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I have a new favorite commercial. It’s the “Joy Ride” Amazon holiday ad. I never get tired of watching this. It’s one of those commercials that you actually stop what you are doing and watch.

As you know, this is my all-time favorite commercial. I show it here every year. It’s “The Publix Song.” Every time I hear it, it brings me back to my youth. I feel like I am in that place and time.

This commercial ran for a few years from 1987 to 1996 and every time it came on, I would stop what I was doing and watch. It’s part of my Christmas memories of my youth and it’s just one of those things – a song, just like a smell, that brings you back to another time.

The music in Last Train Home is from Still Life Talking an album by Pat Metheny Group, released in 1987.

To this day, when Pat Metheny is performing, he’ll refer to the song as, “The Publix Song.”

Till next time . . . .

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I keep hearing a commercial for someplace having a Red Dot Sale. It’s a bad commercial because I don’t remember what the company is that’s running the commercial, and I must have seen it 100 times.

But every time I hear it, I think of this – people buying red dots and walking out of the store with them. So I came up with this cartoon regarding that. It was published today at TomFalco.com.

I mostly think of red tag sales and if K-mart was still a thing, they had a Blue Light Special. I remember that from hearing it so much, but I do vaguely remember experiencing it as a kid a few times. I think the store had some sort of noise or siren and blue lights started flashing in the ceiling. I think.

Another commercial, that I don’t know what they are advertising is the “dry scoop” one. At the beginning this guy says, “Always dry scoop before you run!” Like it’s an order.

I came up with this cartoon thinking of that phrase. Then he says, “Listen to me; the hot dog diet got me shredded!” I love the sound of his voice. It’s commanding. And cartoon worthy.

I found the commercial here. Low and behold, it’s for One-A-Day vitamins. But honestly until I looked for this video, I didn’t know what the product was.

I learned in school years ago that the product is the thing when making ads or commercials. These two lose in the product remembrance department, but are great for cartoon ideas.

This cartoon, from an old advertisement is very popular still. It was published a few years ago, it’s a parody of the Progressive Insurance ad where the guy has blue hair and the insurance guy, Dr. Rick, says, “We all see it. We all see it.”

People remember it and to this day still buy cups and things with this cartoon on it and they also buy the actual cartoon at Cartoon Stock. Here’s the commercial.

Speaking of ads. Here is a new one below – Hotels. com – hope you use them when you are looking for travel arrangements. I get a commission on every sale – that’s sale, not click. You need to actually buy something from them for me to get a commission.

I use Hotels.com and have for years. I get lots of points and it pays for hotel nights which I use often.

Anyway, end of commercial. See what I did there?

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