Was that really George Clinton in a Burger King commercial a few years ago? What are some other ads the Funk Mob have appeared in?

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A. Yes. GC was deeply in debt at the time. He compared it to the mother in "Cosmic Slop"--if she had to sell her body for her children, GC said, "then I can eat a fucking hamburger!" George appeared in print ads five years ago for a sunglasses company whose name escapes me at the moment. Most recently, George can be seen in an interesting Macintosh commercial.
George did do a radio spot for Budweiser beer a few years ago. It was a funky little tune--the chorus was like "Pump up the Bud, pump up the Budwei-ser!" the first words of the jingle were "I was jammin' on the dance floor late last night . . ." and the very last ones were " . . .that's music to me!" Oh, it was a funny one;The 1995 NBA playoffs, a beer commericial came on. It seemed to be one of those ads where there was an old, rundown bar in the middle of nowhere, and where some guy would eventually come in, pop open a bottle of beer, and cause a snowstorm or something. , only it's not a bar, it's a used record store, and an woman is thumbing through some 45's. A guy whose face you never see walks into the store, goes to the 45's, pulls one out quickly, and puts it on. Next thing BOOTSY appears on stage singing "Bootzilla"! I It was a different arrangement of the song, possibly from the recent import live CD. The product was Miller,.
During the 1996 NBA All-Star Game, a new Nike ad premiered. It begins with Seattle Mariners baseball star Ken Griffey, Jr in front of a waving American flag, with the announcer saying that he's a presidential candidate. Suddenly, it switches over to GEORGE CLINTON, with his name on the screen, and the tag "Campaign Manager" under it. George says a lot of things on why Griffey would be such a great candidate, including the fact that Griffey chose the Mariner Moose as his running mate proof that he cared about animal rights! He concludes by saying, "My name may be Clinton, but I know what I'm talking about." There have been other Griffey For Pres ads with George in them, including one where George defends pepper games, saying "Pepper to the people!".
TV commercials for Obsession (I think) have been using an instrumental version of Bootsy's cover of "If 6 Was 9".

What are some of the P.Funk birthdays?

Bop Gun!!!
January:

2-Dawn Silva (1954)
5-Grady Thomas (1941)
28-Billy 'Bass' Nelson (1951)

February:

7-Lige Curry (1953)
14-Maceo Parker (1943)

March:

15-Sly Stone (1944)
29-'Sting' Ray Davis (1942)

April:

10-Eddie Hazel (1950) (d 1992)
17-Dewayne 'Blackbyrd' McKnight (1954)
19-Bernie Worrell (1944)

May:

3-James Brown (192
16-Joseph 'Amp' Fiddler (195
22-Calvin Simon (1942)
23-Tiki Fulwood (1944) (d)

June:

8-Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins (1941)

July:

22-George Clinton (1941)
24-Gary Shider (1953)

August:

none

September:

26-Michael "Clip" Payne (1956)

October:

5-Lucius "Tawl" Ross (194
16-Cordell "Boogie" Mosson (1952)
26-William "Bootsy" Collins (1951)

November:

8-Jeanette McGruder (1954)
15-Michael Hampton (1956)
24-Gary "Mudbone" Cooper (1953)

December:

10-Jessica Cleaves (194
18-Star Cullars (1964)

 

Q. What members of the P.Funk mob are related?

The battle beyond the stars!

A. It's a family affair: Lige Curry & Michael Hampton are cousins. Michael helped Lige get his gig with the group.
Lynn Mabry is Sly Stone's cousin. P.Funk's 1976 tours with Sly brought Lynn & Dawn Silva to GC's attention and later Sly himself.

George Clinton is Tracey "TreyLewd" Lewis' father. He's also Andre "Foxxe" Williams' godfather.

William "Bootsy" Collins and Phelps "Catfish" Collins are brothers. Garry and Linda Shider are married.