By now, certainly you’ve seen Hootie singing in the new Burger King “Tendercrisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch”, haven’t you? Can someone please tell me why Darius Rucker has sunk to doing television commercials? Hasn’t Hootie and the Blowfish sold plenty of records? When I first saw this commercial, I was thinking… I know that guy… it took a few seconds, but then I realized… Hootie! Then, I said when the commercial was over, “What the hell was that?” It’s kind of weird for a fast-food spot. It’s definitely more “Artsy-fartsy” and less about the food. I mean, since when do chicken sandwiches grow on trees?
Woo-hoo, woo-hoo-hoo. Woo-hoo, woo-hoo-hoo.. When you hear that, who do you think of first? Vonage, or Chevy’s new Cobalt? I think it’s funny how two commercials surfaced almost one right after the other with the same background music. General Motors, the latter of the two to introduce the commercial, has since changed their tune.
I know one one of the guys in the Earthlink Commercials. You know the ones where two employees are begging for an extra week of vacation, a company car, etc? I just saw it on something I TiVo’d a long time ago, so apparently his contest is over (click here, go to Past Winners then TV Spots), but in the one called “Jay vs. Scott”, I know Scott. I used to work with him about five years ago at a software company in Atlanta. Talk about weird. Scott, if you’re reading this… sorry you didn’t get the parking space, buddy… if I had see your TV spot earlier… I’d have voted for ya!
Those are the only commercials that have caught my attention lately… TiVo is my friend. 
02/04/2005 at 2:47 pm Permalink
I KNEW that was Hootie!!! A friend and myself have been fighting over this since the commercial first came out