Some of my favorite commercials on TV are the Geico commercials. I love the gecko. I loved the woodchuck ad and most of all I love Maxwell the pig and his commercials.
Maxwell is an adrenaline junkie who loves to go fast and scream weeeeeeee whenever he is doing so.
What particularly makes me laugh at all of them though isn’t the fact that a pig is having so much fun and going weeeeeeeee and talking. No, it’s the fact that he is holding pinwheels in each hoof as he is doing so.
Who even owns a pinwheel anymore? How many people under 30 even would know what one was at first sight? It was such a random and goofy prop to stick in the ad that it kills me every time.
What particularly makes me laugh at all of them though isn’t the fact that a pig is having so much fun and going weeeeeeeee and talking. No, it’s the fact that he is holding pinwheels in each hoof as he is doing so.
Who even owns a pinwheel anymore? How many people under 30 even would know what one was at first sight? It was such a random and goofy prop to stick in the ad that it kills me every time.
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| Maxwell the Gieco mascot |
But, no matter how much I love the ads that Geico runs, I will never buy their product. It’s too expensive. It has to be spending all of that money coming up with all of those ads. Obviously they work to the point where people buy the product, but it will never be me. Not as long, anyway, as 21st Century Insurance continues to cost me half of what every other plan does.
Over on American Idol last night, Heejun Han got the boot. It didn’t matter to America
Sadly that meant that DeAndre Brackensuck is still on the show. He is the absolute worst “singer” that has ever made it this far.
Jimmy Iovene had it right about Brackensuck; his style is polarizing. One can either love it or hate it. I HATE IT.
I also don’t like Joshua Ledet’s voice and style either but I get it how others might. He is at least likeable enough also.
My current belief is that Philip Phillips will win AI. Jessica Sanchez is the best singer left of the eight but the female vote is much larger this year, apparently.
Sadly that meant that DeAndre Brackensuck is still on the show. He is the absolute worst “singer” that has ever made it this far.
Jimmy Iovene had it right about Brackensuck; his style is polarizing. One can either love it or hate it. I HATE IT.
I also don’t like Joshua Ledet’s voice and style either but I get it how others might. He is at least likeable enough also.
My current belief is that Philip Phillips will win AI. Jessica Sanchez is the best singer left of the eight but the female vote is much larger this year, apparently.
I know people who scoff at American Idol for a few different and strange reasons. One thing is certain about this show, however, and it is that it is huge and powerful.
What other type of show has there been in prime time like this that attracts the type of stars to it like it does?
Let’s face it. Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler are superstars in the music industry and this show attracted them to it to take it on as a new career and it has made their careers bigger. Randy Jackson was well known in the industry also but as a member of bands (Journey for one) and is now pretty much just famous for AI.
Let’s not forget what it did for Ryan Seacrest.
The real proof of the shows power though was evidenced last night as last year’s winner Alfred E. Neumann (Scotty McCreary) was presented with a platinum album for his first-ever record. Platinum means one million albums sold. That was in less than a year, my friends. That is truly amazing.
What other type of show has there been in prime time like this that attracts the type of stars to it like it does?
Let’s face it. Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler are superstars in the music industry and this show attracted them to it to take it on as a new career and it has made their careers bigger. Randy Jackson was well known in the industry also but as a member of bands (Journey for one) and is now pretty much just famous for AI.
Let’s not forget what it did for Ryan Seacrest.
The real proof of the shows power though was evidenced last night as last year’s winner Alfred E. Neumann (Scotty McCreary) was presented with a platinum album for his first-ever record. Platinum means one million albums sold. That was in less than a year, my friends. That is truly amazing.
The same holds true for The Voice, a show which I know continues to attract more viewers and even some of those who I know don’t like American Idol. After all this show has Christina Aquilera as a judge and not just for the first year but now also the second and the same holds true for the other three judges. I didn’t really see them all coming back for year two. This means that the opportunities for these judges, and anyone who appears on the show, are gigantic.
Speaking of gigantic, the Mega-Millions lottery drawing going off tonight is currently at 540 million dollars and it will grow by the time it is drawn tonight.
The cash option on that is a whopping 389 million dollars. If you just figure that half will go for taxes I will get a staggering 190 million dollars clear when I hit it tonight.
Tonight is my night!
If you see another blog of mine in a couple of days you will know that it wasn’t me who took the jackpot down to the bank. But if you never read this again you will also never hear anything from me again because I’ll disappear faster than my puppy’s breakfast every morning.
If you see another blog of mine in a couple of days you will know that it wasn’t me who took the jackpot down to the bank. But if you never read this again you will also never hear anything from me again because I’ll disappear faster than my puppy’s breakfast every morning.
And stock up on pinwheels!
The premier edition of our second show, Marshcast, was recently posted. You can find it right here on this blog page over to the right in that Podbean player. As mentioned this is a mainstream show and in the first edition my friends Chris Park, Mike Peco, Pete Rotteveel and Dennis Morina joined me to discuss gas prices and what we believed could be done about it. A conversation about uses of urine came up also after I mentioned that someday it would be cool to use that to power cars. Wouldn’t that be awesome though?
Our second show with the same guys featured talk about gay marriage and about our favorite TV shows. If you even remotely like reading this page you’ll get to hear a whole lot more on this podcast and meet some new people who have some funny and interesting things to say as well.
Our second show with the same guys featured talk about gay marriage and about our favorite TV shows. If you even remotely like reading this page you’ll get to hear a whole lot more on this podcast and meet some new people who have some funny and interesting things to say as well.
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