Shirtless Saturday: OMG! Screenshots Of The Turkish Bears In A Bath From The Halls Candy Commercial
The very day I posted and asked about the burly Turkish bearish men from a Halls Candy commercial, a kind soul by the name of Michael emailed me screenshots from it! Even though I was searching for a video, I was more than willing to repay him for his generosity. Alas, he’s stubborn as a bull. -_^ Seriously, friend, thank you very much!
To me, this Halls commercial is 30 seconds of pure homo fantasy. Picture a dad skiing with his two kids. Suddenly, he suffers from a runny nose and starts coughing, thus ruining his children’s vacation. He then takes a Halls Candy (debatable if it’s truly a candy, but that argument is for a different blog). The vapor action goodness of the candy’s menthol eucalyptus whisks our daddy away to a Turkish bath and ends up seating between two burly Turkish men wearing only a towel. The burly men then educates the “little” dad how to inhale and exhale properly. And if you watch closely, the dad is overtly ecstatic about the whole metaphor-thing-coming-to-life business. His kids then disrupt him from his fantasy sequence as our daddy skis away with a big smirk on his face.
Well, okay, so it wasn’t all that homoerotic (plus I’m not sure if I had accurately remembered it), but you gotta admit that it’s a tad bit homo just by looking at the screenshots. And, also, why was he wearing pajamas in a spa? Note how his hands are clasped together while covering up, oh, I don’t know… MORNING WOOD???!!! Uh, yeah, sure…
I have no clue who they are; so I’ll hereby baptize the bearded, unibrow wonder
as Brian Blessed, while the other as Speed Racer’s dad, John Goodman.
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BearMythology 
That really does look like John Goodman.
Hmm…
Where can I watch this ad?
I’ve always been extremely jealous of that dude in the middle!
Thanks for posting bearmythology! Can’t believe I finally found some evidence that this ad really existed! I’m surprised it has never shown up on youtube. I think you remembered right–it was overly homoerotic for the time (much like the Quizno’s ads these days). Funny I always thought the bear men were Russians (if I remember correctly, they are sitting on what looked like a block of ice).. but maybe I wasn’t getting the Turkish connection.
Anyway, one thing about the dialogue I do recall, is the kids asking Dad when he returned from the bear fantasy, “You feeling better, Dad?” and he looks at them and around then replies “Well, I was.” LOL Rather be around the big naked guys than your kids?
That’s completely, totally gay….
I WANNA BE IN THE MIDDLE : )
Now it’s on youtube.
Here is my favorite ad, for an ancient internet provider. In french, but I think easy to understand… two bears in a fast food called Grizzly burger…
Oups, here it is.
I loved that ad (thanks for the link in the comments) –This Halls commercial takes the whole bear thing to another level: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwWb63r3WwA