Commercial Pitchman Draft II

Clip 00:00 102 take two. Ah the French champagne has always been celebrated for its excellence. This is a California champagne by Paul Masson, inspired by that same French excellence. It's fermented in the bottle and like the best French champagne, it's vintage dated. So Dave 00:33 This is the Extra Hot Ray Podcast, episode 622 for the week of July 6, 2026. I am my wife, my kids, my career, and my horse, David T. Cole, and I'm here with Charmin Squeezer, Sarah D. Bunting. Sarah 00:53 Kick rocks, Whipple. Dave 00:55 And peapad enthusiast, Tara Ariano Tara 00:57 I'm going right now Sarah 01:08 Welcome back to Extra Hot Great for another week. We are thrilled that you are here for the second iteration of our commercial pitch man draft, which I cannot believe that it was six years since we last did this, almost. Tara 01:22 Wow. Dave 01:22 Wait, what? I thought it was last year Tara 01:25 No, it was an Extra Hot Great ninety eight, Dave. Sarah 01:27 Well Dave 01:29 Wow, okay. Sarah 01:29 Yeah. Oh ninety-eight. So that was the tail end of 2020. I have asked the panelists to choose one spokesperson from each of the following categories. Fast food, regular slash other food, insurance, home, which is like decor cleaning, blah blah blah, away, which is travel, come to Lebanon, come stay with friends. Soft drinks, hard drinks, cars, and drugs slash drugstore. The other parameters are that we could only use real commercials, not parodies, or SNL.voice overwork was eligible I'm gonna keep track of everyone's lists, we're gonna put them up for a vote, and whoever wins can get a steel meal or just smugness. So I believe that we are prepared to proceed. PICCI needs to decide who's going first, but this being a draft, whoever starts goes last in the next round. I will keep track of all of that as we go along. Are we ready to pick a murderer's row of commercial pitchmen once again? Tara 02:36 Yes Sarah 02:37 Hit it, PICCI. Clip 02:40 We will start with Terra. Dave 02:41 Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Tara 02:46 That's right. Clip 02:47 We will start with Terra. Tara 02:50 Yay Dave 02:51 Just only because you're running this one, Sarah, no other reason. Sarah 02:57 Thank you. Thank you very much. Tara, get us started. Who is your fast food pitch man pick? Tara 03:02 I'm so glad I got to go first on this one because this is one where I really think I may have matched one or both of you, but it's gonna be Ving Rames for Arby's. We have the meats. Dave 03:14 Yeah. Sarah 03:14 Excellent choice Tara 03:15 Bless that man. Dave 03:16 Hmm. Tara 03:17 Bless his resonant voice. Bless him for making Arby's seem maybe palatable. I don't think I've ever eaten Arby's in my entire life, but I still have. Clip 03:26 We have the meat. Tara 03:28 Thank you. I have positive associations with it only based on his performances in that series of commercials. And I hope he's making serious bank because he deserves it. Sarah 03:38 He does. I will go next. I it's always time for this, frankly. Dave, clip one, please. Clip 03:46 Time to make the donuts. Dunkin' donuts are always fresh. I made the donuts. We make them at least twice every day. Time to make the donuts. Not a few kinds like supermarkets. The donuts. Time to make the donuts. But up to 52 varieties. The donuts. Time to make the donuts. I made the donuts. Duncan donuts. Up to 52 varieties fresh day and night. No sweet. Supermarket can say that's a Sarah 04:16 Aside from the sense that America's taste for a supermarket Donut versus just going to a local bakery was perhaps oversubscribed by this campaign. No other notes for Fred the Baker, who was played by Michael Vale for 16 years starting in 1981 In this particular time to make the donut spot, it's the one where he's coming and going so often that he runs into himself at his own front door. Apparently he's also wearing his apron and little paper hat at home. Okay, so maybe I do have a couple notes, but uh I mean, I don't know what Mrs. Dave 04:47 It's part of the role play. Sarah 04:52 Fred is into and I it's none of my business. Dave 04:53 Donut ads. Sarah 04:56 But that time to make the donuts entered the lexicon immediately and permanently and never left. Dave 05:01 I got a donut for ya, she says. Sarah 05:04 Mm-hmm. Dave 05:05 Mm-hmm. Sarah 05:05 Does she? Dave 05:06 Yeah. Sarah 05:06 What does that mean? Dave 05:08 Can't say. She doesn't have a dozen of them though. Sarah 05:12 Please don't, please don't. All right, Dave, who's your pick for fast food? Tara 05:16 Dave Dave 05:17 All right, here's my choice. Clip 05:19 Well hello Mr. D again. Our subject? Value express combos at the Racks Drive-Thru. These tasty delights are priced in low, even dollar amounts. So there's no change. That's just grand because Mr. D Mr. Delicious just had some rather delicate surgery. If there's no change, he doesn't have to squirm so much to put it back in his pocket, now does he? He just grabs his combo and drives ever so slowly over the speed bump. Tickety D. Dave 05:49 That's right. That's Mr. D, aka Mr. Delicious from the Rax food chain that basically went out of business because he introduced Mr. Tara 05:51 Mm-hmm Dave 05:56 D. The most disturbing mascot ever. They're talking about going through the drive-thru after his vasectomy operation. Tara 06:02 Mm-hmm Dave 06:03 So A lot of my picks aren't exactly I want to win this draft or I enjoy this thing that happened in the universe and I present it to you. Tara 06:09 Sure. Dave 06:12 So There were three of these ads on TV and a couple radio ads. I know we've talked about this before in the podcast, but there is a channel dedicated to those. You can uh go and YouTube and watch them all. I highly recommend it. There is one about possibly him visiting Thailand. That's all I'm gonna say. Tara 06:28 Oh, okay. Dave 06:28 Yeah. All right, let's do honorable mentions. Tara 06:32 All right. One for fast food for me is the Burger King King. I know that was not everyone's favorite, but I thought it was pretty funny. Sarah 06:38 He was my backup. I feel so bad for this dude. What's he supposed to do now? Tara 06:43 Yeah, well and especially since now the Burger King commercials are doing the dominoes things where like you've been online saying our food tastes like shit. Well try it again, we change some stuff. stuff. And one of the reasons they say that people turned on Burger King was that character. I'm like, I don't think that was it. I think it's because your burgers taste burnt. Dave 07:02 I think that campaign would be much better accepted now, h today in high meme culture. Tara 07:05 Yeah. Sure. It was I mean, it's from the two thousands, it's from meme times Dave 07:10 Yeah. Uh yeah, but not like now where there's a whole generation that cannot communicate in the other way, but besides a meme. Tara 07:17 It's true. Dave 07:17 Do you remember and I hope I'm not stepping on any toes in the future picks, but do you remember the Puttermans, the Duracell commercials with the family that were all like plastic masks and they're basically action figures, but like super uncanny valley territory? Tara 07:23 Yes, yes, yes, uh huh, yeah, uh-huh Sarah 07:27 Mm-hmm. Dave 07:32 They're very similar. Sarah 07:32 Mm-hmm. Dave 07:33 I think Burger King might have been part of the Puttermans and then ascended to the throne through some sort of fast food King Ralph situation. Tara 07:40 Right. I also wanted to shout out Grimace for McDonald's, uh just the idea of having like a a dopey purple lump. Sarah 07:44 Oh, sure. Tara 07:49 For really no reason. Dave 07:51 And originally the villain. Sarah 07:52 Powered the Mets to a division championship two years ago and we we love him for it. Tara 07:57 Mm-hmm. It would be the sexy hamburger that they tried for a hot second in the teens, but I'm pretty sure they got rid of him before he got near a video camera. Dave 08:01 That was good. Sarah 08:02 Oh Dave 08:02 Yeah. Sarah 08:07 Yeah, he's also ineligible 'cause he was mentioned last time, but yeah. Tara 08:11 Very good. Sarah 08:12 Alright, next round is regular slash other foods. I am the first picker this time. Credit to this spot for making raisin bread look almost appealing. Clip two Clip 08:25 Remember making toast in a gizmo like this? Maybe you remember grandma toasting homemade raisin bread load of brick clump raisins. Swirled with cinnamon. That sweet aroma wafting through the kitchen. Hepfridge farm remembers. They're making raisin bread like grandma made. No artificial preservatives. A treat for breakfast, coffee breaks, or midnight munchies. Try Pepperage Farm Raisin Bread. You see, Pepperge Farm remembers Sarah 08:56 I mean, this commercial series covered all of Peppridge Farm's baked products, including breads, featured a New England farmer played by Pepper. Parker Fennelly, along with occasional appearances by toast stealing grandchildren or a fat tuxedo cat, and leaned hard on the concept of farm to A and P simplicity Family Guy's fifth season parody of the spots gave it life for another generation. Gen X mostly made fun of these, but Lord knows we remember them, so I don't know why he has to be from New England, but New England farmer for Pepperge Farm. Dave 09:30 Yeah. I kind of realized late in the game that this is not really a pitch man, so I'm gonna take the L on this one, but I'm gonna play the clip anyways. This is like half a pitch man. Clip 09:41 You tried these new berries and cream starburst? Pardon me. What kind of Starburst did you just say? Berries Berries. Berries and what else? And