{"id":71,"date":"2011-05-18T21:01:47","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T01:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/changingchannels\/?p=71"},"modified":"2011-05-18T21:02:59","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T01:02:59","slug":"now-for-a-commercial-interruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/changingchannels\/2011\/05\/now-for-a-commercial-interruption.html","title":{"rendered":"Now For A Commercial Interruption"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sandy Duncan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You know a commercial is good when you could have changed the channel … but didn’t.<\/p>\n

That’s usually the case with McDonalds ads, including its most recent one of a lemon with a human face whining about he’s usually referred to as a bad thing like a dud or a reject.<\/p>\n

The lemon was able to squeeze new life out of himself, however, when combined with strawberry flavor for a new McD’s drink.<\/p>\n

Clever stuff.<\/p>\n

As is the Wheat Thins sticks commercial where a guy is stuck under a rock and can’t move.<\/p>\n

A helicopter does come to rescue him but only removes the snack and leaves the man stuck under the rock.<\/p>\n

A little edgier than the days of Sandy Duncan as spokesperson, eh?<\/p>\n

This country loves its snacks, as do I. I also enjoy funny ads like the one for the new fudge covered oreos.<\/p>\n

A family enjoys the new product so much it comes up with wild expressions to put an exclamation point on it.<\/p>\n

“Frankin Delano!” yells out the one man, presumably a grandfather figure, while the mom surprises with a “Shut the front door!”<\/p>\n

She’s right … we wouldn’t any of the oreos to escape, after all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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