Walmart’s New Holiday Ad – The Music, The Facial Expression Shopping, and More!

While kids are finishing off the last of their Halloween candy, Walmart has ushered in the Christmas season (no offense, Thanksgiving!) with a new commercial. Check out the festive ad here…

Backing the holiday video clips is Etta James with “I Got You Babe.” Below is the full track.

You probably already know this is a cover the hit by Sonny & Cher (released in 1965). Etta James version was released in the late 60s. One of my favorite bands from the 80s and 90s also did a cover. Here’s UB40’s version from 1985.

Walmart is also launching a facial recognition shopping experience (in partnership with Facebook), so if you like this ad, smile and Walmart will know it 😉

OK, that’s probably hopefully not true. Hopefully they aren’t accessing our computer cameras but with that silliness aside, do you like this Walmart ad? Does it get you into the Christmas spirit? Chime in below…

Thanks for stopping by!

-Out of the Wilderness

The famous voices behind TV commercials – part 2

This is the second post I’ve written about famous people lending their voice in various TV commercials (click here for the original post), and this one has some big name celebrities! Take a look, and comment below for any others not listed…

Alicia Keys – Allstate

Jason Bateman – Hyundai

Matthew McConaughey – Lincoln

These are just a few. If you have more to add, let me know in the comments below!

-Out of the Wilderness

Door Dash DashPass – Bare Necessities TV Commercial Music

Door Dash serves up a double dose of DashPass ads with one featuring an adorable basset hound. More on that great ad here. The second round of DashPass advertising is this one…

The Music. The song in this ad is “The Bare Necessities” by Phil Harris & Bruce Reitherman. The full track can be found in this video below.

You may also remember this song from The Jungle Book.

This is another great ad from DoorDash. A nod to Disney, for sure, and a good way to advertise the convenience of ordering from DoorDash, whether it’s food or not.

Do you like the commercial? Let me know in the comments! Thanks for stopping by…

-Out of the Wilderness

Lizard Skynyrd

I was wandering around outside my parents house yesterday and noticed a little green lizard perched in a watering can. Of course I didn’t have my camera ready but grabbed it quickly hoping he would hang around for another minute so I could snap his portrait.

Lucky me!

Here he is along with a few other pics from the impromptu photo session.

Thanks for stopping by!

-Out of the Wilderness

Amazon’s Cleopatra Commercial – The music and the actress!

Amazon Prime has a new ad that’s sort of a mashup of The Prince of Egypt and Mad Max. Take a look at the “dry” ad below…

The actress is Maya Samaha, who’s been in commercials for clothing, cars, and computers, among countless others.

The song playing in the background is “Driver’s Seat” by Sniff ‘N’ The Tears. The official music video from 1978 is below.

The commercial is not going over very well with folks posting comments on YouTube. Lots of comparisons to the riches of Jeff Bezos (who ISN’T the CEO of Amazon, by the way) and the poor treatment of Amazon employees (I’ve been a driver for Amazon, it isn’t always bad). Perhaps the agency who came up with the ad should have done a little more research as to not come across so tone deaf.

What do you think of the ad? Are the people who don’t like it looking too far into it, instead of just taking it at face value? Chime in below!

-Out of the Wilderness