{"id":159183,"date":"2026-02-11T00:28:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T00:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/159183\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T00:28:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T00:28:50","slug":"famed-houston-actor-voices-tortilla-hungry-baby-in-h-e-b-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/159183\/","title":{"rendered":"Famed Houston actor voices tortilla hungry baby in H-E-B ad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fort Worth<\/p>\n<p>H-E-B recruited a Texas native for its <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y5HzZEv3vqc\">new Super Bowl commercial.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The San Antonio-based company\u2019s ad ran during the third quarter of the Seattle Seahawks blowout win against the New England Patriots. Two players with ties to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/sports\/dfwvarsity\/article314602242.html\">Fort Worth\u2019s Como neighborhood<\/a> played in the Big Game.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/news\/business\/fort-worth\/article314559578.html\">After teasing the Super Bowl ad<\/a> with several short baby-centric teasers, H-E-B released a minute-long ad to celebrate one of the grocer\u2019s most coveted items \u2014 tortillas.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd25 In case you missed it&#8230; <\/p>\n<p>        H-E-B\u2019s Super Bowl ad<\/p>\n<p>Houston native Jim Parsons, known for \u201cThe Big Bang Theory,\u201d voiced the tortilla-obsessed baby yearning for the buttery treat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWeek 32 of living, I still have yet to try the coveted buttered tortilla,\u201d the baby says. \u201cSo, I mean, have I really lived?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several missed connections are seen along the way as the baby reaches and crawls towards a stack of tortillas.<\/p>\n<p>Just when he thinks his tortilla time will never come, his mom tears one into small pieces. His little hands reach for a thin strip. Mission accomplished.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, if I just had something to smother it in,\u201d the baby says as the ad cuts to someone taking H-E-B queso dip out of the oven.<\/p>\n<p>H-E-B in North Texas<\/p>\n<p>H-E-B has rapidly grown its footprint in Tarrant County over the years.<\/p>\n<p>The company has a location in north Fort Worth in the Alliance area, and is planning a second Cowtown store in the Walsh area along Interstate 20. A Mansfield store opened in 2023, and a location near the Bedford-Euless line will open later this year.<\/p>\n<p>H-E-B <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/news\/local\/fort-worth\/article314471130.html\">recently purchased land<\/a> in south Fort Worth. The company also bought land in Wise County last year.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/259144728\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/STAFF_BRAYDEN_GARCIA.JPG\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Brayden Garcia\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/259144728\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brayden Garcia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Brayden Garcia is a service journalism reporter at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He is part of a team of local journalists who answer reader questions and write about life in North Texas. Brayden mainly writes about weather and all things Taylor Sheridan-related.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fort Worth H-E-B recruited a Texas native for its new Super Bowl commercial. 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