As you may have noticed, Dunkin Donuts recently became the newest TheLostOgle.com advertiser. Since we like chocolate long johns, fresh award-winning coffee, and their convenient OKC metro locations, we thought this was a pretty big deal. However, in what’s perhaps a bigger (and much more expensive than advertising on The Lost Ogle) deal, Barry Switzer is now appearing in national TV spots for the donut giant. Check them out:
Yeah. I’m really not too sure what these commercials mean or if they are supposed to be funny, but I like them. They are funny-weird in a very Napoleon Dynamite type of way. I think that’s a good thing.
Also, it’s good to see that Barry Switzer’s finally got out of the restaurant business. Becoming a character actor is a much better idea than opening another Switzer’s Lighthouse or Chicken Ranch or whatever other silly idea he’s come up with. It will probably save him (and his business partners) a bunch of money, too.
That kind of leads to this question: How did Barry Switzer land this gig? I know the local media (aka Sports Animal, Oklahoman) has brainwashed us into thinking Switzer is some sort of local God and coaching legend, but on the national level he has a very tarnished legacy. In other states, people remember him for his rampant disregard for NCAA rules, inheriting a Super Bowl champion team, and bringing a gun to an airport, more than they do the three OU national championships, recruiting stories at Othello’s and the alcohol binges at every bar in Norman.
Seriously, sometimes I wonder if Barry Switzer has pictures of everyone at the Sports Animal and The Oklahoman attending some gay orgy at David Boren’s house, because that’s the only way to explain why the local media is so far up his ass. He could get caught tomorrow with JR Ross and Toby Keith hunting some blind homeless man at Arbuckle Wilderness and the local Sports Media would find a way to stick up for him.
The only thing I can figure is that Switzer must have bought a Dunkin Donuts franchise. Nothing else makes sense, then again when he ever make any sense?
98.1 FM, Douche-bags-R-Us.
“Who are you to ask who are you?” lol
You guys are usually/sometimes up on stuff, but this news is a little dated. I mean, The Oklahoman even mentioned it if that tells you anything. OK, yeah, I’m that guy. And I hate that guy. Damn it. Please forgive me.
June 11: http://www.reddirtkings.com/2009/06/switzer-shills-donuts-makes-funnies.html
I’m confused…did I write this? I thought it was blasphemy for a Sooner fan to say anything like this about King Switzer.
Barry Switzer is, without a doubt, the greatest man who ever lived. I bet he probably wasn’t even really born in Arkansas. And who doesn’t like the allegoric franchise name for double D’s anyway? Krispy Kream is for sucks, not to mention 2/3 racist.
I’ve got a feeling we won’t be seeing you at any of your family events for a while, since you have besmirched the name of The Great One. You can come over for donuts, if they have changed the locks on their doors.
Jerry Jones owns a part of Dunkin Donuts. One night at McNellie’s, he was sooo drunk and was overheard saying that he could get anyone to be a better pitch man than the “Gotta make the donuts” guy and the rest is history.
As for the Douchebag Rotisserie that is the Sportsanimal, they would sell out their mothers and wives (some already do) to keep Switzer in their good graces. of course Eschbach has some pretty racy pictures of Barry from the 70s and 80s for blackmail so he doesn’t have to but does because he has to answer to a troll king.
All that said, Switzer is the greatest coach alive and despite that I still blame him for John Blake.
Barry Switzer is a god. how many national championships did Zeus win?
the last paragraph is awesome! i would’ve went with a joke like “Maybe Switzer asked Boren if he wanted to come over and do some blow, and Boren had the wrong idea…” i don’t know why people don’t talk about Boren’s obvious gayness more often. i wish someone could break that story wide open. it’s only a big deal if you deny it.
i know a lady who works for OU, and she said that they had to have fresh cut flowers in their office for Boren when they knew he was going to come by, and that he required that you stand (almost at attention) at your cubicle as he walked by.
and Switzer blows.
As bigheaded and douchey as Barry can be, these genuinely funny commercials seem like a bit of a wink to let us know that he’s officially in on the joke. You know, the William Shatner wink. Here comes Barry’s acting resurgence!
Your site should be shut down for blasphemy…oh, and its Jim Ross…he’s referred to as JR because of his initials.