# 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:** 3\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![LordVor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90ced4/32.png) [@LordVor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LordVor)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2005, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/101 "2005-04-18T21:24:13Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > I don’t understand this. Was U2 falling on hard times when they did iPod commercials? No, but they were singing U2 songs and, emphatically, were not wearing purple cowboy shirts. Whereas Hootie was singing about a chicken sammich. -lv ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2005, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/102 "2005-04-18T22:56:44Z")
> [@Duke of Rat](#): > > BAH! My eyes! A chicken with garter belts?? > > I much prefer the [Virtual Bartender Tammy](http://www.virtualbartender.beer.com/) Hey, she’s been multiplying! (Read: there’s a sequel with two bartenders!) ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-that-hootie-i-just-saw-doing-a-burger-king-ad-while-wearing-a-cowboy-suit/291319/103 "2005-04-30T02:51:00Z")
While flipping through _SPIN_ Magazine, I was amused to see Rucker’s commercial in a list of less-than-amazing career makeovers. [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=5)