Remember the House Hippo?

I’ve been watching old commercials all afternoon on YouTube. Send me more! I demand that someone finds me Thomas Cavanagh doing Labatt Blue Light (“If I wanted water, I’d ask for water!”), because I can’t seem to track it down.

I wish I hadn’t been such a nerd, and edited all the commercials out of my VHS tapes of the X-Files most of the time. Or that I hadn’t thrown the tapes away when the show came out on DVD.

15 thoughts on “Remember the House Hippo?

  1. (Correction… I’ve been looking at old Canadian commercials, because that’s where I lived at the time.)

    (Somebody also needs to find me a picture of that fucking green puppet we used in French class. I can’t properly spell the name, so boo, hiss, boo.)

  2. (Correction… I’ve been looking at old Canadian commercials, because that’s where I lived at the time.)

    (Somebody also needs to find me a picture of that fucking green puppet we used in French class. I can’t properly spell the name, so boo, hiss, boo.)

  3. I have no idea what that puppet looks like, and it seems I never will. My google-fu is lacking.

    Not even searching in French yielded any results, just loads of PDF files with lesson plans. Although I did find out you can order your very own dimoitou for a whopping $52.95, but I’m not sure if that’s US or CDN.

  4. I have no idea what that puppet looks like, and it seems I never will. My google-fu is lacking.

    Not even searching in French yielded any results, just loads of PDF files with lesson plans. Although I did find out you can order your very own dimoitou for a whopping $52.95, but I’m not sure if that’s US or CDN.

  5. I don’t know if the local Wal-Mart has a pets section, but I’m sure they’re available at PetSmart.

    Hm.

    $52.95 is too much for relatively low quality nostalgia from 3rd grade French class.

    Um. Grade three French class, that is.

    Dimoitou looks like… well, a fuzzy green hand puppet. Maybe with a beret, at times. ‘Cause he’s French.

  6. I don’t know if the local Wal-Mart has a pets section, but I’m sure they’re available at PetSmart.

    Hm.

    $52.95 is too much for relatively low quality nostalgia from 3rd grade French class.

    Um. Grade three French class, that is.

    Dimoitou looks like… well, a fuzzy green hand puppet. Maybe with a beret, at times. ‘Cause he’s French.

  7. Yes, I’ve been looking for that blue light commercial, too… Please, someone must have it

  8. Yes, I’ve been looking for that blue light commercial, too… Please, someone must have it

  9. I've been looking for it too! LOVE that commercial. I found one of the sequels on youtube, but I want the original!!!!!

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