# Who's "Hungry Like the Wolf" for Old Spice?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-hungry-like-the-wolf-for-old-spice/403979>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 14, 2007, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-hungry-like-the-wolf-for-old-spice/403979 "2007-05-14T01:38:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-hungry-like-the-wolf-for-old-spice/403979/1 "2007-05-14T01:38:44Z")

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Title pretty much explains it all, really. A very bizarre commercial that I’ve seen two or three times watching the baseball game tonight.

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**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-hungry-like-the-wolf-for-old-spice/403979/2 "2007-05-14T02:15:15Z")

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[QUOTE=asterion]  
Title pretty much explains it all, really. A very bizarre commercial that I’ve seen two or three times watching the baseball game tonight.  
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I’m not Hungry like the Wolf–but I am having a bit of nostalgia for that smell.

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**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-hungry-like-the-wolf-for-old-spice/403979/3 "2007-05-14T02:18:28Z")

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I guess I should have mentioned that I’m trying to figure out who that is in the ad.

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**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-hungry-like-the-wolf-for-old-spice/403979/4 "2007-05-14T02:23:50Z")

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[QUOTE=asterion]  
I guess I should have mentioned that I’m trying to figure out who that is in the ad.  
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Still Bruce Campbell.

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-hungry-like-the-wolf-for-old-spice/403979/5 "2007-05-14T17:17:25Z")

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[A link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TgUkewQX1M) for those (like me) who had no idea what the OP was talking about…

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**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-hungry-like-the-wolf-for-old-spice/403979/6 "2007-05-14T17:29:40Z")

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Is the can supposed to look like a marital aid?