90s mascots were so random. Like why an owl with a graduation hat? He just graduated, so now he is wise, and can offer insight into lollipop licking? Was that his major?
the media has always held owls to impossibly high standards
They aren't what they seem
"Until the second half of the twentieth century, mortarboards were often worn by schoolteachers, and the hat remains an icon of the teaching profession." [source]
So they weren't saying that he just graduated, they were saying that he was learned (the tortoise even says, "he is the wisest of us all").
And owls being symbolic of wisdom is at least as old as as the Greek gods - Athena's symbolism included owls.
That's how it used to be. You asked questions to people who were believed to be wise, and then their answer was what the truth was. And most of the things we "knew" were just wrong.
Not that it's less complicated now...
You're focused on that? Why was the boy naked with only a tootsie pop, and talking to an owl?
One......
Twooo....
Thhhree.....
the world may never know
CRUNCH
Th-three.
Fucking cheating ass fucking owl
A-t-HOO
yes...
A-one, a two-hoo...!
[CRUNCH]
3
Ah-one, ah-two, ah-three, crunch. Ah-three licks.
They still play it today. It came out in 1970. That's 53 years iirc
Only 70s kids will get this
This commercial aired during the Superbowl in 2006, which was like... 5 years ago... right...?
Hmm, let's see here. Ah1, ah 2, ah 3...
3
1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
Eleven. Twelve!
I heard the song in my head.
I recognized this and I'm not old.... Am I?...
Buddy, I've been asking the same question for a while now, and as a far as the youth is concerned, we're ancient.
Idk about old, but lemmy does skew American enough for me to mot understand this.
squints through bifocals
Oh yes, the Tootsie Pop owl. Heh.
I would hope so, GenZ would have seen that commercial growing up. Edit: Actually isn't it still being aired?
I miss Saturday morning cartoons. Sure, looking back, a lot of those cartoons sucked, (quality is on average much higher these days) but it was more about the ritual and the expectation. Saturday morning TV was for me.
OH MY GOD I LOVE THE HARRY POTTER REFERENCE!!!!
just kidding
Mister Owl, how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?
I was a kid when I first saw that commercial, and it was already old by then.
1984 here, checking in.
That's a barred owl.
Fun fact: you can talk to them, and they'll talk back. Whether it's a good idea or not, I have no clue, but I've done it
I'm 37, but I have no clue what this is.
32, have seen the commercial thousands of times.
If only I was American, so I could understand this reference, said noone ever.
Ignorance is badass
I'm old but from Europe.. I kind of thought I'm the target group here. Then again, most of the people think there are only Americans here. Not that I'm mad, you get used to it. But posts like this leave you confused for some seconds..
It takes a lot fewer licks now than when this commercial came out (shrinkflation).
i'm literally a young adult and the commercial aired all the time when i was a kid, this isn't old at all
One boring summer day in the late 90s my brother and I both averaged around 400 licks to get to the center of a tootsie pop.
Stupid owl never answered the question smh my face
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