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Here's the disclaimer: I don’t watch much TV, and, when I do, I spend a lot of time bitching about the commercials. Not because they’re interrupting the show, and not because of corporate America trying to brainwash me and my checkbook to rush out immediately and buy a (insert product here), but, quite simply, because most of them are bad. I imagine this has to do with loads of things like target markets and polls and What the Average American wants, ad tricks and subliminal messages and so on. Ho hum. Whatever. There’s too many other things I’m trying to wrap my brain around these days.
That said, there was, years ago, this TV commercial for Sprite: three people dressed in pink bunny suits, standing in a line. Each played the Ukelele, and rocked back and forth to the blue-grassy music. Slowly, the one on the right turned around, and he had a sign that said SLICE on his back. Then, the one on the left turned around, and his back said 7-UP. Then the middle guy turned around, and his back said SPRITE, and he started playing his Ukelele like an electric guitar and the music got all Jimi Hendrix and it was awesome. Didn’t make me rush out to buy Sprite or anything (although I do drink it when I’m sick ‘cause that’s what my mom gave me when I was little. Sprite and Saltine crackers. It’s a nostalgia thing), but I did laugh really hard whenever I saw the commercial, and laughing is a good thing. This can be attributed to the fact that I like bunny costumes specifically, and any sort of person in an animal costume in general (loooved the Flaming Lips Pink Yoshimi tour, with some twenty costumed animals on stage with the band. Why’d they do that, you ask? No idea).
Anyhow, I tell you all this because last night, Christopher showed me this commercial on the internet. And I thought it was wonderful, and I think you all should watch it, not because I’m trying to push Sony on you or whatever, but just because it cheered me up, and gave me a good idea for a story, and the José González track is great, and maybe, later today, I’ll go to Uncle Fun for a little shopping spree.
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Comments
i can't watch the commercial here at work but oddly i did just buy jose gonzalez's album earlier today after reading about it on someone else's blog. but then i left my ipod at home and now i have nothing to listen to and there's nothing that will drive me insane faster than the silence of this empty office.
Posted by: carolyn | November 8, 2005 2:04 PM
what is the name of that track in the commercial. also, it's j-i-m-i, not j-i-m-m-y. not that it matters, at least you spelled hendrix correctly, and people like to not do that.
Posted by: N. Kittinger | November 12, 2005 12:46 AM
Heartbeats, by José González.
Posted by: Megan | November 12, 2005 8:06 AM