<P> Tootsie Pops are known for the catch phrase `` How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop ? '' . The phrase was first introduced in an animated commercial which debuted on U.S. television in 1969 . In the original television ad , a questioning boy poses the question to a cow , a fox , a turtle and an owl . Each one of the first three animals tells the boy to ask someone else , explaining that they 'd bite a Tootsie Pop every time they lick one . Eventually , he asks the owl , who starts licking it , but bites into the lollipop after only three licks , much to the chagrin of the boy , who gets the empty stick back . The commercial ends the same way , with various flavored Tootsie Pops unwrapped and being `` licked away '' until being crunched in the center . </P>
<P> Tootsie Pops are known for the catch phrase `` How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop ? '' . The phrase was first introduced in an animated commercial which debuted on U.S. television in 1969 . In the original television ad , a questioning boy poses the question to a cow , a fox , a turtle and an owl . Each one of the first three animals tells the boy to ask someone else , explaining that they 'd bite a Tootsie Pop every time they lick one . Eventually , he asks the owl , who starts licking it , but bites into the lollipop after only three licks , much to the chagrin of the boy , who gets the empty stick back . The commercial ends the same way , with various flavored Tootsie Pops unwrapped and being `` licked away '' until being crunched in the center . </P>
when did the tootsie roll pop commercial come out
when did the tootsie roll pop commercial come out
1969
1969