Cumberland Farms commercials with Ric Flair

[Spider2024]

For those that have never heard of them, Cumberland Farms is a chain of convenience stores, mostly in the Northeast parts of the United States. These 2 commercials were just released with Ric Flair in them:

[Chainsaw]

We just ran one of these on my TV station. It was 5 seconds long and just him going Woo in a quick loop, like the video was stuck. I need an adult that's not Ric Flair.

Seriously, that weird shiny turtleneck shirt they made him wear is...a choice.

[wildojinx]

It looks like Flair is finally starting to show his age.

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

Flair: Cumberland WOOO!!! Tasty WOOO!!! Farms Coffee

[willywonka666]

IDK what's everyone's take on this? Ric seems to have become even more iconic in the past few years and will be remembered for the last few years then his actual wrestling prime in the 80s.

So is this a win? Or would it have been better off if he retired in 1992 or so and never made anymore appearances and would be a footnote as far as pop culture is concerned?

[Spider2024]

Mar 26, 2019 17:41:34 GMT -5 willywonka666 said:

IDK what's everyone's take on this? Ric seems to have become even more iconic in the past few years and will be remembered for the last few years then his actual wrestling prime in the 80s.

So is this a win? Or would it have been better off if he retired in 1992 or so and never made anymore appearances and would be a footnote as far as pop culture is concerned?

I mean, it's not that bad. It's a paid gig, and hopefully he didn't spend all his original paycheck for this commercial yet.

On the subject of Ric Flair suddenly becoming more of some sort of mainstream pop culture icon in recent years? I actually think that is true. I remember reading some pages of a book written around 2002 about the greatest pro wrestlers of all time, and the book seemed to indicate that Flair, while he was very famous in wrestling, was actually not so famous in terms of an outside-wrestling household name, at least not to the levels of Hogan, Andre, or The Rock. Although since that time, Flair has indeed gotten more mainstream famous I think.

[The Thread Barbi]

Mar 26, 2019 17:41:34 GMT -5 willywonka666 said:

IDK what's everyone's take on this? Ric seems to have become even more iconic in the past few years and will be remembered for the last few years then his actual wrestling prime in the 80s.

So is this a win? Or would it have been better off if he retired in 1992 or so and never made anymore appearances and would be a footnote as far as pop culture is concerned?

Is it because of the Rock and Batista that once closeted fans are now in positions to offer wrestling legend Ric Flair mainstream work?

[Squirrel Master]

Ric Flair is a national treasure.

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1) While I believe he was always one of those wrestlers who was *known* by mainstream audiences as a major wrestler (but nothing else outside wrestling), I think the fact that lots of football players - on the college and NFL level - are very big vocal fans of his has helped him break into the mainstream.

2) Cumberland Farms is only in the Northeast and Florida. That's so odd. I had recollections of them being everywhere (they're owned by Gulf Oil), but I guess I was thinking more of Gulf's reach and assumed Cumby's was starting to spread to everywhere they were...

[The 1Watcher Experience]

I’ve been going to Cumberland Farms and watching Ric Flair since I was a kid. Those are two things I haven’t imagined together. Never thought I’d see him doing a commercial for them but I can’t knock his hustle. The man is getting paid.

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Flair did that commercial like he owned Cumberland Farms stock. If I were American I'd probably spend $20 at the place because of that ad.