Lipton Iced Tea with T-Pain – The Commercial, the Song, and More!

It’s hot, it’s summer, and it’s hot! Did I say it’s already? A great way to cool off is with a glass (or bottle) of sweet iced tea and Lipton has the goods. A recent commercial features a famous entertainer in need of some heat relief. Check out T-Pain catching a bottle of Lipton then scroll down for more sweetness… YeEeAaAh!

The Song. This is one of my favorite songs from the 90s, although I didn’t know T-Pain has since covered it, as heard in the commercial. Here’s the original by Len.

More, please. Lipton posted an extended T-Pain version (longer than the commercial, shorter than the original), although some folks have commented that they’d love it as a full length song from Mr. Pain.

How do you beat the heat? Also, is there a “song of the summer” yet? Maybe this T-Pain cover will surprise everyone and be the hit for a hot 2023 summer! See you tomorrow…

-Out of the Wilderness

Who has the best TV ad jingle in 2023?

I noticed recently that SKYRIZI has yet another commercial with a new take on their song. You know, the one with lyrics that go… “nothing is everytheeaaaeeng”… and now it’s stuck in my head AND yours. My bad! I’ve written about them before (SKYRIZI post here) and another brand on this list has made appearance on Out of the Wilderness. It’s Daisy brand, I wrote about their catchy ad here. To help get the SKYRIZI song out of our heads, listen to the ads below and comment with which one is your favorite and which should be thrown to the bottom of a lake never to be heard from again. Enjoy!

Skyrizi – “Nothing Is Everything”…

Daisy Cottage Cheese – “Only Daisy cottage cheese will do!”…

Burger King – “BK, have it your way”…

Liberty Mutual – “Liberty, Liberty, Liberty”…

State Farm – “Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there”…

Kars 4 Kids “Donate your car today”…

Permateeth – “Take a Bite Out of Life”…

-Out of the Wilderness

An Alligator Attacks in Florida

There’s a story out there on various sites about a Florida teen who was bitten by an alligator. Frightening stuff, for sure! As a Florida native, the fear and respect for those fascinating creatures is ingrained from a very early age. There’s a funny Instagram video where a guy is told how to accurately detect if a body of fresh water in Florida has an alligator in it. The one sure way to find out is to feel the water first. If it’s wet, there’s an alligator present. The video was good for a laugh but also… yikes.

I’m going to censor myself by not talking a lot about the teenage boy’s unwise decision to swim in a murky creek. A murky creek… in Florida… can’t see what’s in the water… and you’re swimming… 🙄

Everyone’s grateful he was able to get away but it’s too bad an alligator has since died (although, they’re not sure if the one that was killed was the same that bit the boy). Wildlife suffers because of one immature boy’s dumb choices. Nice. As one comment I read said, humans are apex predators but we are not the top of the food chain.

The story is scary, and we should all have a healthy fear of alligators. I have a sprint triathlon coming up where the swim takes place in a Florida spring. You can bet your foggy goggles I’m going to triple check what kind of set up they have around the water to make sure it’s 100% as safe as possible for us as swimmers.

Alligators are big, strong, and should be revered as we swim or recreate as visitors in their domain. I’ve had the chance to see some small gators and big ones as I camped around the southeast so next up is a gallery of favorite photos I’ve taken of the dinosaur-like beasts. PS. These and more are all available for purchase on my SmugMug page. Thanks for taking a look!

-Out of the Wilderness

Bleu De Chanel Ad featuring an A-List Actor – The Music, and Why It’s Not the Best Bleu De Chanel Commercial

Bleu De Chanel is advertising a fragrance for men in a commercial starring actor Tmothée Chalamet (who also recently starred in this Apple commercial). On par for ads like these, not everyone will be a fan because they’re usually abstract and lean heavily on the side of art and interpretation. Take a look then scroll down for more!

The Music. Accompanying the visuals is a song called “Nights In White Satin” by The Moody Blues. Here’s the full track…

Will men buy Bleu De Chanel after seeing this ad? Probably not. Will women buy it FOR their men? Obviously. Somehow they’ll connect the scent with heartthrob Timothée Chalamet and their loved one and every time they catch a whiff they’ll be fantasizing about being in Timothée’s arms, not their boyfriends or husbands. OK, that’s a stretch but the scene will surely awaken them to good memories and good thoughts. Us men might not catch on to that but since when does that matter? If your woman is happy, it shall go well with you.

The Best of Bleu. This ad won’t win any awards and, except for the popular actor, it won’t be remembered for much longer than it airs on TV. But!! Bleu De Chanel is responsible for one of my favorite ads of all time. Expectations? Out the window for this guy, and I love the sentiment.

Where do these ads stack up on your list of favorites? Was it a good move to have Timothée Chalamet be the face of Bleu in the commercial? Chime in below, I’m expecting it from you… 😉

-Out of the Wilderness

OceanGate and the Biden Cover Up

There are some people out there suggesting that the attention paid to the OceanGate submersible saga was almost entirely due to the Biden administration. That’s because at the very same time as the submersible going missing, Hunter Biden was finally facing some accountability, and legal ramifications, for his actions in the recent past. This is important because of how it ties in with “the big guy,” allegedly referring to Joe Biden himself, which would bring on a world of trouble for the sitting President. Aw, who am I kidding, it won’t amount to anything because Washington politicians are as corrupt as they come. But even with possible corruption, I still refuse to believe there has ever been an administration, current one included, that’s so evil that they’d string millions of people along with false or misleading information just to distract from something they don’t want anyone to notice or pay attention to.

But why is that even being suggested? Well, it’s the US Navy. Evidently the Navy picked up audio on Sunday, the day OceanGate went missing, the sound of the sub imploding. Then, for the next 3+ days, the American public was riveted by the search and rescue attempt. Obviously, we now know it was futile and I’m embarrassed I didn’t pick up on it sooner. Don’t we know that if there was a breakdown in communication just 2 hours into their journey to the bottom of the ocean that they most likely would’ve deployed the airbags, or whatever they’re called, to abort the mission and bring the submersible back up to the ocean’s surface? It would be a suicide mission to lose all communications and still continue the trip, right? Therefore, we should’ve known that when the sub lost contact with the ship above and it didn’t surface within a couple of hours that something catastrophic happened.

Do I believe grandpa Joe Biden is so sinister that he withheld information from the public for selfish reasons? Yes and no. I think he’s got two things going on. Basically he’s an evil idiot. Sometimes he knows the decisions he makes. That’s the evil part. Other times, because of his lack of functioning faculties (remember he almost died in 1988 from brain aneurysms), he’s just an aging man who should be spending his golden years with family but instead he’s embarrassing himself on the world stage. That’s the idiot part.

But about the conspiracy of an OceanGate cover up, it IS possible. I just don’t think it’s probable.

-Out of the Wilderness