Tootsie Pops - "How Many Licks?" (Commercial, 1982)🦉

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  • Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
  • Here's a classic - the famous "How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop?" commercial where a boy consults Mr. Turtle and wise old Mr. Owl for the answer.
    Voices: Ralph James as Mr. Turtle, Paul Winchell as Mr. Owl.
    "The world may never know."
    This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, December 16th 1982. (though initially produced many years earlier)
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  • @LuisRodriguez-xg1sh
    @LuisRodriguez-xg1sh 3 роки тому +126

    Came here cause someone said the frase "The world may never know". Triggered my subconscious and remembered watching this on Nickelodeon when i was a kid. Nostalgia.

    • @inali_illustrates9142
      @inali_illustrates9142 3 роки тому +1

      I've tested it, read my comment on this video to find out what it is, the world now knows

    • @bobaron6274
      @bobaron6274 2 роки тому +4

      That's funny! There was no Nickelodeon when I saw this as a kid (on any one of 4 available channels, 3 VHF and 1 UHF.) I'm so old! 😆

    • @gerryjenkins6512
      @gerryjenkins6512 11 місяців тому

      we really all had the same childhood

    • @toddbotcom
      @toddbotcom 4 місяці тому

      ​@bobaron6274 me too!!!❤

  • @LampShopping
    @LampShopping 9 років тому +346

    This commercial is still aired. If it ain't broke, don't fix it I guess.

    • @fromthesidelines
      @fromthesidelines 9 років тому +5

      Same with John Williams pitching those "120 Music Masterpieces" LP albums from 1971 through '84 (although the video was modified over the years to reflect price increases, the availability of cassettes, and the change from "Columbia House" to "Vista Marketing").

    • @communityEsc
      @communityEsc 4 роки тому +1

      Barry I. Grauman Good.

    • @bryanmcentee9321
      @bryanmcentee9321 3 роки тому +2

      Shes back in business 2020

    • @PBKappa3
      @PBKappa3 3 роки тому +1

      I just seen it bruh 😂😂

    • @teptime
      @teptime 2 роки тому

      @B F Yeah, but it does need a bit of restoration...the colors have faded a lot in 50 years.

  • @uprightApe
    @uprightApe Рік тому +77

    After 40 years, this commercial is still the best.

    • @llarmstrong783
      @llarmstrong783 Рік тому

      It first aired the year I was born lol

    • @stevarino1989
      @stevarino1989 Рік тому +1

      well, the full version of this commercial actually originally aired in 1969 or 1970. With Mister Cow, and an additional line from Mr. Turtle.

    • @llarmstrong783
      @llarmstrong783 Рік тому

      @@stevarino1989 I've seen it

  • @donaldson9410
    @donaldson9410 6 років тому +111

    I remember this! It's been too long since I've watched this as a kid....

  • @jeffersonochoa1860
    @jeffersonochoa1860 4 роки тому +77

    This tv commerical is still airing
    #Legend #Nostalgia

  • @trippytigertony5520
    @trippytigertony5520 Рік тому +52

    Funny how this commercial will pop up every time there's a break. Then they stop playing it for a while, then play it a shit ton again. I love it

  • @Mejia.Gideon
    @Mejia.Gideon 4 роки тому +52

    Why is he naked in the middle of the jungle talking to animals
    Tootsie pop = molly

    • @neptune369
      @neptune369 3 роки тому +2

      LMFAO PLZZ

    • @ADPax10
      @ADPax10 2 роки тому +2

      I mean, it *was* the 80s. But Molly more prevalent now than ever (from what I've been told).

  • @nathanielwaters6730
    @nathanielwaters6730 3 роки тому +21

    This Tootsie Roll commercial brings back memories from the '70's, the very best time as a kid, so much to keep us busy back then!!! Even alot of toy companies were on top with different products that was worth being a kid back then!!!

    • @ADPax10
      @ADPax10 2 роки тому +1

      And you got to grow up with Van Halen music (in their prime!!) and real arcades. And all before commercial internet, smartphones, or social media.
      I'm a 90s kid, and AT LEAST got to to experience the first 11 years or so of my life without tech (and with decent music). But I would give my left nut, which is my good one, to have been born in the 60s, just so that I could have a 70s childhood.

    • @MrPeterStevens
      @MrPeterStevens Рік тому

      80's were pretty good too!

