The Grizzly Details

Good news!  YouTube is back in action!  Here's proof:


As far as talking animal commercials go it could be better, but I'll take it.  Not to mention, it comes with a slew of puns that I can't bear to let slide.  Let's paws to list a few:
~ Don't feed the bears.  It's the cLaw.
~ That little bear bear is smart. Fur real.
~ The bears sure did get those people to scatter.
~ Thank you McDonalds, for the Fryday fun.

Now I'm hungry for a bear claw.  Or a shamrock shake.  Or!  A bear claw shake!  Have a wonderful weekend Friends!

McContagious

It's the weekend!  I usually love to participate in a blog hop on Saturdays, but it wasn't meant to be today as this is the very first moment I've been on a computer all day.  A computer.  Not my computer, mind you.  Let me explain.  My wonderful, superfun, don't-see-her-nearly-enough sister is visiting this weekend from Chicago and staying at my parents' house.  I had a duathlon on the other side of the state this morning, but I hightailed it out of there ASAP so I wouldn't miss one single moment of time with my brother and sister- it's so rare for us to all be together.  I made a conscious decision NOT to bring my computer.  "I won't have a second to spare!"  "I'll be basking in the sunshine that is sibling love and laughter!"

Except I seem to have the stomach flu.

So while everybody is downstairs giggling, chatting, and telling hilarious jokes I will never be privy to,  I'm quarantined to my childhood bedroom.  And bathroom.  To hurl.

Luckily, I am a pity-party planner extraoridinaire.  And after a bit of cajoling I convinced my germaphobe brother to let me use his laptop, so I can conjure up some sympathy from my lovely readers (I am also a subtle hint-dropper extraordinaire)!  I will trade you one cute commercial for some sympathy.  Fair?  Awesome.  Here it is:

McBillboards

What a fun weekend!  We actually didn't have much going on (for the last time this summer), which was just fine with me!  The big excitement was getting Molly a bike.  First preschool, now a bike?  I'm just making it easier and easier for her to leave me forever!  The other day, I was explaining how her first day of school would be so she would be prepared and we wouldn't have any meltdowns.  When I told her I'd go in with her she cried out in dismay, "No! I want to do it by myself!"  So in retrospect, the bike was probably a huge mistake.  Here she is riding it --->

Next thing you know she'll be drinking coffee.  But if she does start that habit I hope she rides her little princess bike right through the McDonald's drive-thru for a McCafe because I love their billboards.  Here's an oldish one I've always liked:

Their newest one is cute too.  It reads, "If coffee is Joe, consider this Joseph."  Hee hee.  Oh Mickey D, you're so sophisticated!  I have just one or two ideas for their next billboard:

"Coffee- it's so hot right now."

"A cuppa joe shouldn't cost more than a cuppa bucks."

"Mo Flava, Mo Energy, Mo for your money: Mocha."

McDonalds didn't stop at good billboards though- here's their McCafe commercial, which I also adore:

Commercial Olympics

I don't know about you guys, but I lovey love LOVE the Olympics! They make me laugh (Johnny Weir), they make me cry (Dan Jansen), they make me cringe (curling). So below find my gold (g is for giggle!), silver (choked me up!), and bronze (lame-o!) commercial awards:

The gold goes to Aflac! This reminds me of one of my dad's all-time favorite slapstick comedies, "Snowball Express". But this is even better because of the stupid puns and of course, the skiing duck.


Wearing the silver medal is McDonald's. I have a total soft spot for girls' hockey (please God, please let one of my girls play hockey, lest they become pariahs in my family forever!) so naturally this one gets me:


Very reluctantly I give McD's their 2nd medal in the AdBits Olympics. Let me be clear, the actors (and Chan) are totally blameless for this ad dud. Mickey D's marketing team had their heads straight up their hineys here. Has there ever been a more predictable commercial? Nope. But they still make the Ad Bits podium for getting another redhead on my TV screen. Let that be a lesson to all you who strictly hire blondes and brunettes for your advertising needs!!!