Poor Hootie.....

[Sheldon]

Has anyone seen that Burger King comercial with Darius Rucker?

He's dressed up as a rhinestone cowboy singing about the tendercrisp bacon burger thingy....

It was really weird.....really weird...it also has brooke burke in it...

Here's a link about it.... ta da (http://ad-rag.com/118841.php)

Poor Hootie.....things must be tough....

[zombie]

I kind of like that commercial. It's catchy.

[DarlingNikki]

the commercial is cute. his career? quite ugly...

[Rasputin]

The first time I saw that, I just stared at the TV and thought, "What the blazes is going on here?" I have now seen it a couple of more times and now I think, "What the blazes is going on here?"

I have expected the rest of the Blowfish to go skipping through the background dressed as cherubs and tossing french fies in the air.

Come to think of it, that would make the ad much better...

[monkeysweat]

...Hootie.....
Careful. He'll kick your ass

[howyadoin]

This must be very disturbing to anybody who doesn't realize that Hootie was the Huey Lewis of the 90s.

[Jonathan Bogart]

This must be very disturbing to anybody who doesn't realize that Hootie was the Huey Lewis of the 90s.
Very good analogy. Of course, I don't think it's an insult...

[FuhDango]

I need some help, I've been scavening the net for a pic of the old/now new again Burger King mascot w/ the huge helmet head. Ya know, the guy that made his reappearance by waking up next to the dude in bed, offering a breakfast sandwich. If anyone can get me a nice pic of him, I'd really appreciate it!!

[phoenixrising]

You know, I liked Hootie quite a bit back in the day. And the commercial is one of myfavorites....so I guess this htread is not for me. I'm not a Hootie Hater...I just don't get how Dave Matthews Band managed to keep afloat, but Hootie didn't. I loved 'em both.

[KenK]

I don't know what to say about these new Burger King commercials. Especially with the Burger King Mascot. He's. . . .creepy! I mean, really creepy! It's one these weird surrealist things that just scratches at the back of my brain! This new commercial is just another example of trippy-ass marketing! It's like they're actively targeting stoners and baseheads who might have the munchies!

[monkeysweat]

Any commercial that features Vida Guerra in short shorts is all good with me.

[howyadoin]

You know, I liked Hootie quite a bit back in the day. And the commercial is one of myfavorites....so I guess this htread is not for me. I'm not a Hootie Hater...I just don't get how Dave Matthews Band managed to keep afloat, but Hootie didn't. I loved 'em both.I'm not a fan of either, but it might be that Dave Matthews doesn't play generic music.

[KenK]

Any commercial that features Vida Guerra in short shorts is all good with me.

God, I was so distracted by Darius Rucker in that cowboy outfit, I missed her! Now, I'm gonna be lookin' for her!

[monkeysweat]

She's one of the girls on that thing that I don't know the name of. One of those things that run on railroad tracks that you crank up and down. She's one of those girls. She should be hard to miss since she has the word "VIDA" in huge letters across her ass.

[SabrinaMorrell]

I saw the commercial and I did a double take.
I thought it was tongue-in-cheek and ridiculous/cheesy on purpose, but yes, I also felt bad for Darius, call me crazy lame or whatever, but I still think Cracked Rear View is a great album, :eek:

[Chris CCL]

The first time I saw it I laughed my @%% off!
Darius signing a parody of "Big Rock Candy Mountain". If any of you saw "O Brother Where Art Thou?", you'll recognize the song.

Chris CCL

[Punchy]

Reminds me of those stupid Old Navy commercials. Just weird for no reason.

[mgs]

Has anyone seen that Burger King comercial with Darius Rucker?

He's dressed up as a rhinestone cowboy singing about the tendercrisp bacon burger thingy....

It was really weird.....really weird...it also has brooke burke in it...

Here's a link about it.... ta da (http://ad-rag.com/118841.php)

Poor Hootie.....things must be tough....
haha! my...exact...same....thoughts.... :D

[elheffe]

The first time I saw it I laughed my @%% off!
Darius signing a parody of "Big Rock Candy Mountain". If any of you saw "O Brother Where Art Thou?", you'll recognize the song.

Yeah..."where they hung the jerk who invented work"

[Patient Boy]

Any commercial that features Vida Guerra in short shorts is all good with me.

I was just skimming through this thread to see what all of you were talking about, and then you had to post this.

Now I have to watch this ad.

[monkeysweat]

They've apparently stopped showing the full version. The shorter version now features less Vida. Not that there was much to begin with.


...Ahhhh, Vida.

[MicBK]

They've apparently stopped showing the full version. The shorter version now features less Vida. Not that there was much to begin with.


...Ahhhh, Vida.

aaaaaamen. poor hootie? the guy got to spend the hours shooting with Vida Guerra and Brooke Burke...umm, how many of us wouldn't dress up in a silly outfit and sing about a hamburger for that???

[Jared_Humpherys]

It's a chicken sandwich, MicBK. :D

That commercial weirds me out. The makeup, those horrible dairy costumes, and buckets of ranch dressing, roads made of cheddar, and giant bacon strips?

Goddamn, my arteries are getting clogged just watching that.

That sandwich is damned good, though. About time Burger King had some good chicken on its menu.

[WSLer]

What's up with all of the "poor Darius Rucker" crap, as if he had been reduced to eating out of dumpsters until Burger King offered him a semi-obscene amount of money to do the commercial.

Cracked Rear View has sold over 18,000,000 copies, and I can assure you that Rucker and the other members of Hootie & The Blowfish could do nothing but play 36 holes of golf every day for the rest of their lives, and they'd still have enough money left over so that their kids could retire when they were 30.

[BoosterBronze]

The sad thing is that 9/10 of people will now and forever know the "Burger King Song" instead of the classic folk tune "Rock Candy Mountain." I hate that.

Also, remember when only one C Level celebrity needed to be in a commrcial? Now it's like, 5 is the norm

[I Must Break U]

yeah i feel so bad for him i look at the commercial and ask what went wrong? Then i answer it probably was naming yoursef HOOTIE!

[monkeysweat]

Except he never did any such thing.

[Valmore]

But... where's the LINK?!?

There was no link in the first message, despite the posting saying there'd be one.

And hey, at least Darius got work, right?

[Sheldon]

I did have link, it was embedded in the words ta da.

But that was just to an article about it.

And since you seem to crave some hootie burger singing, I dug up a new linky (http://www.populationstatistic.com/archives/2005/03/07/media-monday-hooties-bk-commercial/) with the ad to download.

[Reptisaurus!]

Ah. So that was Hootie. I was wonderin'.

[clayholio]

Seeing as how I'm not a Hootie fan, I regard this commercial as the best thing he's ever done. But do laugh every time I see the ad, so that can't be all bad.

There are a few different cuts of the commercial that I've seen, at least 3.

[Sheldon]

On thing is certain, filming that thing must have been fun! I would have loved to have been a set designer making giant fries and such.

[Dennis K]

I don't feel too bad for old Darius. He's probably still got a boatload of money, plus he did get to hang out on the set with my future first ex-wife, Brooke Burke.

[the_coldest_sun]

Damn, I missed VIDA!!