SiriusXM Channels Mark Twain and Conan O’Brien in New Commercial

I’m a subscriber to SiriusXM– and if they feel like sponsoring this post I’d be happy to send them my account info for a year of free radio 🤪– and I’m posting this because part of why I was born was to write! That’s half of an answer to the famous Mark Twain quote…

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

Mark Twain

The other half answer is December 26^th. 🎄🎅🏻❄️ Ya know, in case you were wondering. Here’s the SiriusXM commercial that opens with the Mark Twain quote and includes a trio of songs, a talented dancer, and a red-headed comedian.

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The Music. Featured in the 30-second version of the commercial are three songs: “Paint the Town Red” by Doja Cat, “Roots Bloody Roots” by Sepultura, and “Bright Horses” by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.

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The Comedian. You also might have caught the last statement in the ad… “If you can survive this, it’s going to make the whole story that much better.” This is a line from Conan O’Brien’s interview with Howard Stern referring to his tumultuous time taking over for Jay Leno on “The Tonight Show.” They had just received a terrible review and Conan’s dad said that to him. History has shown how Conan not only survived it, but his story includes his own SiriusXM station (channel 104) which helps make his story “that much better.”

Cool ad for a streaming satellite radio service always facing the ever present opponent – the things we see competing with the things we hear.

-Out of the Wilderness