  • @RK-nk1xj
    @RK-nk1xj Рік тому +5

    This commercial can still be seen on TV today. I just saw it

  • @inali_illustrates9142
    @inali_illustrates9142 3 роки тому +10

    I've tested it, it takes 1759 licks to get to the tootsie center of a normal sized tootsie pop, and it takes 204 licks to get to the tootsie center of a small sized tootsie pop, your welcome world, now you know

  • @SlimKeith11
    @SlimKeith11 4 роки тому +14

    I've been watching this commercial since I was six years ago. I remembr it so vividly as a kid, they showed the commercial A LOT for many, many years, at least in the New York City Area (Tri-state area).

    • @quarantinesucksxc8835
      @quarantinesucksxc8835 3 роки тому

      Better watch out for Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz

    • @corinnetitus4615
      @corinnetitus4615 3 роки тому

      I love this commercial

    • @rocko9753
      @rocko9753 11 місяців тому

      Over here too In California I stay in LA haha 😅 remember this commercial as a kid nostalgia!

  • @jainittai5104
    @jainittai5104 2 роки тому +5

    This commercial is Legend...

  • @shawneldridge4465
    @shawneldridge4465 2 роки тому +9

    😏
    From time to time on television I still see this commercial. It's a good commercial that's for sure.

  • @maddogsportzjh
    @maddogsportzjh 5 років тому +76

    Shortly after that incident, that boy decided to hunt every owl known to mankind. Shouldn’t have been gluttonous, Mr. Owl.

    • @ripelivejam
      @ripelivejam 3 місяці тому

      He is an Owl Exterminator!

  • @Yoshimaniac
    @Yoshimaniac 4 роки тому +135

    is this still aired?

    • @geefrm508
      @geefrm508 3 роки тому +5

      yep wait a minute YOSHIMANIAC LOVE YOUR YTPS

    • @supremekhi7968
      @supremekhi7968 3 роки тому +6

      It just came on like a minute ago in Freeform, and earlier a few hours ago, so yeah

    • @jumpman6524
      @jumpman6524 3 роки тому +1

      @@supremekhi7968 Dude you just read my mind. As I'm typing this comment I was watching a movie on free-form and the commercial Tootsie Pop came on 🤣

    • @faith.t2302
      @faith.t2302 3 роки тому

      Yes

    • @pretendo6726
      @pretendo6726 3 роки тому

      Yes i just saw it

  • @GreyWolfLeaderTW
    @GreyWolfLeaderTW 4 роки тому +29

    Did you guys know, Mr. Owl is done by Paul Winchell, the voice of Tigger from the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and the earlier seasons of the New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh?
    You're listening to schizophrenic Tigger talk about how many licks it will take to get to the center of a tootsie pop.

  • @jellycow3105
    @jellycow3105 5 років тому +16

    I LUV DIS COMMERCIAL!!! WHENEVER I GO TO THE ZOO I ALWAYS ASK THE OWL “Mr.Owl? How many licks dose it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?”

  • @BallisticWistfully
    @BallisticWistfully 4 роки тому +14

    I swear, I will literally get to the center no matter what!

  • @rocko9753
    @rocko9753 11 місяців тому +1

    It's awesome their still running this commercial to this day Sept 2023 .. just saw it made me wanna look it up, always saw it as a kid in early 2000's too lol

  • @josiespringfield4808
    @josiespringfield4808 2 роки тому +5

    I have not seen this in years, love it.

  • @madeyoulook4689
    @madeyoulook4689 3 роки тому +32

    That owl straight up littered his own home with that wrapper.

  • @Naminski1a
    @Naminski1a 3 роки тому +5

    This Tootsie Roll Pop commercial is from 1970 and I’ve seen this 15-second short version during the commercial break of The Goonies (1985) on Freeform.

  • @ScottALanter
    @ScottALanter 9 місяців тому +1

    I was born in 1968. This commercial came out in 1969. A half century later, I'll be sitting and watching TV when out of the blue, here comes the Tootsie Pop commercial to carry me back to my childhood. This commercial is timeless and priceless to me because of its nostalgia. And, I still love Tootsie Pops today.

  • @KittyUZutty
    @KittyUZutty 11 місяців тому +2

    I saw them airing this ad today, I think they are doing some throwback thing. It had the VHS thing and everything!

  • @bertmustin
    @bertmustin 9 місяців тому +1

    Greatest commercial ever.

  • @YZEtc
    @YZEtc Рік тому +3

    One of the classic 1970s commercials kids (and adults) saw a million times.
    I always felt that collection of Tootsie Pops being dissolved down via time lapse got bitten into too early.

