commercials

If you lived in Minnesota in the 90s, a classic commercial jingle from back then is back again, just in time for winter.

As you enjoy Super Bowl LVII next weekend, keep a close eye out for a commercial featuring one Illinois farming family.

As we put the wraps on another year, it's always fun to take a step back and see how far we've come.

12 million people have watched Google's commercial online, and another 100 million or more saw it last night during the Superbowl.

As if working the "hot corner" weren't difficult enough, the reigning National League MVP recently spent some time handling some grounders at 3rd base. Just to make it fun, the baseballs were on fire. Literally.

Having lived in Rockford and the Rockford area for my entire life, I couldn't pry my eyes off the link that alert WROK Morning Show Listener Mike sent me earlier this morning. The link took me to a video, and the video, featuring Rockford TV commercials from around 1980, threw me into a time warp.

If you watch commercials (and really, who doesn't?), you know that the standard subtext in beer and liquor commercials is that by purchasing the product, you'll have the best time, hanging with the coolest and most beautiful people, doing the coolest things...

A new commercial from Nike is drawing lots of attention, and surprisingly, in our someone-is-offended-by-everything world, not for offending some person or group's sensitivities. Well, I'm sure the entire city of Boston could draw offense at the thought of another winter like the one they had last year, but they're hardy folk, they can handle it...

In the interests of full disclosure, I'd like to go on the record as saying I have no problem with Jennifer Aniston. She's talented, funny, beautiful, and has lots and lots of money. Does she have more money than me? Absolutely. Tons more. Can she afford to do things that I will never be able to afford...

So, you've got dozens and dozens of animators and illustrators, thousands of original drawings, and several months of work. Sounds like something happening at Pixar, doesn't it? In this particular case, it's not Disney, Pixar, or any of the usual animation suspects...