Did anyone else think it was a weird smilely thing at first?
Ah-one, ah-two, ah-three, crunch. Ah-three licks.
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
Fun fact you can talk to just about anything
This reminds of of the classic MS DOS mindscape point and click games like Shadowgate or Deja Vu (“What would you like to SAY to the table?”) And the typical responses of such nonsense:
You have strange views of companionship friend
You are greeted with silence
Delirium is the gateway to insanity!
They just aggressively clack their beaks at me
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1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Eleven. Twelve!I heard the song in my head.
This is the correct answer.
1984 here, checking in.
One…
Twooo…
Thhhree…
A-t-HOO
the world may never know
CRUNCH
Th-three.
Fucking cheating ass fucking owl
It takes 1149 licks
Or one continuous lick.
I need a spindle speed in order to record a duration?
RIP someone’s tongue when it gets down to the sharp ridged part.
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.
Which is ironic because owls are pretty dumb
You’re focused on that? Why was the boy naked with only a tootsie pop, and talking to an owl?
Nah, that part’s relatable af
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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…
A-one, a two-hoo…!
[CRUNCH]
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.
Ask Mrs. Owl for the real wisdom.
Who!
It takes a lot fewer licks now than when this commercial came out (shrinkflation).
This commercial aired during the Superbowl in 2006, which was like… 5 years ago… right…?
I remember the 06 Superb Owl game! The Great Horns vs The Screeches! What a wonderful time! But the commercial has been around since 69.
The original commercial aired in 1968
https://popicon.life/5-sweet-facts-mr-owl-tootsie-pop-mascot/
That’s gotta be one diabetic fucking owl by now…
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