  • @moxxiepeppino
    @moxxiepeppino Рік тому +1

    I remember seeing this on tv multiple times, man its still amazing

  • @803freak
    @803freak 5 років тому +11

    The world may never know. -2019

    • @fms7208
      @fms7208 4 роки тому +4

      -2020

    • @jerryshoescuffer2133
      @jerryshoescuffer2133 3 роки тому +1

      -2021

    • @803freak
      @803freak 3 роки тому

      What if your mouth is hotter or wetter? Should we factor in these things!?! 😏😆

  • @rome6872
    @rome6872 3 роки тому +5

    Mr owl finnessed 🤣

  • @e_.d._.3._n
    @e_.d._.3._n 4 роки тому +34

    its "how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop"
    not "how many licks does it take to get to the TOOTSIE ROOL CENTER of a tootsie pop".
    thats how i remember it

    • @turinreza
      @turinreza 3 роки тому +3

      Mandela effect?

    • @yutanakamoto7069
      @yutanakamoto7069 3 роки тому

      I remember it like that too

    • @TheAbsolyte
      @TheAbsolyte 3 роки тому +2

      Well seeing as how the center is made of a tootsie roll and not whatever fucked up memory you're remembering, the commercial is right. tootsie ROLL center of a tootsie(roll) pop. Because the center is made of a tootsie roll.

    • @coffeeguyd
      @coffeeguyd 3 роки тому

      Maybe you saw a later version?

    • @sgtpepper91
      @sgtpepper91 3 роки тому +1

      well it's not so.

  • @douknomann509
    @douknomann509 2 роки тому +2

    Yes everybody, there are some things that the world will never know about. I believe that's the point of this commercial

  • @sharonp1369
    @sharonp1369 Рік тому +4

    Wow, this really brings back memories. That voice of the kid is Buddy Foster, Jody Foster's brother. I think this commercial aired back in 1969 or 1970.

    • @jasontoddman7265
      @jasontoddman7265 Рік тому

      Earlier than that. Here's a longer version from 1969!
      ua-cam.com/video/Q8PAJKlulKQ/v-deo.html

  • @oliviacarter467
    @oliviacarter467 4 роки тому +4

    This commercial be lit

  • @fromthesidelines
    @fromthesidelines 9 років тому +16

    Originally produced in 1970 (by the Murikami-Wolf studio)- this is the short version of the 60 second spot.

    • @vintagetvandexciting
      @vintagetvandexciting 9 років тому +2

      Barry I. Grauman really, as in pre "tmnt"/"james bond jr" murikami-wolf productions before "murakami-wolf-swenson productions"?!

  • @xmarksthespot1372
    @xmarksthespot1372 2 роки тому +2

    I didn't know it even aired on TV still. Around six in the morning I saw it and was like: Wha?
    That's a really old commercial, it's pretty rare for someone to even see it once on TV nowadays.

  • @axshman6914
    @axshman6914 10 місяців тому

    I’m watching tv and this commercial came on but only the owl part, I couldn’t believe this was still being aired

  • @Witchofthewoods.
    @Witchofthewoods. 10 місяців тому +1

    I'll never forget being a kid watching this through innocent eyes. If I only knew then what I knew now, I'd of licked more tootsie pops.

  • @Cristian121212100
    @Cristian121212100 5 років тому +4

    I just saw this commercial on tv, no joke

    • @avealxcool
      @avealxcool 5 років тому +1

      Its been around for over 30 years

  • @princessjay2497
    @princessjay2497 3 роки тому +2

    Literally watched it a couple of seconds ago on Freeform. 😂

  • @Wumbosquawk
    @Wumbosquawk 4 роки тому +3

    I remember when the second part played on tv when it was 2014-2015.

  • @viennadeluca96
    @viennadeluca96 5 років тому +47

    According to mr beast, it takes 270 licks

    • @imaalt1893
      @imaalt1893 4 роки тому +1

      According to Matpat 117

    • @loriechastain1232
      @loriechastain1232 4 роки тому +2

      Encoding to I me because I did tried it
      It takes ...........
      1,445

    • @lauralockman8472
      @lauralockman8472 3 роки тому +1

      I read that it’s 997 licks

  • @natebennett9133
    @natebennett9133 2 роки тому +1

    This gave me nostalgia

  • @Laura-vm2zv
    @Laura-vm2zv 3 роки тому +2

    The world may never know

  • @Longliveevolution170
    @Longliveevolution170 Рік тому +1

    I just saw the extended version with the cow and fox in it as well. I wonder why they never aired that version on TV. This aired on December 16, 1982?! Wow that's three days before I was born lol.

