He Gets Us – The Commercials and More

By now you’ve probably seen the Jesus commercials on TV or streaming. The official campaign, “He Gets Us,” has an entire portfolio of ads but here’s one of their more recent ones to give you an idea of what they’re about.

The people behind these ads go by the same name, “Het Gets Us,” a non-profit organization with no specific church affiliation, and that’s on purpose. One of their main goals in a society that is seemingly burnt out on Christians and Christianity in general: Refocus on Jesus. It’s not unlike the well-known Ghandi quote, “If it weren’t for Christians, I’d be a Christian.”

As you can expect, these ads have been met with opposition. Even the ad above, which was created using AI technology, is facing backlash from some people claiming the artwork in it was used without permission of artists. I did a little research into that claim, and it’s kind of a gray area. The AI image generator creates original art but it could be plausible that it uses themes and styles from actual, real artists.

The ads are also being praised by people happy that Jesus is being preached to new generations in a way that isn’t cheesy or old-fashioned. Whether someone likes the commercials or not, one thing is for sure: They’re getting people’s attention. What happens after that is up to the viewer (and the Holy Spirit, I suppose 😉 ).

I read that there will be two of these “He Gets Us” commercials airing during the Super Bowl, so I’m sure there will be lots of online discussions about them. I’ll be using the hashtags #JesusCommercial and #HeGetsUs to find out how people are reacting.

See you tomorrow…

-Out of the Wilderness

The KIA Binky Commercial – The Music, the Cast, and the Logo

I’ll get to a little pet peeve I have with KIA later but first let’s take a look at their adorably fun commercial featuring a dad on an epic journey to retrieve his daughter’s favorite pacifier.

The Cast. I was surprised to find out the baby is played by twins Sequoia & Serenity Mork Macko. They’ve also appeared on TV as the baby on “The Goldbergs.” Here’s a clip their mom posted on Instagram (@TracyMork)…

Mom and Dad. Confirmed by KIA, the father is an actor named Nate Smith and Mom is played by Carly J. Casey.

The Music. The soundtrack of this commercial might sound familiar. It’s the soundtrack of another hero, Rocky Balboa. The song is called “Gonna Fly Now” by Bill Conti.

The Logo. I’ve said this before, but while I love the design of KIA vehicles, especially the Telluride, the OCD side of my brain keeps focusing on their logo. Not all of the diagonal lines are parallel!!!! It probably doesn’t matter, but the left side of the A isn’t aligned properly. Here’s a screen grab from this very KIA commercial showing the design mistake. In the screen grab below, the pink lines are all parallel, using the ‘K’ as the standard.

Design flaw aside, the commercial is great. I’m sure parents out there can 100% relate to the disaster of forgetting your baby’s favorite binky, blanket, stuffed animal, etc. Do you like the commercial? Chime in below with your thoughts!

-Out of the Wilderness

The Uber Diddy Jingle Commercial – The Music, and More!

Diddy is back and makes it clear he’s Diddy… but Diddy is not about the ditty, no diggity, or jingles as they call it in the commercial, he just makes hits. Take a look then scroll down for who these ONE-hit-wonders are advertising for Uber ONE…

Recreating these recognizable songs with new Uber lyrics is pretty clever. Interesting, too, that each of these artists are considered one-hit-wonders and they’re appearing in an ad with ‘one’ in the title, Uber One. They have more hits than I do, so I’ve got nothing but respect for these entertainers! Here they are in the order of appearance along with their hit and the year it came out…

Montell Jordan “This Is How We Do It” (1995)

Donna Lewis “I Love You Always Forever” (1996)

Kelis “Milkshake” (2003)

Ylvis “The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)” (2013)

Haddaway “What Is Love” (1993)

Non-compete clauses at Burger King?

This was over an hour-long SNL skit, right? Yesterday Joe Biden gave another State of the Union Address, and just like my favorite kind of movies it had drama, humor, action, and all the thrills a room full of old people can muster up. In fact, more than once Joe commented on how old everyone in the room was. Isn’t that kind of the problem, these days? It’s why “term limits” is something most people, whether liberal or conservative, support. New blood, as the phrase goes.

Aside from calling everyone old multiple times, Joe Biden had a handful of odd comments and even more unintelligible words. I guess that’s not really surprising, not nearly as surprising as his comment about eliminating oil altogether. He said we’ll need oil (for cars) for at least another decade. Ten years! I can think of things I don’t even like that are going to last longer than ten years, much less something as integrated into the fabric of America as oil. This MUST be a comedy sketch. That’s why his proclamation was met with the loudest laughs of the evening, coming from those that know the use of gas vehicles isn’t going anywhere. Isn’t America about free will, choice, and competition? If someone wants to buy an electric vehicle, that’s awesome. If someone else wants a gas-guzzling 4×4 Chevy, go for it. I believe so strongly that the government should NEVER tell us what we want and how we want it. Biden (and most liberals in the media) seem to think otherwise. Of course, the Democrats love looking for someone to be their daddy, so none of their delusions surprise me anymore.

