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June 17

Why is Mark Wahlberg holding an otter in an AT&T ad ?

[1] talks about it, but doesn't explain why. StuRat (talk) 00:07, 17 June 2017 (UTC)

Some sort of SNL-reference? [2] Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:59, 17 June 2017 (UTC)

Are you sure it's an otter? Some sources are claiming it's a prairie dog. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 14:01, 17 June 2017 (UTC)

There is a musteline AT&T connection: Otter Media. From an article in Multichannel News: "The deal Wahlberg follows a recent agreement between AT&T and Taylor Swift on an exclusive VOD service called Taylor Swift NOW, and an ad-supported VOD channel with Reese Witherspoon, called Hello Sunshine, that also involves Otter Media (the AT&T/The Chernin Group OTT joint venture) that will that debut later this year for customers of DirecTV and DirecTV Now." ---Sluzzelin talk 16:50, 17 June 2017 (UTC)

Possibly, but it seems odd that they assume everyone knows about this. StuRat (talk) 17:18, 17 June 2017 (UTC)

Well, you gotta launch your mascot at some point. Even the Gecko had to be introduced 18 years ago. ---Sluzzelin talk 17:24, 17 June 2017 (UTC)

They did that rather more straightforwardly, by having a gecko answer the phone and inform the caller to call Geico, not Gecko. (At some point after that, the company hired him. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 17:53, 17 June 2017 (UTC)

If someone offered to pay you to hold an otter, wouldn't you jump at it? —Tamfang (talk) 19:48, 20 June 2017 (UTC)

Depends what kind of otter you're talking about. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 23:20, 20 June 2017 (UTC)

I thought it was a reference to the dramatic chipmunk meme: https://www.google.com/search?q=dramatic+squirrel+meme&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8. OldTimeNESter (talk) 14:07, 22 June 2017 (UTC)

help finding BGM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIp6hYqdGl8

It sounds like something from a video game, final fantasy? I'm not sure, any help appreciated it. 212.30.205.63 (talk) 00:12, 17 June 2017 (UTC)