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?

yes...

One......

Twooo....

Thhhree.....

A-one, a two-hoo...!

[CRUNCH]

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The world may never know.

Ah-one, ah-two, ah-three, crunch. Ah-three licks.

They still play it today. It came out in 1970. That's 53 years iirc

This commercial aired during the Superbowl in 2006, which was like... 5 years ago... right...?

Hmm, let's see here. Ah1, ah 2, ah 3...

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I recognized this and I'm not old.... Am I?...

Idk about old, but lemmy does skew American enough for me to mot understand this.

squints through bifocals

Oh yes, the Tootsie Pop owl. Heh.

It takes 1149 licks

I would hope so, GenZ would have seen that commercial growing up. Edit: Actually isn't it still being aired?

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.

OH MY GOD I LOVE THE HARRY POTTER REFERENCE!!!!

just kidding

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'm 37, but I have no clue what this is.

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

1984 here, checking in.

If only I was American, so I could understand this reference, said noone ever.

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..

It takes a lot fewer licks now than when this commercial came out (shrinkflation).

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.

i'm literally a young adult and the commercial aired all the time when i was a kid, this isn't old at all

Stupid owl never answered the question smh my face

Ask Mrs. Owl for the real wisdom.