cream. Oh berries and cream. Berries and cream. I'm a little lad who loves berries and cream. Berries and cream, berries and cream. I'm a little Berries and cream Tara 10:08 How is he not a pitch man? He's f he is eligible. Sarah 10:10 That's a pitch, man. Dave 10:11 Okay, he seemed more like he was part of the universe, part of the scene that's happening, more so than selling the product. He's discovering it. Tara 10:18 No Dave 10:18 That's why I was sort of like, is he really pitching it or is he just like adding to the marketing value of this scenario? Sarah 10:24 Alright, but what do I call him? Berries and Cream Lunatic? Tara 10:28 Yeah. Sarah 10:28 I'm comfortable with this being a spokesperson. Dave 10:30 Yeah, he's the he's the lad. Tara 10:30 Yeah. Dave 10:32 He's the berries and cream lad. Tara 10:32 Yes. He's a little lad. Dave 10:34 But you have to watch it for his dance as well. Sarah 10:34 Okay. Tara 10:36 It is good. Dave 10:36 Yeah, and he is quite the dandy. He's dressed up like a, I don't know, Shakespearean-era dandy, I'm gonna say. Tara 10:41 Mm-hmm. I think that's a Tim and Eric spot. I know they directed a bunch wrote and directed a bunch, and I believe that's one of theirs. Dave 10:48 Totally tracks. Tara 10:49 Yep. Dave 10:49 Yeah. Alright, well if you're accepting that as a pitch man, I'm happy to throw that in. Tara 10:53 Mm-hmm. Dave 10:54 Try. Tara 10:54 Oldie Buda Goody definitely was a meme for years afterwards before we were even calling things that. JB Lee Curtis for Activa, the yogurt that makes you poop. Dave 11:03 Right. Sarah 11:04 Oh, sure. Dave 11:07 Yep. Tara 11:08 Really, I think defined her brand as the weirdo celebrity who will just do stuff and doesn't give a Fuck. And I believed every time I saw one of those commercials, she believed in that product. Dave 11:19 Yes. Sarah 11:19 Yeah Dave 11:20 And what a great thing to have as an actor that people accept you for selling out. Tara 11:24 Yeah. Dave 11:24 That you now have a blank check to do whatever to make you a little extra cash on the side. Tara 11:29 Sure. Mm-hmm. Dave 11:30 It is sort of what everybody in the 80s and 90s wished they could do and had to sneak off to Japan to do. Tara 11:38 Yep. Sarah 11:40 Activ. Tara 11:41 Today anything goes Like Jamie Lee Curtis after she's had some activity uh. Sarah 11:43 Mm-hmm. Tara 11:46 Hey, thank you, thank you. Sarah 11:46 Oh boom shh Well played I do also I just have one Frank Perdue is back. Tara 11:51 I have runners up Sarah 11:56 It did take a tough man to make a tender chicken, or so I was told. He always seemed pretty authoritative, but also welcoming and friendly and seemed to really care about his poultry. So that was mine. That was my backup. Tara 12:07 Mm-hmm. My backups were Donald Sutherland for Simply Orange Orange Juice. Only a voiceover, but he, you know, did it in his classic style, really made you crave the drink, and of course, for MM's themselves. Sarah 12:18 Mm-hmm Sure. All right. Now it's time for insurance. This might be a hotly contested slash big overlap section. I uh we'll see. I guess. Dave, start us off. Insurance pitch man or woman. Dave 12:35 Alright, I don't have a clip for this one, and it's not the greatest insurance, but I always just was sort of puzzled by their choice to put Snoopy in Met Life ads to sell insurance. Sarah 12:44 Oh yeah. Dave 12:44 Like Where are the kids that need coverage for, I don't know, playground injuries? Like what's going on here? Tara 12:49 Mm-hmm. Dave 12:50 And I realize it's a nostalgia play, but we're not that far off the peak penis period here. Like this is 80s ads is when they started and they ran for a long time. Sarah 12:59 Mm-hmm Tara 13:01 Yeah Dave 13:01 I mean it must have worked because it was their campaign for almost two decades or maybe even more than two decades, but I was just always confounded by it. I just don't get it. Tara 13:10 Yeah. Speaking of hotly contested, I can't believe he's available, and I can't believe he didn't come up when we did this before, but it's gonna be mayhem. Sorry. I gotta go with good old Dean Winters Sarah 13:19 Oh, okay Tara 13:21 He was I mean, speaking of long-running campaigns at this one, it's gotta be at least ten years. I feel like he was doing these ads when 30 Rock was still on. Sarah 13:29 Mm-hmm Tara 13:30 Bless him. He's very funny and uh very memorable. Sarah 13:34 Mine is uh a classic, and I can't believe I didn't pick him the last time, but I didn't, and I'm glad nobody else picked him now. Clip three Clip 13:50 50 oh my haw said high cool win there nice Losing feeling in my toes. Nothing beats that new car smell. Chicken barn, you taste so good. Nationwide is on your side. Victor, you will be mine Sarah 14:15 I can't believe this only premiered in twenty fifteen It feels like it's always been with us. Tara 14:20 Mm-hmm. Sarah 14:20 Like it's never been possible to eat a parm of any kind without singing to it first. Tara 14:26 True. Yep Sarah 14:27 The evolution of this campaign kind of undercut um my love for it. Like I don't need to see him writing songs with Brad Paisley But this spot is iconic. Manning the elder is a perfect everyman slip spokesperson for this jingle, which is called Jingle, and that is my pick. Tara 14:44 That's great. Dave 14:44 Get it. Tara 14:46 My runner-up is from the eSharence ad where one old lady is showing another her vacation picks by putting them up on her wall. This is w when Facebook was still a novelty and Mary Louise Burke, her friend from the movie Series 7, Weirdly Hard to Find, is telling her That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works. It's the not that's not how any of this works, lady, is my runner up. Sarah 15:12 Love it. My aunt for insurance was the Liberty Bibberty actor that Spot has been evolving, I guess. I was afraid somebody else was gonna pick Peyton Manning, so I sort of fleshed this out a little more. I have to give credit to Liberty Mutual. I've bitched on this very podcast about their old set of ads and how like smug and annoying they were, but when they started these new ones with like people getting attacked by seagulls, I mean, I don't know, I'm not a good person, but I still laugh at that. And this actor's MRIT dude, his name is Tanner Novlin. He's plays Dr. Finn Finnegan on the bold and the beautiful apparently, so that gives it another layer. Tara 15:50 Sure. Sarah 15:53 to me and his rendition of Line and the off-screen director's just utter despair by like the third spot in the series It's it's gold, Jerry's. I I think he's great, so credit to them, but I had to go with my man Peyton. And that is it for me on Alts. I think we're back to Tara for home, which can mean Kind of a lot. Decor, cleaning, ring cam. I don't know which direction you went, so Tara, whatcha? Tara 16:21 Mm-hmm. It's gonna be the hot ass Of Mr. Mariska Hargitay, Peter Herman, in a series of ads for Purcill Laundry Detergent. I mean, I know he's not a household name. Like he's but he's famous to people who have watched SVU because he plays a defense attorney and has been in like dozens and dozens, if not possibly hundreds at this point of episodes. Sarah 16:44 Mm-hmm Tara 16:47 But he's just like playing a guy cleaning stuff with Marcilla, and he's very dry but very handsome. Didn't make me switch brands, but I do remember the ads. So Peter Herman for Purcell. Sarah. Sarah 17:00 Uh well played. I went with the scrubbing bubbles of Dow Bathroom Cleaner. They did make it look super cinchy to just clean the bathroom by spraying something, leaving the room, and doing Fuck all else That might have been thanks to Kid Forward Animation. Little trivia, the lead bubble, used to be voiced by Paul Winchell, who also voiced Tigger, but they come as a group. That's their power. Scrubbing Bubbles of Dow Bathroom Cleaner. Dave 17:27 He got his when Khan stuck that thing in his ear. Alright, here's mine. Clip 17:32 Hi, I'm Eric Roberts. Every day I wake up And I count my blessings for four things. My wife, my kids, my career, and my horse. And now I add American Center Walking Tubbs to that list. It's that awesome. My physical independence means everything. With an American Standard Walk-in tub, I know that I can keep that independence as long as possible. If you suffer from soreness or even mobility issues, I suggest you get yourself an American Standard Walk-in tub. Dave 18:09 So let's contrast Eric Roberts with Jamie Lee Curtis. Nobody wants to see Eric Roberts trying to sell you something where you're naked. Tara 18:16 No, uh uh Creepo Dave 18:17 Absolutely not. Oh boy. Sarah 18:19 Oh boy, no oof Dave 18:20 Yeah. Pitchman for a two o'clock in the morning on Basic Cable Ad. That was for American Standard Walk-in Tubs. And that was maybe my favorite discovery of this process for this episode. Tara 18:34 Wow Dave 18:35 Yikers! All right, let me go into my runners up, my honorable mentions. The first one comes from Lev Schreiber for Mattress Firm, and let's listen to a little bit of that. Clip 18:48 We've got a problem, America. Junk sleep. It's what you get from a bed that isn't right for you. Keep calling. Kevin Keith, junk sleep. Left your laptop on the bus? Junk sleep. Dave 19:06 And the whole thing shot very surreally. There's a bed on the back of a pickup truck. Sarah 19:09 Yeah. Dave 19:10 going down a sort of Matthew McConaughey talking about his Lincoln scene. Sarah 19:15 Oh my God, with the lizard, sure. Tara 19:15 Ajá, Dave 19:16 There is a wolf in the middle of the street. the when he says you left your laptop on the bus, it's actually on