And speaking of competition, Biden said a person working in fast food can’t go across the street and work for a competitor because of non-compete clauses. Um, what? Never heard of that. I wish he’d said that Burger King needs to pull all their “Whopper, whopper” commercials, for this reason and this reason alone.

There’s a lot to pick apart from this “how we’re doing” speech last night and some news stations and YouTube channels will be all about it… but, as my mother pointed out, it sounded more like a campaign speech. If this is the beginning of his 2024 campaign, America is in for a rough ride the next two years. My only hope is that people tuned in long enough to listen to the rebuttal from Sarah Huckabee Sanders. If Biden’s words brought about hopelessness, hers were the refreshing hopeful words we needed to hear.

Democrats can only blast “old, white men” for so long before the rest of America realizes Democrats elected the oldest, whitest man to be President. If they make up rules for everyone else but don’t follow the rules themselves, why are there any rules at all? But also, be sure to not sign that non-compete thing all you fast food workers!

-Out of the Wilderness

My favorite independent YouTube hosts

Ahead of tonight’s State of the Union Address, I thought you might be interested in checking out a few independent thinkers who host great YouTube channels. While every single thing Joe Biden says tonight will be predictable and boring (with things like “The state of our union is strong,” and “The economy is booming,” and “My administration has done better than any other before this”… like every president has said in every address), these YouTubers think freely and critically, call out bull crap, and explain how things ARE… not just how we’re TOLD they are by the elites in Washington and Los Angeles. So here’s a list of my favorites. These are in random order so first on the list is just as good as the last on the list!

The Comments Section with Brett Cooper Brett Cooper is a young actress with her finger on the pulse of American culture. She covers everything from politics and TikTok influencers to gender fights and celebrity news. This is a video blog style channel where Brett reviews other videos and adds her 2 cents from a young woman’s perspective. Refreshing!

Odins Men Mainly focusing on the cringe and wild side of TikTok (trans people, liberal nuts, etc), the host offers a logical response to the crazy stuff presented in the TikTok videos. He plays the videos, but will pause them to respond. He shows emotion, so when he’s annoyed you’ll know it and I appreciate that! In addition to that and to clarify, he doesn’t overreact but he’ll use his words (I know, that’s a foreign idea in 2023) to explain why he thinks the videos are absurd.

Don’t Walk, RUN! Productions This channel is primary focused on politics and I’m always very impressed with the depth of research presented as they make their points. For instance, if Joe Biden references some rule or law we’ve never heard of, this channel will find it and explain it in context. Level-headed and not worried about calling out the hypocrisy in Washington, DC.

The Officer Tatum Mr. Tatum is the most animated (well, it might be a tie between him and Russell Brand) and offers a great perspective on politics and American culture. He is conservative and if I can be honest, makes conservative look cool. His catchphrase “Let’s get into this” is something I’ve caught myself saying because, well, it’s catchy. I believe he’s a Christian, too, so he’ll talk about how crazy things are in society from the perspective of a conservative, a man, a Christian, and/or a husband.

Russell Brand This one has surprised me the most in the last year or so. Russell Brand, who was once married to Katy Perry if that helps paint a picture for you about him, is an actor and I think he was once pretty liberal. Actually, he might still be liberal but I’m very impressed with his knowledge of American politics and his ability to sift through the BS to expose what’s really happening. He backs up his thoughts with news articles, quotes from politicians and leaders, and he’s downright entertaining. I find myself laughing as he reacts and dreams up stories about how conversations might go behind the scenes. He’s great.

Michael Knowles Michael Knowles is part of the team at The Daily Wire. The videos I watch and enjoy the most are the ones where he reacts to a music video, dissects a video from AOC, or just generally decimates the hypocrisy from the most left leftists. His presentation is calm but assured with sprinkles of humor, and great editing I might add.

Zeducation Tyler Zed does meme reviews, things didn’t age well, and generally just reviews absurd things found in society and on the internet. Similar to Brett Cooper, it’s is a vlog style channel with clever editing and lots of humor. Tyler is a young guy who knows a lot about what’s popular with those in their 20s and 30s (reddit, 4chan, whatever that is), and he offers a conservative perspective on popular culture.

Do you have any to add to the list? Chime in below and I’ll see you tomorrow…

-Out of the Wilderness