Posting daily at 1pm central about all kinds of things. One day it's dating, the next it's TV commercials. I hope you're entertained. Professional photos on SmugMug – https://benwilder.smugmug.com
Well-known for their sweet commercials, Publix has another one out now celebrating Mother’s Day. I’ve already discovered the muffin recipe (big reveal here) but now it’s time to list the actors in the commercial…
There are three adult actors in the ad, each of whom you may recognize. The first one to appear is a young man playing the part of the husband/son-in-law. He’s actor Renwick Scott. Check out his work on his IMDB page.
Entering the home to pretty much save the day is the mother-in-law played by actress Cleo King. You can find her acting resume on her IMDB page, as well.
Appearing last, and tying the heartwarming story together is the wife/daughter. It’s actress Patrice Harris. I wasn’t able to track down her acting background so if you know where to find that, comment below and I’ll update the post with her info!
Well, there you have it! A trio of great actors joining together in a yet another wonderful Publix commercial that celebrates family and food. Do you like the commercial? Feel free to comment below with your thoughts. See you tomorrow!
“I cry a lot lately.” You might think that’s something the Marketing VP of Bud Light said recently but it’s not. It’s probably a true, but the line is from one of my favorite romantic comedies, Elizabethtown. In the movie, a shoe designer (Orlando Bloom) comes up with a design that’s supposed to be the next big evolution in sports footwear. The company he works for is akin to a Nike or Adidas, so the expectations of this shoe were very, very high. Then the shoe totally bombs. Take a look at this great scene with Orlando and Alec Baldwin, who plays the part of the boss in the movie.
“…and now meeting a growing international roar of laughter and rejection.”
Again, that’s a line from Elizabethtown but Bud Light executives could’ve said that about these 1990s Bud Light commercials that haven’t aged well… AT ALL. Bud Light’s million-dollar mistake is reading more like a horror story for them, but it’s been nothing but a comedy for the rest of us. All this chaos surrounding their endorsement by Dylan Mulvaney was explained in a letter from Anheuser-Busch recently:
“This was one single can given to one social media influencer. It was not made for production or sale to the general public. This can is not a formal campaign or advertisement.”
I can almost hear the sniffles all the way from St. Louis. I can also almost hear Alec Baldwin’s satirical delivery of that line and it cracks me up. Bud Light is trying to downplay the Dylan Mulvaney can as much and as best as they know how. Why can’t they figure out that it would be better for them to just do nothing? Get together in a board room somewhere, come up with a list of 10 ideas on how to fix the situation and then do none of them. Literally… do nothing. Doing nothing is better than every single thing they’ve done since the fallout of their trans beer can. They tried horses. They tried country music. Actually, maybe they need to have one brilliant idea, then do the opposite. Seinfeld reference there for ya.
Orlando Bloom’s shoe design disaster might make an entire generation return to bare feet and Bud Light’s big blunder might make alcoholics sober. Silver linings, I guess.
I read fast and furiously over the past couple of rainy days and now I’m almost finished with Dreamland. I credit the rain for that, AND when the story starting piecing together about halfway through, I just couldn’t stop. It was either keep reading or wash the dishes, and well, that’s an easy decision. Here’s the first part of my book review.
Definitely no spoilers but overall, I’m happy with the way the story has tied together, even if it wasn’t super believable. It IS a made-up story, after all. I still have a few chapters left and I have questions, too. Hopefully those questions will be resolved soon.
Can I see this book becoming a movie? Well, I understand a little more about why screenwriters get awards for adapting books to movies. Lots of scenes to work out and where the book gives a lot of descriptions, backstory, and inner thoughts, movies can’t do that easily. This one would be a great movie, especially since it is mostly about a singer/songwriter. I can imagine the soundtrack being stellar. Find a country singer who can act and the blockbuster movie would be well on its way. In fact, I already thought of a great guy for the role. Just remember you heard it here first!