the roof of the bus, like just very sort of lucid dreaming kind of scenarios. And there's a few of them, and they're actually made really well in service of a mob front company, let's be honest. Little mattress. Things are in bob fronts, but really reminded me of this. Clip 19:37 This country's taken some hits lately. But when we get hit and are down, we don't stay down. We get up and we hit hit back with our fists or our nunchucks. And then when we're done hitting and we're tired, because nunchucking can wear a guy out, we sit down on a couch. An American couch. A couch town. Couch Damn Dave 20:06 With uh recent tiny canon celebrity Stacy Keats. Tara 20:11 Indeed Dave 20:11 Yep. Sarah 20:11 Oh, fantastic. Tara, you have alts for this one? Tara 20:15 I do. I know we've talked about the commercial before, but again, I was surprised she wasn't on the list from when we did this last time. It's the start the car lady for IKEA when she sees looks at her receipt. Dave 20:25 Oh my God. Sarah 20:25 Mm-hmm Dave 20:26 Yeah Tara 20:26 Realizes how cheap everything is and is like screaming, start the car, because she thinks she's gonna get stopped on her way out of the store. Dave 20:34 I don't think that's an American commercial. Tara 20:35 May not be. Dave 20:36 No Tara 20:37 And I'm also gonna go with Scrooge for Canadian Tire. Dave 20:40 Oh my God, screwed, little fucker. Tara 20:42 Uh This was a series of ads. Sarah 20:43 Wow Tara 20:44 They started at Christmas and then Dave, correct me if I'm wrong. Like Scrooge was just in the ads for the rest of the year because he was just I don't know. Dave 20:49 Really? Tara 20:51 I'm I'm I can't remember. Sarah 20:51 You're like, guys, it's May. Dave 20:51 I don't remember that. Tara 20:53 'Cause it was like Santa and Scrooge and the you know, the premise being Scrooge is gonna tell you to shop a Canadian tire because everything is cheaper. Sarah 20:53 Oh Tara 21:01 But the only reason it's Scrooge is because Sandy McTire, the mascot for Canadian Tire, for whom we named our dog, Sandy McTire, uh, was not in TV ads, as I recall. Dave 21:10 No. Tara 21:10 Just on the just on the Canadian Tire money. Dave 21:12 Even then they're like, I don't know, maybe we shouldn't put the thrifty Scotsman up on the big screen. Tara 21:16 Well, sure. Dave 21:18 We'll just keep him on the money. Tara 21:21 Sarah Sarah 21:21 My alts were, of course, Mr. Whipple for Charmin. Dave 21:25 Sure Sarah 21:25 Not that anyone liked him, but people remember him. Tara 21:28 Mm-hmm. Sarah 21:28 so called epidemic of people squeezing toilet paper in the supermarket. Again, not really a thing until the ads told us it was. And of course, Morris the Cat, whose Wikipedia entry is like longer than some soap operas. It's really It's really wild. Those ads were annoying, but they were iconic. Dave 21:46 Late entry, Gordon Jump as the Maytag repairman number two. Tara 21:50 Sure. Dave 21:51 Yeah. Sarah 21:51 Mm-hmm. Ooh, good choice. All right, our next round is away in contrast to home. That can mean a lot of things. It could mean like Come visit wild wonderful West Virginia. It could be travel, airlines, so on and so forth. I'm glad I get to pick first this round because God forbid anyone step on my garden state shit. Dave, clip four please. Clip 22:15 Wherever I go, people ask me what a New Jersey vacation is like. Well it's long white beaches, surf fishing, all sorts of entertainment, amusements in the sun. Tara 22:19 Cloud Clip 22:29 It's America's heritage. Canoeing and camping in the mountains. In fact, it's so many different things that we think of it as a vacation in America the beautiful. Only small. New Jersey and you. Perfect together. Tara 22:43 Wowie that accent. Sarah 22:43 If the state's so small, Tom Caine Sr. Dave 22:44 Did you Sarah 22:47 , why can't anybody seem to locate your fucking kid? Oh my god. I had completely forgotten that there were other famosos in this series of spots. There was one with Bill Cosby, but they also got Brooke Shields to do one while she was at Princeton. But Part of the reason it's so iconic, at least to a native Jersey in, is that Kane Sr. sounds like the Peppridge Farm guy? Tara 23:11 Yeah, he does. Sarah 23:12 Why do you hear if that accent And wherever you go, people are really asking you about Jersey travel. I don't really feel that's true, but um this is like a top hundred all time. Tagline certainly, I'm not sure it worked, but that's my pick, regardless. Dave, what do you have for away? Dave 23:30 All right I think self-aware William Shatner is about 5% as fun as non-self-aware William Shatner. However I'm gonna put in a pitch for him in the priceline ads, not for the priceline ads, not for his performance in the priceline ads. But for the weird lore heavy transition they did when they decided to phase out William Shatner and bring in Kaylee Cuco. Tara 23:58 Uh-huh Dave 23:59 as the new millennial favorite spokesperson. And they did this like long series of ads where there's this slow transition where she takes over, including an ad where As a child, he dumps her off at an Asian monastery to learn the value of saving a dollar or whatever it is for twenty years and then she he just comes back. Tara 24:16 Oh yeah. Uh huh. Sarah 24:19 Oh my god, I forgot about that. Holy shit Dave 24:23 Also, those transitional ads featured him throwing her boyfriend out of a high-rise hotel window So there's lots of weird shit happening. There's some really great edits of that particular one, 'cause in the original one he falls down into like an infinity pool at the bottom, but in the edits, I don't know where they got it from, but there's footage of him just splatting and blood going everywhere. Just like the thought process, the planning that went into that, I was impressed by, not necessarily the content of the commercials, but I did appreciate that if you're gonna change it up It's sort of like when a TV show gets the chance to say goodbye with a movie after being canceled. It's sort of like that. Tara 24:59 Mm-hmm. Dave 25:00 I appreciate it. Tara 25:02 Well, this is another one where it's like this is not a pick of something I like. It's Something that I think was effective, and that's gonna be Kathy Lee Gifford for Carnival Cruise Lines starting in the mid-80s singing if they could see me now gambling all over a ship here and there. Those ads were super earwormy. People were still making fun of them like in South Park Times, which was over a decade later, like this they had an impact. And you know, Kathy Lee Gifford might not be for any of us on this panel, but for people who want to take carnival cruise lines She's fucking it. Dave 25:37 Yeah. Yep. Tara 25:39 So credit to them for tapping her for girl that. Sarah 25:43 Wow. I have a couple of alts, Penelope Cruise for Emirates Airlines. In the main, no thanks. Unless I get to sit next to her. She seems very soothing. Tara 25:54 Mm-hmm. I had Jennifer Aniston also for Emirates for the same reason. Sarah 25:58 Huh. Tara 25:59 I have flown Emirates Bragg uh when I went to my visit my parents in Karachi when they lived there and I, you know, bought my ticket and they had a million points on there, so they upgraded me to business class and it's if Sarah 25:59 Okay. That's right. Tara 26:12 If that's business and there's another level above that, I cannot imagine what it's like to fly first in Emirates, because business was pretty nice. But anyway, yeah, it better be. Sarah 26:21 Yeah Yeah, you're actually flying the plane. Tara 26:24 Yep. Sarah 26:25 Uh all right, I believe we're starting with Dave for our next round, which is soft drinks. So anything that's not boozy, let's see what you got, Dave. Clip 26:36 Try some new Minute-made orange tangerine. It's got calcium. Then I'm not drinking it. Oh no, it's sweet. You like it. I don't believe you. Well then who would you believe? I don't know, Robert Logia. Whoa, Robert Logia. Billy, your mother's right. Minute-made orange tangerine tastes great, and it's got as much calcium as milk. If you say so, Mr. Logia. Yeah. This is great! Enjoy your breakfast. New minute-made lunch time during the house. Yeah. Dave 27:06 Thank you, Mr. Loja Sarah 27:09 I can't believe that existed. I don't know. Tara 27:11 So weird. Sarah 27:12 Robert Logia said no kid ever Tara 27:14 Mm-hmm. Dave 27:15 Yep, this is exactly the kind of advertising that would have worked on me. Yeah, just nonsensical shit happening. Sarah 27:20 Oh my God. Dave 27:22 Uh I'm here for it. Yeah. Don't try to sell me on the benefits of your product, just throw at somebody weird. Done! Tara 27:28 Yeah, I guess uh orange juice is a soft I mean I d if when you see when I see soft drinks, I j I was just thinking pop. Sarah 27:29 Uh-huh. Dave 27:34 Well, I was thinking not hard. Tara 27:34 So Dave 27:36 That's all I was thinking. Tara 27:37 Sure, no, you're right. Dave 27:38 Yeah. Tara 27:38 It orange is a soft drink, but that's why I had Donald Sutherland up in food slash regular instead of soft drinks, but yes, good pick. Sarah 27:44 Mm-hmm. Tara 27:45 I'm gonna go with Justin Guarini playing Lil Sweet for Diet Dr. Peppers, just a little guy with a lot of hair running around. Sarah 27:51 Yes. Tara 27:55 It's the sweet one singing very high falsetto. series of ads that went on for a while and he again you love a you love a star who knows their place in the firmament of fame and he did and he threw himself s into these. There was no wink. They were just like Cute and funny and memorable, so love that guy. Sarah Sarah 28:15 Oh my god, best. I am shocked that no one took