A Wanderer Contends With a Literal Fork in the Road in Droga5's Latest IHOP Comedy

Pancakes or omelettes? Or something even better?

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Medieval fantasy tropes are enjoying a pop-culture moment these days. IHOP is the latest to jump on the bandwagon, with a humorous commercial about a neurotic wanderer and his horse.

In the new :60 from Droga5, the bearded man—who looks something like a washed up Vigo Mortensen, complete with greasy hair and a ragtag cloak—stumbles upon a literal fork in the road. He bends over to pick it up, and proceeds to obsess over whether to eat “pancakes and pancakes” for breakfast, or whether to “omelette some omelettes.”

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