    • @ScottALanter
      @ScottALanter 9 місяців тому

      Ah, yes! I forgot about the cow and the fox. But, I do remember them well in the original commercial back in the early 70's. Such a classic, nostalgic commercial that always brings back fond memories of my childhood. And, I still love Tootsie Pops today.

  • @SaiyanGamer95
    @SaiyanGamer95 2 роки тому +1

    I think I remember seeing this commercial as late as 2005, with maybe sporadic re-airings in the following years.

  • @user-zb6nc7ls6i
    @user-zb6nc7ls6i 9 місяців тому +1

    For the record, it takes like 415 or so licks to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop. I tried it one time in sixth grade

  • @KenSherman
    @KenSherman Рік тому +1

    Just remember every time it is aired, that is a reminder that you really need to go buy Tootsie pops🍭, especially on Halloween 🎃 and Valentine's Day 💝.
    You can consider it as a lost tradition.

  • @kumquatqueen9382
    @kumquatqueen9382 Рік тому

    This commercial is a true fever dream. I have ascended to a higher plane, farewell.

  • @Hyperion-5744
    @Hyperion-5744 Рік тому

    Even in 2022 i still see this commercial on tv.

  • @Randomynous01
    @Randomynous01 4 роки тому +13

    i had to watch it like 5 times to realize how funny it is... _he actually licked it 2 times then ate the WHOLE thing just to make him mad

  • @qxiine
    @qxiine 3 роки тому +3

    I came here cause i was eating one and it was taking too long to get to the center 😏

  • @t.myazoe
    @t.myazoe 11 місяців тому

    “The World May Never Know.”
    -TootsiePop Commercial

  • @corinnetitus4615
    @corinnetitus4615 3 роки тому +1

    I saw the commercial yesterday and it took 2,220 licks to the center

  • @giglitty
    @giglitty 4 роки тому +2

    Who doesnt know about this commercial i watched this on live tv in like 2012

  • @DevilSlayer2077
    @DevilSlayer2077 2 роки тому +1

    OVER 9000!!!

  • @bryantwilliams647
    @bryantwilliams647 Рік тому +1

    I just found out the man who voiced the owl is the same person who voiced Gargamel from the "SMURFS"

  • @whirlybird5534
    @whirlybird5534 3 роки тому +1

    i miss this

  • @mainegabrielle
    @mainegabrielle 7 місяців тому

    Haven't seen this commercial in years!!!! As an adult I need to understand why they gave this boy a donk, but didn't draw clothes on him 🤣

  • @pammaynard9997
    @pammaynard9997 Рік тому

    Cat..."how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop"?...
    Owl..." let me see".."it takes three"..."one. two.. three"...
    And there you have it my friends... straight from the owls mouth...

  • @scarletweb2106
    @scarletweb2106 2 роки тому +1

    I used to watch a Tootsie pop commercial

  • @auinealmeida3479
    @auinealmeida3479 4 роки тому +1

    Joshua Harris brought me here :)

  • @llarmstrong783
    @llarmstrong783 Рік тому

    I never knew that this first aired the year I was born

  • @irene-chancovers4871
    @irene-chancovers4871 4 роки тому +3

    This is the TV size version.

  • @Shampoid
    @Shampoid 9 років тому +8

    600 licks

  • @johnr5178
    @johnr5178 2 роки тому +3

    Funny how this shows that casual littering was pretty much socially acceptable in 1970.

    • @dawnfire82
      @dawnfire82 10 місяців тому

      Modern people really need to get over themselves...

  • @goyangi4143
    @goyangi4143 5 місяців тому

    Funny how the kid looks at the stick like "Really?"

  • @AvieMetal
    @AvieMetal 5 років тому +4

    Brooklyn 99 brought me here ahahah

  • @AWKSS
    @AWKSS 10 місяців тому

    Why is this commercial playing in 2023 I literally just saw it on tv!! WTF!!!

  • @monkeybanana713
    @monkeybanana713 2 роки тому +2

    The answer is 364 licks.

  • @watchforever1724
    @watchforever1724 9 місяців тому

    Ah memories

  • @susygonzalez7638
    @susygonzalez7638 2 роки тому +1

    It’s “how many licks does it take to be to the center of a tootsie pop” my brain hurts right now

  • @aidanlane
    @aidanlane 3 роки тому

    *This old school commercial is airing in 2020 now!!*

  • @kimmanning2913
    @kimmanning2913 7 місяців тому +1

    A decade.

