# Who Is The Third Person In The State Farm Coneheads Commercial ("In France") **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 12, 2015, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-third-person-in-the-state-farm-coneheads-commercial-in-france/730984 "2015-09-12T23:56:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-third-person-in-the-state-farm-coneheads-commercial-in-france/730984/21 "2015-09-13T15:40:14Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > There may or may not have been a book that made that claim, but I don’t believe it for one second. There was indeed a book that made the claim. It may have been the first one published about the show, as it dealt exclusively with the first set of cast members, through to their mass firing, which ended the book. Can’t recall the title now, and googling reveals lots of books have been written over the years, but it was published soon after 1980. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-third-person-in-the-state-farm-coneheads-commercial-in-france/730984/22 "2015-09-13T17:52:10Z")
> [@Hail\_Ants](#): > > Newman is shown snorting coke but Radner is the one shown binging & purging. Though Newman was certainly skinny enough. Yeah; the cast would go to a restaurant and Radner would eat all their desserts, but she never gained any weight. If anyone ever figured out why, nothing was apparently said. If Newman wasn’t bulemic, she certainly suffered from bouts of anorexia. At times, she was so weak she couldn’t get off the couch in her dressing room. I had that book. It was subtitled “A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live.” ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-third-person-in-the-state-farm-coneheads-commercial-in-france/730984/23 "2015-09-13T18:51:14Z")
Ms Newman has been doing a BOAT LOAD of voice work in the past several (or more) years. Check out her IMDb page, but bring a sandwich and a beer. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-third-person-in-the-state-farm-coneheads-commercial-in-france/730984/24 "2015-09-13T19:00:06Z")
The commercials are okay but the Prymatt and Connie look weird without their unibrow. ETA: Yeah, I recognized Laraine Newman right off the bat. Not sure why she has almost no dialogue but it was clearly her. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-third-person-in-the-state-farm-coneheads-commercial-in-france/730984/25 "2015-09-13T21:14:44Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > I went ahead and stepped in and moved this to Cafe Society (hope the GQ mods don’t mind). Y’all lucky I didn’t delete it and ban the OP, since we’re in a frenzy of spam stomping! Spam Stomp anything like the Bristol Stomp? 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-third-person-in-the-state-farm-coneheads-commercial-in-france/730984.md?page=1)