The Volkswagen Let’s Go Go Go Commercial – The Music and More

I don’t have kids of my own but even with my pups, I can totally relate to this commercial. I’m always like, “Go go go!” or “Hurry hurry!” or “Stop stop stop!” when it’s raining, or cold, or one of them is eating poop. Sometimes it’s a race, isn’t it? That’s the idea behind the new Volkwagen commercial featuring a group of folks who are in a rush, rush (Paula Abdul flashbacks, anyone!?). Here’s the commercial then scroll down for more info…

The song in the commercial is “Go Go Go” by The Electric Peanut Butter Company. Just stop… you had me at peanut butter. Yummy! Are you crunchy or creamy? Here’s the full song from 2015…

Volkswagen has a few new ads out. Take a moment to read up on these others and find out which is my all-time favorite VW commercial.

The EV Volkswagen Commercial – The Music, the Location, and More!

Volkswagen Jitterbug Commercial – Flashback to Star Wars…

Volkswagen Sheep Commercial – Is it a Flock or Herd?

-Out of the Wilderness

Reaction to the First Republican Debate – Youth, Pre-Game, and “Politician Speak”

Eight people were on stage last night hoping to introduce themselves to America… again. There were the familiar names of Mike Pence, Ron DeSantis, and Chris Christie along with newcomers Asa Hutchinson, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Doug Burgum, which autocorrect keeps switching to Burger for some reason. Between those two groups were South Carolinians Tim Scott and Nikki Haley.

The spirited two-hour long debate was mostly cordial between the potential nominees. If there was any “ganging up” on another person, it would be a handful against Vivek Ramaswamy. Chris Christie landed a punch when, in regards to presidential age limits, he said we shouldn’t have a president who’s too old… or too young. Vivek took offense but did so with a smile. No one really attacked Hutchinson or Burgum because they were the bookends of the group, in other words polling so low that they’re not seen as a threat. The other six can’t visualize them as president. I can’t imagine Chris Christie as president either. It’s not the content of their agenda. I pretty much support a lot of what they said. But just from an optics perspective, a Christie or Hutchinson or Burgum presidency just doesn’t compute.

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Another candidate who sincerely irritates me is Mike Pence. The thing is, I probably agree with him on a lot of things, maybe more than any of the others on stage. But I am so fuh-reakin’ tired of “politician speak,” and Mike Pence is the guiltiest. It’s like these types of candidates have a handful of key points and no matter what’s asked, they only talk about those topics. It’s infuriating. Mike Pence is a relic of candidates gone by because of that style of speaking. He needs to go away, or let his hair down and have a real chat.

Another pet peeve of mine is the general elevation of politics. Politicians are now rock stars. Debates are sporting events. In fact, one person on a show leading up to last night’s debate referred to what he was doing as “pre game.” I swear, if someone ever says they’re tailgating before anything related to politics, I’m going to lose it! In essence, we’re looking to hire the #1 public servant. They don’t need to be “cool.” We shouldn’t have the capacity to care less if the nominee is “hip.” The real questions lie in their ability to serve and serve well, how they handle adversity, what will they do about the things Americans care about, and will they stay awake during memorials for citizens who have passed away in a historic fire in Hawaii?

With all that said, after the first debate I’m most interested in Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, and Vivek Ramaswamy. Of course, lurking in the background is Donald Trump who may or may not be in jail at the time this post goes online. He wasn’t as this debate, by his own choice. He may not be at the next one, by the warden’s choice. I wonder if his one phone call from jail can be be a Zoom call in to the next debate?

That’s all for now. Did you watch the debate? What stood out to you? Did anything surprise you?

-Out of the Wilderness

Funny Mint Mobile Commercials

Ryan Reynolds is slowly making a believer out of me. I’m a loyal Verizon customer because they’ve typically had the best coverage and the best customer service in all my years of traveling around the country. I won’t get into the details, but I tried AT&T for a couple of years and it was almost a full nightmare.

But Mint Mobile. I don’t know anything about them, which I guess is a testament to why having good commercials is important for companies. Ryan Reynolds is the sole reason I would even consider switching, well him and the inexpensive cell phone plans. And they hired ALF as a spokes person spokes animal spokes alien? Awesome.

-Out of the Wilderness

Olive and Mabel – the dogs from COVID lockdown

Remember a few years ago when we were supposed to be not going outside and stuff? I’m sure YouTube views skyrocketed across the board during most of 2020. Lots of silver linings came from the tragedy of COVID and one thing I came across was videos of labradors named Olive and Mabel. The first one I watched featured a very realistic play-by-play call of the dogs and a toy bone.

These are created by Andrew Cotter, here he explains the origin: My name is Andrew Cotter and in normal life I commentate on sport: Wimbledon, The 6 Nations, The Open Championship, The Olympics – that sort of thing. In a parallel universe I make videos with my dogs, Olive and Mabel. It started as the pandemic did and it has carried on.

And here’s one from Halloween, just as funny as the other two. Check out the rest of the videos on the Andrew Cotter YouTube page.

-Out of the Wilderness

The Publix Step Dad Commercial – Milestones for Blended Family

Hallmark. Nicholas Sparks. Publix commercials. I’ll take “Things That Make You Cry” for $500, Alex. I can’t think of any other grocery store chain that can pierce the heart like Publix can. The only one that comes to mind is Dollar Tree (they have groceries, right?) when they went up to $1.25 but those weren’t tears of joy. 😢

Publix’s latest commercial celebrates milestones many families experience from birthday parties to school graduations to weddings. Many times, these landmark moments include food, meals, whether it’s catered or home cooked. The ad is also a nod to blended families. Take a look at the joyful tear-jerker then scroll down for more info…

They definitely make a point to show the blended family aspect of the relationships so as soon as the daughter said, “Thanks Chris,” I thought to myself they’re gonna do it… they’re gonna do it… and then…. boom they did it and now I have a lump in my throat! She calls him dad, signifying that the long relationship went from Grace and Chris to dad and daughter. How sweet!

While groceries take a backseat to the human aspect of the ad, there are still plenty of Publix brand products throughout. There’s a birthday cake, ginger ale, raw eggs, vanilla extract, 1/2 gallon milk, graham crackers, baby carrots, graduation cake, pickles, olives, honey, chicken wings, and deviled eggs.

Ten years ago, Publix had another ad using the same theme of “Milestones.” This one is narrated and is still emotional, although not quite as much as their newer commercials. In the last few years, they’ve also managed to integrate their products in almost every shot, whereas this commercial doesn’t show any products at all.

Publix is in a league of their own when it comes to commercial advertising. They’ve developed a signature style and every time one of their commercials comes on, it’s almost instantaneously identifiable before their logo ever appears.

-Out of the Wilderness