this off the board, but uh I'll do it now. This ad is a little longer than I remembered, so I cut it down, but where we come in, an archivist Surrounded by Alexander Hamiltoniana, has just peanut buttered his bread very generously and stuffed half the sandwich in his mouth at once when clip five Clip 28:38 And now let's make that random call with today's $10,000 question. It's a tough one. Who shot Alexander Hamilton in that famous duel? Alright, let's go to the phones and see who's out there. Hello for ten thousand dollars, who should Hello? Excuse me I'm afraid your time is almost up I'm sorry, maybe next time. Got milk Sarah 29:21 It's the last plaintiff ever makes it a legend. Tara 29:25 mm Sarah 29:26 Horror movie Hey It's That Guy Sean Whalen directed by Michael Bay, the archivist for milk legend. Tara 29:33 Amazing. My runners up, Michael J. Fox for Diet Pepsi. He made so many of those ads in the eighties and early nineties and was just his charming self and all of them brought a very funny energy, really committed to the performance always. And also for Pepsi, even though I am a Coke guy, it's gonna be the Coke guy who sneaks a Pepsi in the 1996 ad. He's caught on like surveillance camera in a convenience store dil he's delivering coke, but then they s show him sneaking a Pepsi. Dave 30:06 Isn't that Chris Farley's brother? Tara 30:08 No, it's some other guy. Dave 30:09 Oh really? Tara 30:10 Yeah, it's not him. Dave 30:10 Isn't there ones with Chris Farley's brother? Tara 30:12 Maybe, but this this one is a different hey, it's that guy. So yeah. Dave 30:16 Mine is from Folgers. Clip 30:18 Well, I'm afraid we'll have to call the garage, Mrs. Olson. Oh, thank you so much. I I hate to be such a bother. No bother at all Well, while we're all waiting, I'll make some coffee. Don't you think she's got enough trouble? Oh, I wish I could make coffee he likes. I find you have to start with the right coffee. So I always use Folgers. All coffee's the same, Mrs. Olson. Oh no, no. Different coffees taste different. And I think Folgers taste best. Why is Folgers so different? It's especially blended. Joe ought to like this. Hmm, what's Mountain Grown? Mountain Grown's the richest coffee there is. Try some. Hey, I can't smell coming from your coffee pot. Uh-huh. Sarah 31:01 Wow. Clip 31:03 That's good coffee. There's one more problem. We're gonna have to get a bigger pot. Get Folgers Mountain Grown Coffee. You'll like the flavor. Dave 31:17 Alright, husband, giant asshole. I think we can all agree. Tara 31:21 Yes. Sarah 31:21 Yeah Dave 31:21 But here is the part that makes it okay for all of us to listen to. Can you identify who that actor is? Here's a little more of his voice. Clip 31:29 That's good coffee. There's one more problem. We're gonna have to get a bigger pot. Dave 31:38 Alright, you don't like him. He's from a TV show that was covered on television without pity. Tara 31:43 Hello Dave 31:44 Any ideas here? Play to father. That's Mr. Stephen Collins as the asshole husband. Tara 31:50 What oh no. Sarah 31:50 Oh Rev Cam Dave 31:53 Yeah. Tara 31:53 Oh dear Dave 31:54 Yeah. Mrs. Olson was in ten thousand folders commercials from the seventies through the eighties. Tara 32:00 Yeah. Sarah 32:00 Yeah, she was basically like a coffee marriage counselor. Dave 32:01 Yeah. Tara 32:04 Did did they end up fucking in any of them? Dave 32:06 Oh yeah. Tara 32:07 Hmm. Sarah 32:09 I also had a coffee as a backup and fucking was implied. R. I. P. Anthony Stewart head and that lady for Taser's Choice. Tara 32:14 Uh mm-hmm. Sarah 32:18 The spot I thought about clipping before I was like, oh no, I have to do gut milk. She's like, Would you like to come in for coffee? And it's like, For coffee? Lady, it's Giles. Tara 32:28 Yeah. Sarah 32:29 What are you doing? And I also had Donald Sutherland just being extremely invested in and gleeful about oranges. Uh, and I had him here. Time to uh time to upgrade the proof with hard drinks. That's booze. We're back to Tara for the first pick here. Tara 32:48 Well, long before Mr. Belvedere was a thing, long before I knew anyone who had anything to do with baseball, I knew who Bob Euchre was from his ads for Miller Light, Tastes Great, Less Filling. Sarah 32:59 Yes. Tara 33:02 He did so many of them. I certainly never realized he had f not ever like he wasn't originally an actor because he's got a lot of personality. And made those that campaign is one of the, you know, millions of actors who went through it because they did that for years. But he's the one that I r associate with them the most. Sarah 33:21 I have a friend who works for the Brewers, their away team. I get all the Brewerziana, so I have like f Four Bob Euchre bobbleheads, I have a Bob Euchre Magic 8 Ball, I have an umbrella. I regret nothing. Just a bit outside. That pick is a huge winner for this round, I think. I went with Colin Joast and the Father Son Oranges for Blue Moon. I don't know if this totally translates to the, you know, famously visual medium of podcasting, but he gets served a blue moon, it comes with an orange slice, here's what happens, clip six. Tara 33:47 Okay. Clip 33:58 Wow, that is a delicious looking orange slice. Thank you. That's actually my son's slice. Proud of you, son. Thanks, Dad. I'm sorry. This is a slice of your son? Look, it's an honor to be chosen for a blue moon. Well, if it's an honor. Yeah. No Just kidding. That was a really good one. The larger one is the dad Sarah 34:23 Like he bites into the orange slice, they shriek, and then the bartender comes back over and uh is like cut to the oranges. They're no longer sentient. And um she's like, uh and his guileless grin as he quote explains, the larger one is the dad. I have s this ad airs at least once during every live sporting event and has for a year and a half. We will laugh at it Every time, including when we're like down the street at the local, like playing cards with our friend Rich and it comes on on mute, I will still laugh at it. I'm like, the larger one is the dad. Hat tip to the agency that actually made me like Colin Jost for 30 seconds in a row. Bucking A. Dave. Dave 35:08 We were talking earlier about celebrities that sneaked off to Japan to shoot a bunch of high profile commercials back in the day where you couldn't be a movie star and sell stuff domestically without hurting your reputation. Tara said that's no longer the case, and she is correct. This one starring Harrison Ford, who was one of those guys. Clip 35:29 Hey, Darren. Can you hear me? It's Harrison. I'm going to Scotland. Okay. How come? I was meditating. You meditate? There's a lot about me you don't know So I saw it. A castle. I lived in a castle. And there was this warm fire and a cozy chair. And it was nice So that's it. I'm going to Scotland. But I'm not doing all that uh action man sh that they want. But I will sit by the fire and drink. Amazing smooth Glenn Morangy, single mold whiskey, relaxed, happy, great The real me. Mm-hmm. What is the real you? A ray of sunshine. Harrison. The real you's grumpy. I'm not grumpy. Make some calls. Give me a castle. Tara 36:34 That's pretty funny. Sarah 36:35 I never heard that one and that's really wonderful. Dave 36:38 Yeah. So Harrison Ford, he's back doing ads for whiskey. Sarah 36:39 Oh my god. Tara 36:42 Nice. Sarah 36:43 I love it. Tara, any alts for booze? Tara 36:45 Of course. Uh another one we recently talked about in an extra credit when we looked at a bunch of his old commercials. Chris Meloni and his dog for Stroze Light. Sarah 36:54 Oh yeah. Tara 36:56 And of course, Bartles and James for Bartles and James. Sarah 36:58 Yes, that was my alt too. Tara 37:00 Nice. Sarah 37:01 Thank you for your support. Tara 37:03 Mm-hmm. Sarah 37:05 Alright, um probably a bad call to go straight from drinking two cars, but it is what it is. We open In this spot, on a man passed out in his barka lounger, and his Australian shepherd shoves him out the front door and into local traffic, he's still sleeping, the things on wheels. And uh cue the Vince Garaldi trio accompanying their death-defying journey, clip seven. Clip 37:45 Dogs the cups. Sarah 37:49 They get to the local Nissan dealership, the human wakes up, buys a Nissan Frontier, and drives himself and his hound home, I guess. On the way, he passes over a manhole, and afterwards, who pops out, but a little Japanese man in his Jack Russell Terrier to say, Dogs love trucks. There's something about the delivery of that that has lodged in my brain for years. This is Dale Ishiboto, who is a journeyman actor who was in that Twilight Zone episode, A Quality of Mercy with Nimoy. Tara 38:20 Mm-hmm. Sarah 38:20 That we watched for reasons. On a previous episode, it really has just stuck with me all these years. The randomness of this little man and even littler dog burbling in the foreground of ads for truck models that were supposed to be marketed in this new iteration of them as like bigger and tougher and Ford F four fifty or than previous Nissan models. Dogs do love trucks It's true. And when I'm talking about what dogs love, I have to deliver it in that fashion. Tara 38:50 Mm-hmm. Sarah 38:51 Always suck with me. Dave! Dave 38:52 Has anybody had a pick, their first pick being picked before yet? Okay. I'm a little worried this one was one of them, and so I'm glad I'm going before Tara. Maybe not, but we'll see. But as soon as I heard Car Spokesman, it had to be this. Clip 39:06 I know my own needs, and what I need from an automobile I know I get from this new Cordova. I could ask for nothing beyond the quality of