"Hey, Anyone Want To Go To The Frog Bear And Wild Boar Bar?"
Maybe this is a big running joke in the city of Columbus, Ohio, but there's apparently a bar there called "The Frog Bear And Wild Boar Bar", and that name is either brilliantly or stupidly bizarre, so someone had to put their New Year's Eve commercial on YouTube yesterday. When people make plans to go there, do they say out loud "The Frog Bear And Wild Boar Bar"? Or do they call it the "FBAWBB"? Just "The Frog Bear"? I kind of actually want to know:
"Featuring Lt. Dan's New Legs"? What? Turns out that the fictional character played by Gary Sinise in Forrest Gump still ain't got no legs: it's a hip-hop band that "creates an environment where it's nearly impossible to stop dancing." Get it? Legs? I think we've all learned a lot about Columbus, clubs, or YouTube, or America today.
Posted by Lindsay at 3:56 PM in Local Commercials
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I lived in Columbus for four years, which was way too long. I enjoy watching the SEC pummel Ohio State every year in at least one sport just because I hate most things about the town.
To answer the question at hand, most locals call it either "Frog Bear Wild Boar," or "Frog Bear." When I first heard it, I had the same reaction. It's very hard to believe that anyone could hear those words and not immediately have visions of Mr. Toad's now defunct Wild Ride dancing in his or her head.
The bar is in the terrible part of town that attracts post-collegiate twenty-somethings who have no money to their name, but like to run up credit card bar debt and act like they're rich bitches. Of the bars in that area, Frog Bear is one of the trendiest and most annoying.
I've also had the "pleasure" of seeing Lt. Dan's New Legs a few times. As far as hip hop/pop cover bands go, they aren't that bad, which is to say they are terrible.
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ha! I'm from Columbus and I love that this is what the city is noted for... but most people call it "Frog Bear and Wild Boar." No exciting nickname there. It's in the Arena district (meaning it's around the arena where the ice hockey team plays), home to post-frat late 20 to early 30 somethings. Actually, pretty boring all around.
But don't judge us on this! There are cooler places on campus. For instance, "the Ugly Tuna Saloona." I am serious.
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actually to agree with kirk, most people do leave out the "and," but I assume most of the people who call it "Frog Bear" are those that frequent it, and I most certaintly don't know any of those people.
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This looks like the type of place the Real World cast would love to annoy people at until one of them gets sucker punched. Except probably even more annoying because it would be full of Ohio State fans.
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I happen to be from Columbus and it sounds like all of you may need to change your tampon and do not know anything about music and or entertainment. The Band Lt. Dan's New Legs is world wide now and only some of the members are from Columbus. The rest are from Buffalo NY. That band has more talent in their sleep than any one of you could muster in a lifetime. The members in that band all have degrees in music and can play anything from Jazz to Classical to Hip Hop live with no backing tracks. You idiots. Do you realize how difficult it is to do Hip Hop without a bunch of tracks playing and 3-4 rappers. you must be retarded. They get paid top dollar to do celebrity weddings and all the major events across the United States including this years presidential inauguration. Get a life you unhappy crying losers.
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celebrity weddings!
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I've lived in Columbus for the past 12 years, and I've never heard of this band until right now. I'm only here until I finish my PhD, but I'm not going to pretend that this is a great town and that this is a world-renown band. And how are they going to do this year's presidential inauguration when we haven't had the election yet? I have a hard time buying that McCain would have this band at his inauguration if he happens to win this year.
Hell, I was a Singing Angel growing up and they're world-renown too (they've traveled the globe and have been around for almost 40 years), but I don't expect anyone to know who they are.
And when did music degrees mean that you're better than those who just play and didn't take the detour to college along the way? Face it; nobody knows who this band is and nobody cares. Not even people who live in town.
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AHAHA 50 bucks says this guy googles "Lt. Dan's New Legs" at least once a week to find out how big his band is getting. Which is not a hard thing to do, considering they've got 91 google hits? These guys must be pretty huge.
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oh, you can set up google alerts to send you e-mails every time someone on the internet writes about you. i get like 90 emails a day informing me how much the world wide web loves everything i do.
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