Was that Hootie I just saw doing a Burger King ad while wearing a cowboy suit?

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GrizzWife and I saw this commercial at the same time.

I kept snapping my fingers and point at the TV saying “Hey!.. That’s… um… Jeez what’s his name?..” <snap snap snap>

GrizzWife blankly says “Cowboy Curtis?”

Now, mind you, GrizzWife ain’t up to speed on a lot of pop culture.

Me- Where did YOU come up with Cowboy Curtis?
Her- I don’t know. Just the first thing I thought of.
Me- Do you know what show featured Cowboy Curtis?
Her- No.
Me- Do you know who PLAYED Cowboy Curtis?
Her- No. Is he still working in show business?
Me- :rolleyes: :smack:

The thing is… she’s sincere.

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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.

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Next they’ll be trying to tell us that “Blondie” is just the name of the band, and not also the nickname of Debbie Harry.

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So…Cowboy Curtis is Hootie?

Then who’s Darius? And the Blowfishburne?

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It’s stuff like that that will make this one of the most bizzare moments in advertising history. That, and “all your fantasies come true”- cut to guy in chicken suit. WTF?? Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders give me a shave?? Ain’t this about a sandwich?? Hell, just the breasts on trees and fine caboose is some pretty pointedly sexual content for a fast food commercial, I’m surprised they didn’t have a “Ranch Dressing Shot” close-up.

And I still think Ashley Simpson, doing her SNL lip-sync jig, would ahve been spot on for the Ranch Dressing Milkmaid Jig.

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We have a celebrity poster! Come out of hiding Hoot. . . I mean Darius!

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Why, then, did he not name his band “Darius and the Not-Blowfish”, or something. If’n ya name your band “Nickname and the Group of Things”-- well, people are going to think “Nickname” is your stage name or nickname and “the Group of Things” are your band. That is just the way that works. For him to pretend otherwise is just plain silly.

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“The Blowfish” is singular, not a group of things.

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Not necessarily.

I guess you aren’t Hoot. . I mean Darius. Darius would have known that.

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I heard they cut a demo as “Darius and the Tilapia” after having nixed the “Darius and the Orange Roughy”. Just what I heard.

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The chicken suit guy is the Subservient Chicken - 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.

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BAH! My eyes! A chicken with garter belts??

I much prefer the Virtual Bartender Tammy

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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.

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Ask her for “a wet one” or a “kiss” or “fight”. You can start to figure it out after that, I’ll leave the more racey ones up to you. Hint: She won’t get naked, bit try “strip” for fun.

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MUCH better. I’m not even thirsty anymore. :slight_smile:

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One fish,
Two fish,
Red fish,
Blowfish

Also, it bears mentioning that this sandwich is at least 565 calories, and that is without the bacon, cheddar or ranch dressing (they only list the regular Tendercrisp[sup]®[/sup] Chicken Sandwich). Based on the nutrition values of those ingredients from other sandwiches, it pushes the total close to 700 calories for one sandwich. It gives a whole new meaning to the word “Blowfish”.

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Why does that bear mentioning? One suspects that there were few people who believed it to be Health Food®.

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You would be surprised to learn that many people think the chicken sandwich is healthier than the burger?

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Bootie and the Ho Fish was already taken so they had to settle for second best. Pity, that.

I vaguely remember seeing this commercial the other day but paid it no mind. This thread’ll change that inexcusable inattention on my part. Can’t believe I missed Brooke.

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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…