20:29Z")
Burger King seriously needs to fire it’s ad agency. First the guy waking up in bed with the plastic-faced King, and now this piece of crap? What are they thinking??? ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/87 "2005-03-25T18:21:53Z")
Gaahhhhh. I misused the apostrophe! I grovel in the mud in abject humilliation. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/88 "2005-03-25T18:29:46Z")
> [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > 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. :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: I’d not noticed that before _blushes_ ---
**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 25, 2005, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/89 "2005-03-25T18:54:19Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > Burger King seriously needs to fire it’s ad agency. First the guy waking up in bed with the plastic-faced King, and now this piece of crap? What are they thinking??? I think they’re thinking that they just managed to get people across the internet to talk about a chicken sandwich commercial for weeks (months) on end. Whoever those ad agency guys are, they earned a massive raise. ---
**Author:** ![jimpatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@jimpatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimpatro)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/90 "2005-03-25T19:29:25Z")
It’s a commercial that might have been directed by David Lynch or Tim Burton. Some folks just aren’t gonna get it. Sorry no Cliff’s Notes on this one. We have to live with advertising, it’s great when it’s entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/91 "2005-03-25T19:36:28Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > Burger King seriously needs to fire it’s ad agency. First the guy waking up in bed with the plastic-faced King, and now this piece of crap? What are they thinking??? Let me tell you how effective this ad is: Like everyone else here, my wife and I comment on how sureal that commercial is every time we see it, and have both said that it made us **not** want to buy the TCBCR sandwich. However, we were picking up dinner after a long day cleaning our new house, and decided randomly to go to BK. While my wife is ordering, in mid-order, after she’s already ordered a regular chicken sandwich, out of her mouth comes “can you switch that to a Tendercrisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch?” Just rolled right off her tongue. I asked her why she changed her order, and she honestly couldn’t tell me. Damn you Hootie, and your subliminally good sandwich!!! ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/92 "2005-03-25T20:30:41Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > I remember singing it in elementary school. I particularly liked the line where they talked about hanging the jerk who invented work. I bet that line got the loudest singing ;). ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/93 "2005-03-26T23:02:12Z")
> [@Homebrew](#): > > :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: > > I’d not noticed that before > > _blushes_ What’s going on? (My dialup connection is too slow.) ---
**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 27, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/94 "2005-03-27T17:15:17Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > What’s going on? (My dialup connection is too slow.) He has a phallic phrench phry erection, growing like a weed. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/95 "2005-03-29T18:56:01Z")
> [@Duke of Rat](#): > > He has a phallic phrench phry erection, growing like a weed. I wonder if he’s the person they get all the, uh, “ranch dressing” from? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/96 "2005-04-10T03:05:48Z")
For those who wish to see the ENTIRE unedited commercial…[😛](http://www.collegehumor.com/?movie_id=134025) ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2005, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/97 "2005-04-17T18:49:43Z")
I haven’t seen this commercial in a while. It looks like Burger King is relying more on its other “person dressed in a creepy king costume” ads these days. They all suck. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2005, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/98 "2005-04-18T01:21:22Z")
It doesn’t look at all like a french fry erection… the guy is turned toward us, so any erections would come towards us, not straight up behind him. I watched it at least 5 times, and gave up and read what I was supposed to find, and was disappointed. But look towards the upper-right corner right before that where the girl is playing with the red onion… is that a gnome or a girl, and what is it doing? ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2005, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/99 "2005-04-18T01:24:31Z")
> [@Dooku](#): > > OK, does the virtual bartender do ANYTHING other than act like she doesn’t understand your drink order? I’ve ordered every kind of drink I can think of, every type of wine, and every brand of beer, and she’s never heard of any of it. Breasts and strip are fun, if you’re into that gender. ---
**Author:** ![Ronnie\_Woo\_Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/34f0e0/32.png) [@Ronnie\_Woo\_Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronnie_Woo_Woo)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2005, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/100 "2005-04-18T20:53:01Z")
> [@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. Sorry dude. Its still Hootie. [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=4) [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=6)