Pharm-speak
“Fainting can also happen.”
In search of lost commercials
Did you know that “so many of the melodies of well-known popular songs were actually written by the great masters”? I did, but I had no idea who was speaking those words.
Sweatin’ your nextra to the boo
It sounds to me like “You’re sweatin’ your nextra to the boo.”
A spokesman on the move
For a moment tonight, I thought that maybe Joe Namath’s water heater really had exploded. Because there was George Foreman, shilling for some Medicare (Advantage? Supplement?) plan.
Recently updated
A surprising pre-millennial whoop.
Starring Joe Namath et al.
The Spokesmen, a tragedy.
“Change in plans!”
“Mom, you’re painting again? You could sell these.” I hate this commercial.
Some of the old songs, Sam
Applebee’s commercials rely on the theme songs from Cheers and Welcome Back, Kotter to encourage a return to in-person eating.
¿Quién es más confiable?
¿Joe Namath, o Tom Selleck?
A modern “rec” room
One in a series of Motorola ads with artists’ renderings of futuristic abodes.
Misheard
“Don’t spend another sleepless night worrying about death.”
“Anthony! Anthony!”
I remember “Anthony! Anthony!” not so much from the commercial as from Bob and Ray’s radio repurposing of it.
Crossover candidate
“Hey, you’re that guy!” ”The thousand-dollar-a-month guy!”
Jackie Wilson and milk
It’s nice to hear a few seconds of Jackie Wilson on TV, even if it’s in a milk commercial.
Joe Namath on TV
I’m not sure which scenario is worse to contemplate: that Joe Namath needs these benefits, or that he’s willing to say that he does to make some money. O television!
Dream commercial
In last night’s sleep, a commercial for The Tonight Show.
Speak, Emenee
Do you remember this commercial?
Page Morton Black (1915–2013)
“Chock Full o’Nuts is that heavenly coffee.”
Higher Education PSA
The exhortation to “Give to the college of your choice” has been superseded, I’d say, by the bumper-sticker proclamation “My daughter/son and my money go to .”
The picky ones
Jewelers everywhere advertising themselves as “le difficile.”
SafeLite, SafeLite, SafeLite
A commercial (or series of commercials) sometimes gets in my head — and my brain begins to dissolve.