As a ventriloquist and comedian, Winchell created a career by making voices.
Some of his credits include Tigger in many of Disney’s animated Winnie-The-Pooh television series,
Mr. Owl in the 1969 Tootsie Pop commercial, and Gargamel in the Smurfs.
This is a 1969 vintage tv video commercial from Tootsie Pops and titled How many licks does it take..
Tootsie Pops are known for the catch phrase “How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?”.
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Scott Lanter
2 months ago
I just saw this on TV tonight.
I can remember this commercial from 50 years ago.
In fact, I was in the next the room and heard the boy ask how many licks.
I thought, “No way! That can’t be the Tootsie Pop commercial from when I was a kid”.
But, it sure was. What a great memory to relive.
I used to love that commercial as a little boy.
Nathaniel Schwartz
7 months ago
I remember seeing this ad constantly on TV when I was little, and every time I saw it I was always so curious to find out the answer, because Mr. Owl cheated.
So one day I bought a tootsie pop and I tried it, I licked it around 70 times and then my tongue got numb and then I didn’t like it anymore, so I had to wait quite a while before I could have another one.
Zayne Underwood
1 year ago
Classic!
Not to be a spoiler or anything but University students at Purdue figured out it takes 364
licks on average to get to the Tootsie roll center of the Tootsie Pop…..
Just sayin
Leo Getz
2 months ago
October 2021 and I’ve seen this commercial about a dozen times the past two days.
Watching reruns of Blue Bloods and Criminal Minds on ION TV.
Just wondering if ION bought the rights or for some reason this commercial is making a comeback
I’m 69 and remember it as a child. I tried to figure out how many licks. I bit it about an hour later. Thanks for the memories.