# Who in the heck is Saffron? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 3, 1999, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-the-heck-is-saffron/3173 "1999-09-03T11:44:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 1999, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-the-heck-is-saffron/3173/41 "1999-09-06T01:31:00Z")
I’m in love with that blonde in the commercial, you know “Saffron’s mad about me…” She’s got a look in those fuck me eyes that says she knows something I don’t. Mmmmm. Sorry, couldn’t resist sharing that. ---
**Author:** ![aseymayo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@aseymayo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aseymayo)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 1999, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-the-heck-is-saffron/3173/42 "1999-09-06T01:48:00Z")
“Donavon was sixteen at the time he recorded Mellow Yellow” Don’t think so - he was born in 1943 - that would make him 16 in 1959. “Mellow Yellow” came out in '67. Over-analyzing lyrics can take away some of the magic. How would Charlie Manson feel if he found out “Helter Skelter” was just a song about a ride in an amusement park? He’d feel pretty silly, I bet. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 1999, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-the-heck-is-saffron/3173/43 "1999-09-06T03:18:00Z")
Good one, **aseymayo**. I’ve always heard a lot of garbage “interpreted” from various songs. When they couldn’t come up with something from the actual lyrics, they came up with wacko theories about “backward masking” and such. I think middle-class white America was thinking “won’t get fooled again.” Remember when **Little Richard** and others got away with blatant lyrics because June and Ward Cleaver had no idea what he was saying?.. **Good golly Miss Molly, ya sho like to ball Good golly Miss Molly, ya sho like to ball When ya rockin and a-rollin, Ya can’t hear yo mama call!** ---
**Author:** ![omniscientnot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a5b964/32.png) [@omniscientnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omniscientnot)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 1999, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-the-heck-is-saffron/3173/44 "1999-09-06T13:12:00Z")
My twin and I are in agreement regarding the blond. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f08c70/32.png) [@pluto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pluto)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 1999, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-the-heck-is-saffron/3173/45 "1999-09-07T05:12:00Z")
My admittedly young recollection is that the “(Yellow)” part of “I Am Curious (Yellow)” was a sort of rating, and that the equivalent today would be “I Am Curious (NC-17)”, the implication being that they included the rating in the title just to show how hot the movie was. Now for the disclaimer – it was a long time ago and I was about thirteen when the movie came out, so any movie remotely connected with sex would stick in my mind but my grasp of the facts would be limited! ## BTW, my wife works for The GAP and she just hates this last series of commercials. We both really liked the “Khakis Swing” dancing ones. “non sunt multiplicanda entia praeter necessitatem” – William of Ockham ---
**Author:** ![RTA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@RTA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTA)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 1999, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-the-heck-is-saffron/3173/46 "1999-09-07T01:19:00Z")
I thought it meant “I am curious (but afraid)”. You know, “yella” i.e. “yer jest yella!” ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 1999, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-the-heck-is-saffron/3173/47 "1999-09-07T02:38:00Z")
Nickrz - next time I mention something my ex said, just slap me, OK? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 1999, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-the-heck-is-saffron/3173/48 "1999-09-13T04:06:00Z")
I saw it! I was watching american tv yesterday and I saw it! It was like a religious experience! (well, no actually. I thought it was a dumb commerical.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-the-heck-is-saffron/3173.md?page=2)