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
Acura has released a series of ads featuring a new Integra model and a rapper named Vince Staples. Here’s one with a floating car, which reminds me a lot of the movie Arrival.
Here’s the full track in case you want to take a listen.
Does the floating Integra remind you of the invading alien spaceship in Arrival?
Another arrow in Acura’s Integra quiver is this ad featuring the song “Slide.”
And rounding out the trio of ads is this one called “Lemonade.”
The Integra hasn’t been manufactured since 2001. One of the last commercials produced must’ve been this one showing what looks to be a very accurate recount of what happens in Vegas 9 times out of 10. Still more fun than being attacked by aliens, just sayin’.
Do you think the remodeled Ingetra will have a strong showing in the small coupe /car market? Do you like the ads geared towards younger car buyers? Chime in below!
KIA has embarked on a new ad campaign showing people doing good in the world. One of these ads seemed to backfire (according to reviews on YouTube, Twitter, etc) as it showed a guy driving rather swiftly around a beach collecting trash with a homemade rake attached to his KIA. Here’s my recap on that ad. Their latest commercial shows a bi-racial couple (which Joe Biden would be shocked to see!) strategically leaving raincoats around town during a rainstorm. Take a look…
The ad is clearly saying more about the type of person who buys a KIA rather than the Sportage SUV itself. We see that a lot with Subaru, too. Neither brand gets into the nitty grits about a vehicle but instead show people doing charitable or fun or adventurous or kind things and they just so happen to drive that particular brand of vehicle. In this case, the KIA people are delivering jackets to wet people. Realists would say that anyone with an SUV (or a car with a big trunk) could do this jacket dispersement deed. Doesn’t need to be a KIA. A few comments point out the fact that the jackets are hanging out in the rain, so they’re most likely already soaked, which wouldn’t really help someone who’s also already soaked.
I came up with a few other reasons this ad may not go over well. 1. You know people who DON’T need those jackets will be snatching them right up… because they’re free. Exhibit A, Goodwill shoppers. 2. Bridges. Why not hang them under a bridge or somewhere they won’t get so wet? Not to mention, most of the people needing those jackets should be under cover (like a bridge?) when a storm as brutal as the one shown in the ad! 3. The day to donate jackets to people who need them is NOT the day of the storm. How about do this in the days or weeks before the rain hits?
How do you feel about the ad? Does it make you want to go out and by a KIA, even with their new poorly designed logo?
As many of you know, I have 2 pups. Piper is 12 yrs old and Asia is 11 yrs old… as pictured below. For their entire lives, up to last October, they only knew one place as being “home.” It was a house in Nashville, Tennessee. But since then we’ve packed up and through a whirlwind of events, live in a Gulf Stream Vintage travel trailer.
They seem to love it but it’s Asia that has really become a dog that always has FOMO. I guess I have a pattern when I start to pack up and prepare things for our next trip because immediately she has that fear of missing out and she’ll go everywhere I go. Well, either that or she’ll jump in the truck and lay in the back, just watching me gather things and get ready.
It’s awfully cute! They should know, though, I’d never go anywhere without them! They’re my buddies and to steal (and modify) a line from a great book, “The Art of Racing in the Rain,”….
You’re real good friends, Piper and Asia!
For more about my travels, check out my Camping Stories page and you can see more photos on my Fine Art America page here.
To say Myakka River has a few alligators would be like saying Washington has a few dirty politicians. Hi there, I’m Ben, and I rather swim naked with steaks tied to my arms and legs in a lake full of gators who haven’t eaten in 7 days than rub elbows with a Washington politician. *snaps out of it* Oh gosh, sorry about that mini rant on corrupt government, I hardly knew this post would start off THAT way. But heyyyyy, thanks for stopping by! I’ve been camping around Florida, mostly at state parks. My latest camping adventure brought me to Myakka River State Park, nestled between 73 big alligators and 195 REALLY big alligators.
I’m going to type up a recap of my entire experience, which was a mostly fun one (except for the day I totally overextended myself and got dehydrated, too). But today is all about the big, scary, ancient, frightening, fascinating, dinosaur alligator creature. Back when I was just an innocent lad (a couple months ago), I thought something was amiss… as I had not seen an alligator after taking my talents to south Florida. Well, that’s all done changed now. I can’t even keep track of how many I’ve seen! And part of that is thanks to Myakka River State Park. I mean, just look at this monster as observed from the safety of a bridge even though I will neither confirm nor deny that I tinkled in my underwear a little bit when I saw it.
As if to send a message to the human observers, this one is swimming off with a deceased turtle.
Come to think of it, the gator wasn’t just sending us humans a message. To this other (relatively) smaller gator, he also made very clear this was his turtle. The turtle was his. Belonging to him… was this turtle. Just look how he makes the gator jump when it got too close to the turtle (which was his, apparently).
They can jump, too?????? Here I was thinking the bridge was going to keep me safe! Three things were solidified in this moment on the bridge, after seeing this… 1. As if it wasn’t already clear, I WOULD NOT BE KAYAKING IN OR AROUND THIS RIVER. 2. I need more underwear. 3. *thinks for a second* Yes, I would still jump in this river naked and swim towards the biggest gator I could find than socialize with a Washington politician.
I’ve seen this commercial quite a few times in the past few months but it never dawned on me till recently that I’m completely on Team Gas Station Attendant.
It’s not unlike stopping at a gas station to use the restroom. It’s a little distasteful to use their restroom without purchasing something, even if it’s not filling up your gas tank. Even worse is parking at a pump which could possibly keep the station from making money from someone who would need the pump.
So who’s side are we on here, anyway? Well, I gotta go with the gas station attendant. The Hyundai owner is not being very thoughtful. Also, does his hybrid vehicle not have the windshield washer spray function? Surely it does, which would nearly be as effective as the gas station squeegee. And going back to the potential loss of income… imagine if this actually happened with the high gas prices we’re currently experiencing. That could easily mean $80-$100 being forfeited because of the lack of concern from the hybrid owner.
I know it’s meant to highlight the Santa Fe in a light and somewhat humorous way. Perhaps we should leave it at that. But reading into something and pointing out how soft and disrespectful people can be is just more fun.
Out of the Wilderness 