Betty Buzz Commercial – The Music, The Bubbles, and More!

Sparkling beverages have a new player in the game. It’s Betty Buzz, launched by actress Blake Lively. In a recent commercial, Blake explains the company’s mission while we learn what her once principle is… take a look:

Clearly, you can never have too many bubbles. I just hope the ones in the drink are a bit smaller than the ones in the ad. 🙂

The Music. The background music is “Tiny Bubbles” by Don Ho.

This song was released by Don Ho in the late 60s and was covered by a few performers I’ve never heard of. Here’s one now.

If she needs an idea for the next Betty Buzz ad, perhaps Blake can call on the talents of Willie Nelson, and play off the bubbles in the water vs. the bubbles in the beer, since Betty Buzz is non-alcoholic.

Thanks for bubbling by…

-Out of the Wilderness

Colorful hummingbird photos, with camera settings to take the pics

“Hello, Hummingbird.”

-Cameron Poe, Con Air

A beautiful hummingbird has been visiting this feeder ever since my mom got it ready for the spring season. She tends to it often, and the bird is thankful. So is the lizard pictured further in this post! Below, I love the picture that shows the bright colors of the ruby-throated hummingbird.

The first thing is to know when the birds will eat. I had seen them at this feeder in the late afternoon a few times, so I figured that was a good time to get my camera ready. As you can see in this first set of photos, I started on the shadowy side of the feeder, basically making the bird and the lizard into silhouettes.

I love silhouette images. In fact, I have a whole gallery dedicated to those types of photos. But I really wanted to capture the color and details of the hummingbird. Because I love birds as much as I love silhouettes, and hey, I have a whole gallery dedicated to birds, too. 🙂

I was unsure if it would return to the feeder after the one time I saw it, but I moved locations to get ready anyway. Much to my delight, it returned!

Camera settings for all of these photos were in this range:

Shutter 1/2500

ISO 1600

f-stop 6.3

focal length 350mm

If you’re interested in making some of my pictures part of your everyday life, you can find quite a few options by going to my FineArtAmerica page. There, you’ll find the hummingbird photos and many more…

Thanks for dropping in!

-Out of the Wilderness

Fitbit Commercial for the Self-Identified Quirky Characters of Society

Hello and thanks for clicking on the blog today. I write and post every day at 1pm central about all kinds of things, including commercials. For more info on new (or old, depending on when you’re reading this) TV commercials, check out my Popular TV Ads page.

The newest addition to the page is about a series of ads from exercise-fitness-sports-tracker-data brand Fitbit. In these ads, they’re encouraging users to “Feel Your Power.” They’ve called on folks with niche fame (influencers on various platforms) like Petey, Leah V, Nor Diana, and Marc Rebillett.

Here’s one of the ads, then scroll down for more info about these folks…

Petey is a TikTok star and a musician. Here’s his Fitbit ad followed by the music video for a song called “California.”

Leah V is a plus-sized model and an author/influencer.

Nor Diana is “Phoenix” in the wrestling ring, seen (not wearing a Fitbit) in the match below.

Marc Rebillett is an electronic artist… who wants you to WAKE UP! And I guess he wants you to wear a Fitbit, too.

If you identify as just a normal black, white, Asian American, Native American, etc., I guess you’re just supposed to get a Garmin? Spoiler alert: Garmin’s are better anyway 🙂

Thanks for dropping in…

-Out of the Wilderness

The Masked Singer, a Ken Jeong fail?

Everyone and their mother are writing about Ken Jeong walking off set after Rudy Giuliani was revealed as the singer in the Jack-in-the-Box costume on the most recent episode of a show I don’t watch.

Thursday morning.

We didn’t see Robin Thicke walking off set (although he did). We also didn’t see the female judges walking off (because they didn’t). And speaking of things not seen, I didn’t see 99% of the show but caught the end when comedian Ken Jeong said, “I’m done,” and walked off stage. It definitely came across as serious, but I wondered if I had missed a joke?

I really only have two questions. (Answers at the end of this blog)

  1. If the singer was a political figure who most people think did worse things than Rudy–for an easy comparison let’s pick a known liberal, Hillary Clinton–would Ken have walked off stage?
  2. I heard a line from a guy on YouTube, saying something like this, “When I hire a plumber, I don’t really care about his political views. I mostly care about how good he is as a plumber.” In other words, when someone wants Ken’s political opinions, won’t they just ask him? Till then, stick to acting.

Robin Thicke walked off stage too, but they didn’t show that because he hasn’t been relevant in ten years. And if Ken Jeong ever read the lyrics of Robin’s hit, “Blurred Lines,” would he walk away dramatically, too?

Answers:

-Out of the Wilderness

Ladder Insurance Crocodile Commercial – The Stuff Nightmares Are Made Of!

It took me forever to see an alligator after I left Nashville and moved south, but finally, I saw one. And now I can say I’ve seen a crocodile, too, except that it’s not in real life, thank goodness! The croc is bundled up in a bed waiting for a midnight snack in this Ladder life insurance commercial. Scroll down for more info…

The Credits. Creative agency Fred & Farid are credited with the idea for this ad and it was directed by Casey Storm. Lots of the production credits can be found here.

The Nightmare. When I a young kid living in south Florida, I often had nightmares of alligators chasing me. Kind of like sharks, I still, as an adult, have a healthy fear of them but also a fascination. While I don’t think a crocodile or alligator in your bed is as threatening as, say, a moccasin snake, this crocodile ad is going to ruin my sleep tonight.

It might also keep me from dating. Who wants to marry someone that only wants your life insurance money? 🙂

Thanks for dropping in…

-Out of the Wilderness