Cordova's workmanship, the tastefulness. of its appearance. I request nothing beyond the thickly cushioned luxury of seats available even in soft Corinthian leather. Yet it is on the highway where Cordoba best answers my demands. I have much more in this small Chrysler than Great comfort at a most pleasant price. I have great confidence, for which there can be no price. In Cordova, I have what I need. Dave 40:03 Ricardo Montebond for Chrysler Cordoba. Tara 40:06 I'll say. Dave 40:07 He refers to it and it is at the end. Title card thing there, the small Chrysler. It is the size of three cars today. It is so big. Sarah 40:16 Of course, of course it is. Dave 40:17 I don't know what the extra large Chrysler is happening here. Is it the size of a yacht? I don't know, but this car is fucking huge. Tara 40:24 Yeah. Dave 40:25 And it's the small Chrysler. But I don't know. You just can't beat that Ricardo Monteban very serious line delivery. Just fantastic. And of course, you know, rich Corinthian leather, a punchline for years and years. Tara 40:37 Totally. Dave 40:38 Yeah. Tara 40:39 I wavered on this one because you know, this is not exactly a pitchman in that the character that I'm referring to cannot talk. But if Budweiser, Clydesdales, and Coca-Cola polar bears were eligible the first time, I feel like The funny sheep from the 2022 Volkswagen Tiguan ad is eligible as well. Put the link in the show notes. There's nothing to really clip because it's just Set to make your own kind of music, but this is the ad where a couple of guys are out for a drive, they stop at like a rest area next to a a sheep sheep grazing in a meadow. And one of the sheep looks at their car and is drawn to it and like hops in and they've driven on to like their next stop before they realize the sheep got in the back of the car and then the rest of the commercial is just These two guys treating their sheep like a dog, like taking it for walks, giving it a bath. Like it's so cute. This sheep has a ton of personality, and I love him or her. Sarah 41:35 Oh. I forgot about that one. I don't have alts for this round, so Tara, do you wanna tell us any of your backups before we move on to the last round opicin? Tara 41:45 I almost went with a full Volkswagen slate because I had Tony Hale for Volkswagen in the Mr. Roboto spot that we talked about also very recently. Sarah 41:54 Mm-hmm Tara 41:55 And then the two guys in the duh duh duh commercial where they get a car uh s a chair from the side of the road. Sarah 42:00 Oh yeah. Tara 42:01 But I also had Joe Asuzu, obviously for a Suzuhu, another long running one that was pretty funny, and of course our friend John Hamm for our not friend car, Mercedes. Sarah 42:13 Mm-hmm. Alright, we're almost at the end, folks. Dave, you lead us off for drugs and drugstore products. Dave 42:20 All right. I think Sarah, you'll enjoy this one. Clip 42:23 Hey, you get a tough case of athletes put. The itching, the cracking, the burning. You want a medicine that acts tough. Boom! Tough actinactin. Clinically proven Tinactin cures even tough cases of athlete's foot fungus. Get to actin tinectin Dave 42:38 There is a time where there were at least three major brands competing for your mind for Ashley's foot spray in the eighties, and this one is Tough Actin, Ten Actin with their spokesperson John Madden. Sarah 42:52 Mm-hmm. Dave 42:52 Which seemed just kind of perfect. Tara 42:54 Mm-hmm. Dave 42:54 So if I had to pick one, it would be Tin Actin Tara 42:57 That's pretty good. Sarah 42:57 Move it in. Tara 42:58 I went with a product that I love. I won't say I look forward to getting a cold because of course I don't. But as soon as I h feel the slightest like tickle in my throat or like two sneezes in a day, I'm like, I am pounding Nyquil like nobody's business. This is a product I believe in 1 million percent. Someone who has often has a hard time falling asleep. And by the way, listeners, if you have any recommendations for which melatonin I should try that actually works please let me know because I've been taking it for about a month and I don't think it does anything. But anyway, there's one Nyquil spot that features as it's Very s snotty, phlemmy victim of a cold, a pre-fame Nathan Lane, and therefore our beloved Nathan Lane is my pick for Nakewill. Sarah. Sarah 43:47 All right, it's the last pick of this commercial pitch man draft and uh I think that my choice is appropriate. I had completely forgotten what brand this was for or who was even doing the doubling so I got a nice surprise in clip eight. Clip 44:03 When I first tried Faberger Organics Shampoo with pure wheat germ oil and honey It was so good I told two friends about it. And they told two friends. And so on and so on and so on. And believe me, there's still nothing like the original Faberger Organic. Sarah 44:18 I mean, the poreless skin, the glorious eighties coiff The whole thing is peerless, and it really is a great, like, iconic tagline, but I completely had forgotten that it was her. So Heather Locklear for Fabergate Organics L O L, like I'm sure it was all, you know, PBs and and whatnot. Who's got alts for drugs and drugstore? Tara 44:42 Well, they're drugstore products and they're uh of a piece. It's gonna be Catherine Heigel for Poise and Lisa Renna for Depends, both of these for bladder bladder control products for women that are, I think, trying to make them seem a little more glam. And you know what? Sarah 44:59 Mm-hmm Tara 44:59 Why not? People have problems. There's no point being ashamed about natural physical processes. Everyone ages. No one gets to maintain their bladder control forever. And uh I kind of admire both of these famously uh tempestuous ladies lending their star power to um products that are for if you have problems holding in your pee Dave 45:23 Did I do Digger the last time? Is he uneligible? Tara 45:25 I don't remember. Dave 45:27 The guy that lives under your toenail and turns it into Fugasy Gooey lifts it up in the commercial, you know what the guy I'm talking about? Tara 45:27 I It's n oh, it's not on the list now I remember. Sarah 45:32 Ew, yeah, no, he's not on our list. Tara 45:35 Ooh. Dave 45:35 Anti-pick, but he's definitely effective. I remember him at the very least. And the other one I'm gonna pick is the nasal next B. Tara 45:43 Oh, yes. Dave 45:43 I want to make love to you. Show me your donut. Tara 45:48 Sarah Sarah 45:48 I have um Shaquille O'Neal for Gold Bond Spray His little shimmy is very convincing. He is overexposed of late, but I I was convinced that he looks forward to using Goldbond. Tara 45:58 Mm-hmm Dave 46:02 Is that where that comes from? The the meme where he's doing this? Oh, okay. Sarah 46:06 Mm-hmm. Well, that concludes the second commercial pitch man draft. There's still a ton of stuff out there. We can do this again in another six years and a question Mark. But I will put together a poll with all of our lists. You can vote on who won, and then perhaps the winner can receive a steel meal for future game time play. Let us know what you think. I'll have all the lists on Discord and a link to a straw. Dave 46:32 Alright, let's quickly do our plug. Sarity Bunty, what do you got the plup blah blah blah blah plug? Sarah 46:37 I am thrilled that my so-called life has joined the Again With This family. If you haven't gotten around to listening or bumping up your pledge to listen, you should join us at againwiththispodcast.com/slash club. We will be recapping this one season wonder, hopefully with greater and greater frequency. We are having a time Again With This podcast. com slash club to join us. Tara 47:00 Yes, and I will add, if revisiting my so-called life has uh thrown you into deep nostalgia for the nineteen nineties Why not check out our sister podcast, listen to sassy? That is where Dave and I and our friend Pamela Ribbon are going in depth on every issue of the late 80s, early 90s teen magazine sassy. And if you join us on the Listen to Sassy Club, you can get downloadable PDFs of every single issue as we talk about it, every single page, including all the ads. So it's probably the best five dollars you can spend. Listen to Sassy. com slash club. Dave 47:43 It is time for the tiny cannon. Usually the tiny cannon is in extra extra high Not great, but we're breaking it out for this very special commercial themed episode. I am presenting. This is a higher level of difficulty for the tiny cannon. Tiny cannons in this case would usually be the tiny commercial cannon. But today I am bringing you the tiny catchy commercial jingle with punchable child canon. I'm gonna play you a breakfast food commercial from my youth in Canada. It stars Timmy, a little Fuck. The jingle is not only catchy in the extreme, it is also a directive to you, and therefore will beg to be used in your lexicon for years to come. Tara 48:26 I would say it's more of a threat. Dave 48:28 Okay, that's fair. Sarah 48:28 Hmm, yep Dave 48:29 Also, you'll wanna punch Timmy a lot. So for this candy you have to buy that both The jingle is catchy, and the kid must be punched in the face. Both of those things have to happen in order for your yes vote. Let's have a listen. Clip 48:44 Ready to serve Quaker oatmeal comes in flavors so good that you know what we're gonna do Timmy? What? We're gonna make uh hot cereal fluffy. Out of me? Out of here? With apples and sins and Make blood Brown sugar and everything nice we're gonna make a bacterial lover round you with rain and sir with your own gill you did it Dave 49:14 All right. I would say that jingle is extremely catchy And the