  • @SoloPilot6
    @SoloPilot6 Рік тому

    1982? NOT HARDLY! This was regularly seen during Saturday morning cartoons in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

  • @wendylebeau1542
    @wendylebeau1542 4 роки тому +2

    I remember it lol I swear they where stoned

  • @cozene35
    @cozene35 2 роки тому

    Classic commercial!!!!!

  • @lanji
    @lanji 2 роки тому

    Kid got soul snatched by Owl

  • @jumpman6524
    @jumpman6524 3 роки тому

    Literally the only channel that will air this commercial the most is FreeForm

  • @lastnamefirstname8655
    @lastnamefirstname8655 Рік тому

    i still remember this. and i still don't know.

  • @dirtyp4289
    @dirtyp4289 5 років тому +1

    85 South Show brought me here! 💀😂💀😂💀😂

  • @DarrelsWonderland
    @DarrelsWonderland Рік тому

    364 licks, everyone! 🍭

  • @pianogigger
    @pianogigger 2 роки тому +1

    Owls, "3-3" , and the world may never know....of course this commercial will always be aired lol. I'm sure some old trillionaire mason/illuminati in a bunker mansion gets a laugh out of it over the decades.

  • @SonofMrPeanut
    @SonofMrPeanut 9 років тому +8

    Great choice for a milestone. Though there is one other question to ask beside the one the commercial poses: Why is that boy naked? XD

    • @princessleia2187
      @princessleia2187 5 років тому +1

      SonofMrPeanut the word may never know

    • @communityEsc
      @communityEsc 4 роки тому

      Cap'n Peanut B. Crunch That is a good question, i’ve never thought about that before.

    • @imrustyokay
      @imrustyokay 4 роки тому

      Cause it was made in 1970.

    • @SonofMrPeanut
      @SonofMrPeanut 4 роки тому

      @@imrustyokay Best answer we've got, anyway.

  • @Qistyx
    @Qistyx 3 роки тому +1

    It took me 387 licks but according to the internet it was 364

  • @demoniiee6
    @demoniiee6 4 роки тому

    BROOO ITS BEEN SO LONG THIS COMMERCIAL DOESNT EVEN COME ON!! 😭😭🤧

    • @EWBRboy2006
      @EWBRboy2006 3 роки тому

      I saw it come on yesterday.

  • @reidsoria3761
    @reidsoria3761 4 роки тому

    The world may never know!

  • @EricksonChannel-dk4fd
    @EricksonChannel-dk4fd 3 місяці тому

    I Always Tootsie Pop Commercial 1999

  • @Michael-oz2rg
    @Michael-oz2rg 3 роки тому +2

    iR0k brought me here

  • @ameliawarfield5637
    @ameliawarfield5637 Рік тому

    The last words of this classic commercial are probably right.

  • @jazminecastillo2442
    @jazminecastillo2442 3 роки тому

    g i swear it was "how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop"

  • @spacegasp
    @spacegasp 3 роки тому +1

    This is a 1969 commercial.

  • @briannamoro5861
    @briannamoro5861 4 роки тому +2

    Ik how many licks it is its 13,25 licks I think I cant remember but I think its that

  • @marcdewey1242
    @marcdewey1242 2 роки тому +1

    Now there is a new one but without the turtle.

  • @mrquacksack2566
    @mrquacksack2566 6 років тому +6

    ready player one this is what I-R0K was talking about

  • @samuelavelar2700
    @samuelavelar2700 Рік тому +1

    GenX talks

  • @declanmcmahon7326
    @declanmcmahon7326 7 днів тому

    Irok sent me here.....first to the key

  • @coolioboi
    @coolioboi 4 роки тому +1

    According to MatPat, it depends on the heat and moisture of your body/tongue.

  • @amandalauri
    @amandalauri 3 роки тому

    364 LICKS!!!!! some students at a college did it

  • @lakmaliwedagedara1873
    @lakmaliwedagedara1873 2 роки тому

    Dale: Uh-huh. A physicist.
    George Sr.: There you go. Yeah. Nice enough fella. Always reminded me of that cartoon *owl* *in* *the* *Tootsie* *Pop* *commercials.*
    #YoungSheldon (Episode Pongo Pygmaeus and a Culture that Encourages Spitting)

  • @elbardonegro924
    @elbardonegro924 4 роки тому +1

    On 06/23/2020. Critical Role. Campaign 1 Episode 44. 1:12:40.
    That brought me to see this commercial.