Ten Things Tuesday- Memorable Commercials

TV commercials are a reality of life.
Sometimes-OK many times- it is an annoying reality of life.

But, than you have the ads that just stick with you.
We get bombarded with so many and most are forgettable.

But, some are funny or clever or just stay with me.
I am sure we all have them.

This Tuesday's Ten Things is Commercials that are Truly Memorable:

1. Willie Nelson in a commercial for H&R Block
  The premise was that Willie didn't pay taxes( can you imagine?) and in order to pay what he owed he had to do a shaving cream commercial. He screamed "My face is burning."
Best thing I ever saw Willie do. Willie sucks.

2. Oscar Meyer Wiener
  Who doesn't remember that song? Oh, I wish I were an Oscar Meyer Wiener. That is what I'd really like to be. Cause if I were an Oscar Meyer Wiener everyone would be in love with me.

3. The I'm in debt up to my eyeball commercial by Lending Tree

 Makes me laugh and very true in oh so many ways.

4. The Reese's two great tastes together commercials
  They had more than one and they all ran along the same lines. One person was carrying a chocolate bar, the other person is carrying a jar of peanut butter and they run into each other and the chocolate bar ends up in the jar of peanut butter and they realize peanut butter and chocolate really DO taste great together. I have been known to eat peanut butter from a spoon. But, who would carry around a jar of it? Those wacky 70s commercials.

5. The Snickers "I am Batman" commercial
  A football player gets hit pretty hard and somehow thinks he is Batman.
Years later and I still love it.

6. "Where's the beef" commercial
  I am sure we all remember this Wendy's commercial with the old lady that can't see squinting at all these burgers asking "Where's the beef?"
So many people loved these ads. My mom always hated them. Not sure why but "Where's the beef?" irritated the crap out of her.

7. Big Mac commercial from McDonald's
  When big macs started, the jingle of what was in one was everywhere. Everyone knew the song.
Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun.
Really, the special sauce tastes eerily similar to Thousand Island Dressing.

8. Mr. Dumass commercial from A&W
  During an interview this guy was doing his best to make a good impression and called the interviewer Mr. Dumb Ass.
The guy tells him " My name is Mr. Doomas". Funny stuff.

9. That fella's from New York City commercial for Pace Picante Sauce
Cowboys sitting  around a fire eating and laughing at one of the guys for not knowing what real picante sauce is supposed to taste like since he's from New York City and Pace comes from San Antonio.
Not my favorite, but I remember it.

10. Hefty garbage bag commercial.
   Lift a wimpy bag full of trash and the bag falls apart. But, if you lift a Hefty bag, you got it made.
Wimpy, Wimpy, Wimpy. Hefty, Hefty, Hefty.



By the way, if I ever have an occasion to reference Willie Nelson, there will always be a "Willie sucks" tacked on to the end.
He does suck and it is just fun to say.
Willie sucks.

Just Pennies A Day!

Don't you find that phrase just stupid?

Unless you are only spending 1 cent on something, you are spending pennies a day.

Everything can be converted into pennies a day.

I spend about $25 per week on gas or $100 a month.
That comes out to 10,000 pennies a month.
There are an average of 30 days in a month.

So, basically, you are spending about 333 pennies per day on gas.
More in February.

You can do that with everything.
Break it down and it's all just pennies a day.

Car payments, food, electricity.
You name it.

It's all just pennies a day.

The only way besides buying something for 1 penny is if it were a one time purchase and it lasted so long that the cost would break down to less than a penny per day.

Like, an iron.
You spend $20 and it'll last a good 20 years.
Or it should- if you iron as often as I do.
Which is once every few months.

So, you bought the iron.
You have it 20 years so that is like a dollar a year-100 pennies.
There are 365 days in a year.
So, that way it's less than a penny per day.

No counting pennies a day on that one, my friend.

So, why do the commercials try and act like "just pennies a day" is such a bargain?

Yeah, whatever!

Commercials Are Ruining My Songs

I'm watching the VH1 Classics A-Z 80's Videos marathon.
Which is pretty cool.
I love my 80's tunes.
It is my era after all.

As I write, they are playing Bananarama-" Venus".
Great!

What's the problem?

Now, I hear the song and all I think of that Venus razor commercial.

Why do they do this to me?

"Melt With You" by Modern English is now part of a Burger King commercial.
Grrrr!

"Revolution" by the Beatles now makes me think of Nike.
I really liked that song too.

For God's sake Carnival Cruises used Queen's "You're My Best Friend".
You just don't mess with Queen. Ok I am sure the remaining live members made out pretty good.
But still.
It's Queen and now its in a commercial.
That's just not cool.

So many good songs and I hate that now they are irrevocably attached to companies and brands.

It saddens me.
Terribly!