# what the hell is that in the new ricola commercial?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that-in-the-new-ricola-commercial/223794
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [January 10, 2004, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that-in-the-new-ricola-commercial/223794 "2004-01-10T06:12:12Z")
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### Author: ![seaworthy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@seaworthy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seaworthy)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2004, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that-in-the-new-ricola-commercial/223794/1 "2004-01-10T06:12:12Z")

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ok so the new ricola commercials have a guy in leiderhosen with that horn thing, a cute blonde girl, and a guy wearing a fuzzy gray costume. What the hell is he supposed to be? I thought maybe he was supposed to be an Alp, but he doesn’t really look like a mountain. I’m confused and it’s really bothering me.