precocious kid there, Timmy, is definitely asking to be punched in the face every time with every cloing word that comes out of his mouth. Apple cinnamon says Sylvester the Cat. Raisins like the president of the Raisins Growers Association of Canada. And at the end, You did it like kids watching you struggle for two hours clearing World One One and Super Mario Bros. Yeah, shut the Fuck up, Timmy. This ad is a curious combination of sweet and sour, salty and sweet or tango and cash. In the end, it is a commercial that insidiously weaves its way into your brain. The question now is, do you have the courage to admit this evil combination of Jingle and Punchable Child creates a compelling hole for the tiny cannon? Tara 50:00 Thank you, Dave. What a provocative question. I feel like Sarah should go first because I am unable to be objective on this. This is a jingle that Dave sings a version of around our house. I'm gonna say once a week at least. Dave 50:13 Yeah, we're gonna make a blank blank lover out of you. Tara 50:15 That's right. So Sarah Dave 50:17 Before Sarah starts, I do want to say when I first decided to do this, I forgot how emphatic he was about raisins. So I'm gonna just say I'm worried about that part of it, but let's let Sarah have her say. Sarah 50:29 But that does up the punchability factor. Tara 50:31 Mm-hmm. Dave 50:31 Okay, good. Sarah 50:32 So that's actually a good thing. I mean, hot cereal lover, it just sounds like some sort of, you know, not to kink shame, but ooh. Dave 50:38 Yeah. Tara 50:39 Hot Carl, adjacent Sarah 50:39 And then there's the punchable kid. Dave 50:42 Dunkin' donuts Sarah 50:43 But it is stop defaming donuts, I demanded. Um, it is really catchy. This is absolutely one that my family would have adapted around the house like you know, we're gonna make a room cleaner upper out of you or whatever the Hell, we would sing it to the pets. And Timmy's gotta fucking go. But then it's like they do have to be together. Dave is right, because it's like the you know, you're eating a creamsickle and you're like, I wish it were more cream and less sickle. Tara 51:13 Mm-hmm. Sarah 51:13 But then it's the tension between the two this extremely catchy jingle and this child who is courting death every moment that he exists. Dave 51:16 Yeah. Sarah 51:24 Excellent presentation. If you'll excuse me, I have to find Timmy and murder him. Dave 51:28 Uh just before Tara goes, I just want to say I'm seriously considering doing a shirt with tiny, tiny, super tiny text that says stop defaming donuts. Tara 51:41 So even before this entered my life as a go-to jingle that Dave, as I said, sings often. I remember this product launch in Canada. I think it might not be Canada only, just because one of the flavors is honey and Graham, which is d something I don't remember seeing ever, and I don't remember the box art looking like this either. But I used to make this for myself for breakfast every day as a latch key kid. My personal resonance with this product is My parents would my mother, I'll just blame her. She would always buy the variety pack, which came with a bunch of flavors that I didn't like. Apples and cinnamon, raisin and spikes, and there was a different raisin one too, raisin bran And then when I found out you could buy a box that was only maple and Brown sugars, like why why are we wasting our time with all this other one? Sarah 52:33 Why don't have to live like this? Peaches and cream. Why Tara 52:38 No, I like peaches and cream, and I remember when they introduced those two. But one of them is regular. It's like who uh plain? Why are we bothering? Anyway, leaving my own personal trauma aside. Sarah 52:48 Nothing but oat. Tara 52:50 Yes, this jingle rules, and yes, this child has to go. Sarah 52:50 Nope. Tara 52:54 As Sarah said, I put it in exactly those same words in m in my notes. He's loathsome. There's nothing worse than a precocious child like this in a commercial. But as Sarah said, it's the complement of the great jingle and the terrible child that makes this commercial so memorable Sarah 53:11 Mm-hmm. Yeah. Dave 53:14 Alright, let's make this official. Put it to the vote. Server D. Bunting, what say you? Sarah 53:18 First, uh, I have to admit that I'm cracking myself up by thinking to myself, oats, I mean who cares Back to the matter at hand. Yes, a vote for this is a vote against Timmy, and that's what America and Canada need right now. Dave 53:34 All right, and Tara. Tara 53:36 Yes Dave 53:37 All right, so Quaker instant oatmeal, you are hereby inducted into the Extra Hot Great tiny catchy commercial jingle with punchable child cannon Sarah 53:46 Yeah. Dave 53:49 Well, speaking about things you want to punch, do you know what time it is? Tara 53:52 It's not regulation game time, I believe. Dave 53:54 Oh boy! Tara 54:08 Welcome to Non-Regulation Game Times Speaking of non-regulation game time, we never told the listener about the uh prize that you got for the last non-regulation game time, which you are, as it happens, currently wearing. Dave 54:21 That's true. I'm wearing my Bob Mortimer t-shirt, Bob, where the O is a goofy picture of Bob Mortimer's mug in this pork pie hat. Tara 54:29 Yep. Congratulations on your last win. Dave 54:31 It's super comfy. Tara 54:33 It yeah, when I folded it, it's very soft. Dave 54:34 I gotta do policy when it comes to shirts. I think I only like heather shirts because there's something inherently slightly softer about them. Tara 54:39 Yeah. Sarah 54:40 Yeah. Dave 54:42 Even if it's a black heather, better than a black shirt. Sarah 54:42 Mm-hmm. Dave 54:45 Yep. Tara 54:46 Yeah. All right, enough about that. We're gonna we're about to see if Dave is gonna repeat his victory here in a game about identifying celebrity voices. From commercials. Dave is gonna play a clip of a celebrity whose voice and name I'm confident you know. Sarah 54:56 Oh Tara 55:01 These are not all pre-fame commercials for these celebrities, but they are all at least 25 years old, so they've not been in rotation on TV in a while. Some have been lightly edited to isolate the person whose voice you're trying to guess. If you can get the name from just the clip, you get two points. If you need a hint, I'll give you a TV show, the person start on, then it's worth one. No free guesses, Sarah. There are 18 clips and a tiebreaker. And once again, if you win, you will get a prize related to a correct answer. Of my choosing. Sarah 55:35 Ooh, all right, let's go Tara 55:37 Let's throw it to Pinky to see who's going first. Clip 55:42 We will start with David. Tara 55:43 We will start with David. Are you ready to play? Talk isn't cheap. Dave 55:48 Yep. Sarah 55:48 Yes Tara 55:49 Play clip one, please, Dave. Clip 55:51 Have you ever borrowed a book from thousands of miles away across the country? Gesture ahead without stopping. for directions or send someone a fax from the beach you will and the company that'll bring it to you a Dave 56:19 I'm gonna be so bad at this game because I know I know the voice and there's somebody really famous, but I can't I can't place it. So I'm just gonna play a little bit more of the first part of the clip, see if I can because the first part I was like, uh Clip 56:30 Have you ever borrowed a book from thousands of miles away? Dave 56:35 Uh yeah, we're bar on a butt. I don't know. Is there a hint? I've already forgotten. Tara 56:38 There's a hint. Dave 56:39 I'm so mad at myself. Alright, go. Tara 56:41 Well, this person was in a TV show called Magnum PI. Dave 56:44 Oh fucking Hell. See I knew I knew it and I just I can't place voices. My brain, no worky. That's uh Tom Selleck Tara 56:51 That is Tom Selleck. They I got this from a compilation of a bunch of those different you will ATT ads, and it is kind of crazy that it's from nineteen ninety-three, how many of those predictions. are like dead on. Like another one another spot is like, have you ever put on a movie the second you wanted to watch it? Dave 57:08 Yeah. Tara 57:09 Like it's you know, stuff like that. Dave 57:10 You ever want to dismantle democracy from your couch? ATT will help you. Tara 57:15 Well, listen. Let's not get bogged down in that. I'm gonna make um game day switcheroo and have Sarah play uh clip eight now. Clip 57:26 When I first tried Faberget Organics Shampoo with pure wheat germ oil and honey It was so good I told two friends about it. And they told two friends. And so on and so on and so on. And believe me, there's still nothing like the original Faberge Organics. It gives me super shine, super body. And super fresh smelling hair. Try it, and you'll tell your friends about it. And they'll tell their friends, and so on, and so on. Be sure and get the original Faberger Organic Shampoo and Conditioner with pure wheat germ oil and honey Sarah 57:56 But stuff did smell really good. Heather Locklear Tara 57:59 It is Heather Locklear. Our shared brain has struck again. Sarah 58:03 Yes. Tara 58:04 Um This is the only time. Sarah 58:04 It gives take it away. Tara 58:07 Alright, clip three is for you, Dave. Clip 58:10 Have you seen the Xerox Total Satisfaction? I haven't had the time. It says if we're not totally satisfied with every Xerox copy or a fax we buy, we tell them and they replace it. Three years. We decide. Putting it together. Have you seen the Zerox Total Satisfaction game? Dave 58:33 Fuck! I'm gonna do that thing I did last time. I can't remember. Okay, I was gonna guess. And I apologize if I get the name wrong again. Is this Sterling K. Brown? Ah Tara 58:47 This person was in a show called Homicide Life on the