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[tfan]

So I am baffled by these Dr. Pepper commercials that have "Lil' Sweet on a tiny horse!" talking to "two thirsty cowboys". The Lil' Sweet character (who is supposed to be a glam-rocker) and his horse are optically shrunk down to less than 50% of normal and Lil' Sweet has a Prince look and a gay vibe, while the two cowboys he talks to act like genuine ranchers who don't get into town too often.

Anyway, I did a search and it turns out that Lil' Sweet is played by Justin Guarini, the runner-up on the first American Idol back in 2002. And people did see a Prince resemblance and there were some complaints around his death. I don't remember them, but commercials with that character have been running since 2015.

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[pilight]

I remember seeing some of the previous commercials. They're all kinda weird.

Never would have recognized Justin Guarini as Lil Sweet.

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[cthskzfn]

i crack up every time i see that ad.

a mini dandy on a mini horse, 2 manly brokeback mt ranchers...it's brilliant from content to editing.

lmfao


LIL SWEeeeeeeet!!!!!!

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[Ex-Ref]

Is the thing on his bolo a pop tab?

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[tfan]

[Howee]

I keep wanting to believe it's somehow a display of tolerance of....I dunno....little people, gay little people, gay little people with odd voices??

But. It DOES 'REGISTER'.

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