From the big screen to Yellowstone to country music albums, Luke Grimes would be the perfect actor to play the part of Colby Mills. Narrowing down his love interest might be a bit more difficult. Maybe Julianne Hough (who has been in a Nicholas Sparks movie already, Safe Haven)?
Have you had a chance to read this book yet? I’ll have my final thoughts in another post once I finish the book and today is a little rainy, so chances are I’ll be finishing it very, very soon. Or washing dishes.
Zach Bryan recently released the music video for his song, “Oak Island” (check it out here) but before he was acting alongside Casey Affleck, he was chasing an “Oklahoma Smokeshow.” The smokeshow video is hitting fans hard in the best way. It’s not just the lyrics either, although it should be said that the words are striking chords left and right. The music video is the perfect visual for the song, just take a look… then scroll down for the main cast and more info!
The Actress. It’s always a choice between the bad boy and the good guy, isn’t it? A story being told for thousands of years. This version features a few well-known faces. The woman torn between the two men is actress and model Katerina Tannenbaum. She’s been in shows like Better Call Saul, AJ and the Queen, among others. Check out her Instagram @KaterinaTannenbaum and her IMDB page here. There’s also a nice article in the New York Times where she talks a bit about her childhood and how she originally wanted to be a dancer.
The Bad Boy. Wild and barely tamed, one of the love interests is played by actor Noah Le Gros. You might recognize him from a resume-full of productions but one of the biggest is the show 1883 where he played Colton, a cowboy. Check out his pics on Instagram @NoahLeGros and his list of roles on IMDB.
The Nice Guy. Finishing last (nice guys always finish last, right??) is actor Jess Oldham. He has a unique background working with horses and cattle on his family-run cattle ranch in Wyoming called Double D Ranch. There’s also a horse sanctuary on property which is awesome! Check out a few pics of him in action on the ranch website. You can also follow him on Instagram @Jess_Oldham.
The Location. Although the song is about a woman in Oklahoma, the video was shot in Texas. Thanks to a YouTuber who pointed out the locations (towns of Alpine, Presidio, and Marfa), I can confirm two of the three based on landmarks appearing in the video. The rodeo scenes are in Alpine based on the website in the background.
The water tower and country courthouse in the scene below is in Marfa, TX.
These are towns in west Texas, very west! Almost in Mexico actually, but still, the scenes and the backdrops remind me so much of my three-week-long camping trip which took me through north Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. It was the most amazing time where I caught on camera some incredible moments of wildlife, and even got a chance to see one of my favorite bands in Oklahoma, Judah and the Lion. I’ll leave you with a few of my favorite pics from camping but for more stories, check out my Camping Stories page and drop by my SmugMug page for more shots of wildlife.
I was watching a recent episode of American Idol, or maybe we should spell it AmaricinIdyl so it matches the weird medicine taking up ad space during the commercials. Did you catch all the medicine commercials, drugs with an ‘x’ or a ‘z’ or a ‘q’ in the name? Here’s a list of the ones I happened to catch in just one Sunday night two-hour episode of AmaricinIdyl… I need to throw a ‘z’ somewhere in there, don’t I?
Drug ads during Amaricinzidyl:
Zeposia, Eliquis, Kisqali, Mounjaro, Rexulti, Nutrafol, Lybalvi, and my favorite… Cibinqo.
That last one’s just fun to say. Cibinqo. I guess the median age of an American Idol watcher is higher than I thought. Or maybe we’re just all suffering from hair loss, eczema, diabetus, depression, or a long list of other problems old people like us have. I can’t even fathom the side effects these things have because we all know the list would be longer than a Walgreens receipt AND the side effects are probably worse than the problem the pills are supposed to be solving. Kind of like what they say in this ad from VABYSMO.
That’s another fun word to say, but I wouldn’t want those (wet) eye-opening side effects.
Have you noticed a lot more ads for these types of drugs? I thought Joe Biden beat big Pharma. Doesn’t seem like it!
Out of the Wilderness 