Street. Dave 58:51 Uh okay. Well, I thought there was no guessing, but as Andre Brouer Tara 58:55 Oh right. It's not. You can't you can't get the point, but yes, it is Andre Bear. Clip four is for Sarah. Clip 59:02 Does your life change once a month because of your period? Still using pads? Let me tell it to you straight. Tampex can change the way you feel about your period. Tampex tampons protect internally so you feel cleaner No pad can do that. Feeling cleaner is more comfortable. Plus, more women use tampeks than any other tampon or pad. Now that's something. Remember there's a feeling with tampecks. It can actually change the way you feel about your period. Sarah 59:30 That's a lie. Um also I need a hint. Tara 59:33 Your hint is friends Dave 59:35 It's Joey. Sarah 59:37 Which one was it though? Dave 59:38 A Joey special is two tampons. Sarah 59:40 Yeah no Matthew Perry. Just kidding. Is that Ugh Wait, which one was that? Dave 59:47 Yeah, about a wind. Sarah 59:48 I don't know. Courtney Cox? Tara 59:49 That's Courtney Cox. Sarah 59:50 Oh phew. Tara 59:51 That's kind of a historic one. She was the first person ever to say period in an ad for a period product. Sarah 59:56 Oh, yeah, good for her. Tara 59:57 Clip five is for Dave. Dave 59:59 Yep. Clip 01:00:00 The average person makes three New Year's resolutions. Resolutions? Here's one you want my keeping. Dope for clean cuisine. It's not just lean, it's cuisine. Dave 01:00:15 Zero clue. Hey please. Tara 01:00:17 Gilmer Girls. Dave 01:00:19 Oh, is that Lauren Graham? Tara 01:00:21 That's Lauren Graham for one point. Sarah 01:00:23 Wow. And US three rip off in the background. Tara 01:00:27 Mm-hmm. Yes. I feel like that little snippet of music got a lot of play in the nineties in commercials. Dave 01:00:32 Yeah. Sarah 01:00:32 It sure did. Dave 01:00:33 Yep. Sarah 01:00:33 I'm still not really sick of it. Tara 01:00:35 No, it's true. Clip six is for Sarah. Clip 01:00:38 Who wants grapefruit juice? I'll pass. It's good for you. Try this. Ocean Spray Pink Grapefruit Juice Cocktail. It's tangy, smoother, sweeter. It's not bitter. It's Ocean Spray Pink Grapefruit Juice Cocktail. Dave 01:00:51 Oh my god. Why am I so bad at this? Sarah 01:00:52 Can I hear it again, please? Dave 01:00:54 Yeah. Clip 01:00:54 Who wants grapefruit juice? I'll pass. It's good for you. Try this. Ocean Spray Pink Grapefruit Juice Cocktail. It's tangy, smoother, sweeter. It's not bitter. It's Ocean Spray Pink Grapefruit Juice Cocktail. Dave 01:01:07 God damn it, this is god Tara 01:01:10 Was that you getting it? Dave 01:01:11 Yeah, it was me finally getting one. That's not my question. Tara 01:01:13 Ugh, okay, well Dave 01:01:13 Okay, go ahead. Sarah 01:01:13 Oh, yeah. I need a hint for my question. Tara 01:01:17 This actor was in sports night. Sarah 01:01:20 Oh, is this Benson, Mr. Tara 01:01:22 Yes. Sarah 01:01:22 Rubber Guillaume? Tara 01:01:23 Yes, it's Robert Keel. Good job. Cliff seven is for you, Dave. Clip 01:01:28 Honey, I need to drink so prefix. Can I have some more fresh squeeze oranges? We have chopped a can of pure premium. I believe I was drinking fresh squeeze. No, it's pure premium. I think it's fresh squeeze. Excuse me, it tastes like fresh squeeze. No, it's pure premium. Dave 01:01:40 Sorry, I gotta ask who am I okay Tara 01:01:41 It's the woman. It's there's a bunch of different guys you're trying to identify the the lady. Clip 01:01:46 Honey, I need to make so free to make. We have cherubicana pure premium. I believe I was drinking fresh squeeze. No, it's pure premium. I think it's fresh squeeze. Excuse me, it tastes like fresh squeeze. No, it's pure premium. Isn't your spray squeeze? I thought that's what I was having, yeah. Can I have some more this fruit squeak orange juice? No, it's pure premium. Drop a can of pure premium. You just can't pick a better juice. Dave 01:02:09 Listen up, cuntz. It's just from a box. Sarah 01:02:17 Disbox, geez Dave 01:02:18 I I have no idea. Can you please Tara 01:02:20 She was in the other two. Dave 01:02:23 Oh, um na Molly Shannon Tara 01:02:27 That is Molly Shannon. Good for one point. Sarah 01:02:29 Wow. Tara 01:02:30 All right, now we're backtracking all the way to the original number two for Sarah, and then we'll have a score break. Sarah 01:02:31 Nice. Clip 01:02:35 Cholesterol levels of many Americans are too high, but for a group of people in New Jersey, cholesterol went down. They joined in a total dietary program to reduce cholesterol. Less fats, lean meats, egg, and cheese. substitutes and highly polyunsaturated foods including Promise Margarine. Promise is highly polyunsaturated. The results? Their average cholesterol level went down. Down significantly. And Promise tastes like butter. Promise. Dave 01:03:05 Anybody else here in a poly-saturated relationship? Tara 01:03:11 I promise I am. Sarah 01:03:13 Oh, stop defaming polyunsaturated relationships. Big Bill Shatner. Tara 01:03:19 That's William Shatner good for two points. Let's hear the score break Dave 01:03:23 Alright, it's time for the scores. It is not close, might be even statistically over by this point. David DeCole has three points. Sarah D. Bunting in the lead with seven. Sarah D. Bunting, do you concur? Sarah 01:03:34 I only have me with six, but Okay. Dave 01:03:36 No, you got seven. Uh who cares at this point? Sarah 01:03:39 Then I concur Dave 01:03:40 All right, thank you. Tara 01:03:41 Okay, great. Clip nine is for Dave. Clip 01:03:45 He stood about five foot nine inches tall, but he was a giant. Billy Thomas. He ran the Boys and Girls Club where I grew up. Now I know today it's different. Young people face problems I never even had to think about. But that's why now we need to be able to do it. the Boys and Girls Club. It's a positive place where thousands of people like Billy Thomas help young people succeed. Does it work? It did for me. Support the Boys and Girls Clubs. Dave 01:04:15 Is that Washington? Tara 01:04:16 Yes, good job. Sarah 01:04:17 Nice Tara 01:04:18 I found another one where he was promoting uh like a a PSA f New York State food stamps from circa. This is from the nineties, but that one was from the eighties, like definitely when he was still on Sane Elsewhere, but it was Way too short and very business like. Clip ten is for Sarah Clip 01:04:34 If you have migraines, you know pain. These things are for real. But you know what? So is this. Starts relieving migraine pain in half an hour. That's not all. Gets rid of the headache, the sensitivity to light and sound. Everything. Bottom line is this excedrine migraine starts relieving the pain in half an hour And if you have migraines, you know how fast that is. Excedrin migraine, the headache medicine. Sarah 01:05:07 I need a hint Tara 01:05:09 This celebrity endorser wasn't mad men. Sarah 01:05:12 Oh my god, that baby voice. Um, Elizabeth Moss? Tara 01:05:16 Yeah. It's like pre-West Wing Elizabeth Moss. Sarah 01:05:17 Jesus. Okay. Wow. Tara 01:05:21 Clip eleven is for Dave. Clip 01:05:24 Have you heard about this left brain, right brain stuff? Now you take this steak. The left brain is supposed to understand that in a balanced varied diet, a lean trim three-ounce portion can can easily fit within the leading dietary guidelines. That's logical. The right brain just knows it's good. That's emotional. Nice thing about sirloin makes the whole brain happy. Beef. Real food for real people. Dave 01:05:53 James Garner Tara 01:05:54 Yes, good job. Sarah 01:05:55 Wow, gorgeous Tara 01:05:58 Clip twelve is for Sarah Clip 01:06:02 Hey, the new Selica is a target of town. In New York, it's almost as popular as I am. Take a look at the glamorous styling. And check out the dual mode four-wheel steering and listen. Listen to the 10-speaker super live sound system. 10! Listen to it! Who will be the first to take a ride in the new cellar? One. New cellar. Dave 01:06:30 Might be the treatment there, but he sounds like the guy that uh wants you to leave a message at the Beeperoonie. Tara 01:06:35 Yeah Blue Perry Dave 01:06:38 Oh no, not him. Um the the one we use first, the uh see uh that one. Sarah 01:06:43 Yeah, he's serving me uh it's me, your cousin, Marvin. Tara 01:06:47 Yeah Sarah 01:06:47 Listen to this. Um, I actually need a hint. Dave 01:06:50 College radio guy, I think that was what he was. Sarah 01:06:52 Hmm. Dave 01:06:52 No, you know, I DJ, yep. Tara 01:06:53 Oh, right, the D the DJ at school. Yes, yes, yes. Dave 01:06:55 Mm-hmm. Sarah 01:06:56 Oh yeah. Tara 01:06:57 This person was in Saturday Night Live. Sarah 01:07:01 Can I hear just a short snippet again, Dave? Please. Clip 01:07:06 Hey, the new Selica is a talk of the town. In New York, it's almost as popular as I am. Take a look at the glamorous styling. Sarah 01:07:11 Okay, that's enough. Is this right or it's not? Eddie Murphy Tara 01:07:15 It's Eddie Murphy. That was a Japanese-only ad that he did for the Celica. Sarah 01:07:20 Mm, sorry that took so long. Dave 01:07:20 Sure Tara 01:07:23 Clip 13 is for Dave. Clip 01:07:25 Big news from Brown's Chicken. While we've always cooked our chicken in cholesterol-free cottonseed oil, we now have cholesterol-free batter too, so our chicken is cooked completely cholesterol-free. And it tastes just as great as always. We figured a lot of people would like our new healthier way of cooking, but quite frankly, the response has been better than we'd anticipated. Rounced chicken, it tastes better, and it's better for you Dave 01:07:53 Slightly familiar, but not enough to pin it. So I will ask for a hint, please. Tara 01:07:58 This person was in