The world may never know.
I had no idea what this was until I read your comment. Apparently Lemmy does skew old enough to get this reference.
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 Tootsie Roll owl is older than that… it dates back to 1968
the media has always held owls to impossibly high standards
They aren’t what they seem
You’re focused on that? Why was the boy naked with only a tootsie pop, and talking to an owl?
“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.
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…
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.
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.
As a parent of young children I’ve learned that Saturday morning cartoons are actually for my wife and I to have a moment to ourselves.
I’ve got a hankerin’ for a hunk of cheese!
It takes 1149 licks
Or one continuous lick.
I’ve never seen it, but definitely picked up the reference from cultural osmosis.
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.
If only I was American, so I could understand this reference, said noone ever.