the office American version. Dave 01:08:01 Oh okay, let me just Stephen Corell? Clip 01:08:04 Big news from Brown's Chicken. While we've always cooked our chicken in cholesterol-free cottonseed oil. Tara 01:08:09 That's it is Steve Corell Dave 01:08:09 Steve Corell? Yeah. Sarah 01:08:13 Really doesn't sound like him. Dave 01:08:14 No, it's it's it's before his vocal cords uh atrophied. Tara 01:08:18 It was it was very young. Dave 01:08:19 Yeah. Tara 01:08:20 Clip fourteen is for Sarah Clip 01:08:22 I confess I don't scrub toilets, but I still want them sparkling. So I use 2,000 flushes. There's chlorine cleaning in every flush for up to four months. Honey, I've got better things to do. Why use brushes when there's 2,000 flushes? Sarah 01:08:38 I could not agree more, Rue McLanahan. Tara 01:08:40 Correct for two points. Clip fifteen is for Dave. Clip 01:08:46 This is amazing. I could eat this new Yo Play 150 for any number of reasons. It only has 150 calories. It has No fat, and it tastes better to me than those fat yogurts. But that's not it. I eat it because I want to get in tune with my body. I want to create a balance between good taste and good for you. And I'm going to get into this French Leotard. If you love fruit on the bottom yogurt, but not all the calories, try new Yoplay 150. These are teeny weeny calories. Dave 01:09:15 Yo, that's food on the pile. Don't get down that sky. Two points. Give myself two points for that. Um, no idea. Clue please. Tara 01:09:26 This uh endorser is from The Cosby Show Dave 01:09:30 Oh, um what's her name? Felicia Rashad Tara 01:09:35 That's correct. Sarah 01:09:36 Nice, good pull. Tara 01:09:36 Good for one point. Clips of gene is for Sarah Clip 01:09:41 If you feel alone and empty inside, and if problems are tearing you up and you think there's no one to help, if you're a kid or if you're a parent, get to the phone. Call the Boystown National Hotline 1-800-448-3000. Any play. Place, anytime, no charge, the Boystown National Hotline, 1-800-448-3000. There's help. Tara 01:10:02 There's help. Dave 01:10:03 Didn't we just hear them on the New Jersey Tourism Ed? Tara 01:10:07 This is someone else. Sarah 01:10:08 I hope I know who it is. I need to open some distance here, so I'm just gonna guess. Henry Winkler? Ah Tara 01:10:16 Dave, do you know? Dave 01:10:17 Nope. Tara 01:10:18 It's Tony Danza Dave 01:10:19 Oh, yeah, okay. Tara 01:10:21 You each have one question left left. Let's get those scores. Dave 01:10:25 Alright, scores coming at ya. Here we go. David Deacole has nine Sarah D. Bunting has 11 asterisk, possibly 10, according to Sarah D. Bunting. If there's a near tie, we can re-evaluate. But I don't think there will be. Sarah 01:10:38 Yeah. Tara 01:10:39 Well, there could, because guess what There are no clues for these last two clips because in both of them there are two celebrity voices. Dave 01:10:44 Oh shit. Tara 01:10:50 You uh if you get them both, you get four points. Sarah 01:10:52 Oh okay Dave 01:10:54 Delicious Tara 01:10:56 So clip seventeen is for Dave. Clip 01:10:59 Lucy, hm, let me borrow your shampoo. What a roommate. Can't you have it by your own stuff? Well, Lucy, I'm not exactly dressed to go to the store right now. How convenient. Head and shoulders. I know it really works against your dandruff, but what about my gorgeous hair? Your gorgeous hair will love it. You know, it is the best-selling shampoo in America. Best-selling dandruff shampoo, you mean? Best-selling shampoo of any kind. Because it hates your dandruff, but it also loves your hair. I use it regularly. Well, smells okay. Some kind of ladder, too. Know what I think? You think you look adorable. Not just that, hon. I think your shampoo did a terrific sexy number on my hair. I love it. I'm glad. Now you could buy the head and shoulders. We're out. Okay. Can I borrow some money? Head and shoulders, hates your dandruff, loves your hair. Sarah 01:12:01 That would also have been my reaction. Tara 01:12:03 Hmm Dave 01:12:04 Fuck me. Um oh god damn it, I can't remember this uh okay, one of them's Penny Marshall. Tara 01:12:10 That's good for two points. Dave 01:12:12 And I assume the other one, because I don't know who she is, is Shirley. Tara 01:12:17 Mm-hmm. Dave 01:12:18 But I cannot for the fucking life of me remember who that actor's name is Tara 01:12:22 Okay, that's not her. Dave 01:12:23 Oh, okay. Tara 01:12:24 It's Farah Fawcett. Dave 01:12:25 Oh, okay, never would have got that. Sarah 01:12:26 Oh shit Tara 01:12:27 Pre Charlie's Angels. Dave 01:12:29 So sorry, two points? Tara 01:12:30 Yeah, two points for Penny Marshall. Dave 01:12:31 Okay, so theoretically we are tied up slash I'm leading by one. Tara 01:12:35 Oh my god. Sarah D. Bunting, clip 18 is for you Clip 01:12:41 To celebrate St. Patrick's Day, tonight's first destination is Dublin. If your Dr. Pepper game piece says Dublin, Ireland, you've won a romantic getaway. If you don't have the luck of the Irish, don't worry. You still have one last chance to find Love tonight. I'll reveal the final destination. Tara 01:12:56 And then she reveals more information that would give it away. Dave 01:12:59 Big metal rod from the truck in front of her smashes through her skull. Sarah 01:13:05 I need to hear it again, sorry. Clip 01:13:08 To celebrate St. Patrick's Day, tonight's first destination is Dublin. If your Dr. Pepper game piece says Dublin, Ireland, you've won a romantic getaway. If you don't have the luck of the Irish, don't worry. We still have one. One last chance to find love tonight. I'll reveal the final destination. Sarah 01:13:25 Uh the dude is Ion Z ring, I think Tara 01:13:28 Good for two points Sarah 01:13:31 And the lady is, I don't I can't actually pull it, so I'm gonna say it's um Sarah Michelle Geller. Dave 01:13:41 Tory spelling? Jenny Garth. Tara 01:13:43 No, it's not a 90210 star. It was Jennifer Love Hewitt. This is from when Sarah 01:13:47 Oh, Tara 01:13:47 Party and five and 90210 were back to back. So they were both promoting together on a night when their shows were on. Sarah 01:13:52 Alright, at least I got uh at least I knew it was a three namer. Whew! Tara 01:13:56 All right, let's get the final scores. Dave 01:13:59 All right, we are beyond our threshold uh margin of error, so I can confidently give you the winner, but not actually the final definitive points. David Ticole ends with eleven. Sarah D Bunting ends with thirteen. Sarah D Bunting, do you concur asterisk? Sarah 01:14:14 Yes, let's call it twelve and a half. Dave 01:14:17 Okay. You have to say I concur or it doesn't. We can't we can't thank you. Sarah 01:14:20 I concur. Tara 01:14:22 Good job, Sarah Sarah 01:14:24 Thanks, fun game. Clip 01:14:27 Sarah Sarah. Tara 01:14:29 We also we have a tiebreaker. Sarah 01:14:29 Sarah Tara 01:14:32 It's a it's another one with two stars. So here's what we'll do. When you have gotten one star, whoever identifies one of the stars first, shout it out And then the other person gets to have the rest of the the clip. Dave 01:14:46 Okay, so your tiebreaker is inherently set up to continue the tie. Tara 01:14:50 No, this is just for this isn't I guess. Dave 01:14:52 I know, but yeah. Tara 01:14:54 Well Dave 01:14:54 Just saying there might have been a logic flaw here. Tara 01:14:56 Perhaps. Go ahead and play that last one. Dave 01:14:58 Here we go Clip 01:15:00 Well, you seem happy today. Well, why shouldn't I be? I have the two things that would make any man happy. A gorgeous wife, and I'm spoken a kent. Which do you like the best? Sarah 01:15:10 Take my dying. Clip 01:15:11 Now there's a tough one. See. For cooking and for dancing and kissing, you satisfy best. Dave 01:15:15 I guess in the other ones, Mary Tyler Moore. Tara 01:15:19 Yes. Clip 01:15:20 But for filter and Tara 01:15:22 It's bizarre to watch them just like sitting there just blasting cigs, especially her Sarah 01:15:27 Yeah Dave 01:15:27 It's like when you were a kid and you saw the Flintstones Winston ads, and you're like, what? Tara 01:15:31 Mm-hmm. Sarah 01:15:31 Mm-hmm. Tara 01:15:32 Yep. Sarah 01:15:33 And in one of those, like he's interviewing a doctor who's made a house call to their house, like, okay. Like I recommend to clear phlegm, like, you do? Dave 01:15:42 Furthermore, Fred Flintstone would probably have to smoke a chicken bone. And the chickens like just before he's rendered is like, eh, it's a living. Well guys, that is it for another episode of Extra Hot Great. I'm I feel like I'm having a fever dream for this whole episode. I don't know what's going on. We walked up to the camera and tried to sell you on our commercial pitchman choices before Dave successfully pitched Quaker Is an Oatmeal for the tiny catchy commercial cannon with Punchable Child. No, for the tiny catchy commercial for the tiny catchy commercial with punchable child canon. Tara wrapped it all up with a non-regulation game time won by Sarah D. Bunting. Remember Clip 01:16:29 We're listening. Dave 01:16:33 I am David T. Cole, and I gotta make a outro lover out of Tar Arietta and Sarah D. Bunting. Tara 01:16:39 Let's filling Sarah 01:16:42 Thank you for your support. Dave 01:16:44 Thank you for listening and we'll see you next time right here on Extra Hot Great Tara 01:16:50 It's the sweet one Clip 01:16:58 You emphasize a bit in in July. Why? That doesn't make any sense. Sorry. There's no known way of saying an English sentence in which you begin a sentence with in and emphasize it. Get me a jury and show me how you can say in July and I'll go down on you Sarah 01:17:18 Jesus Tara 01:17:19 Jesus Christ