That one has me scratching my head, too. Do people find pwning old people funny these days?
The one with Fleetwood Mac; my guess is that commercial producers now are of the age when that song came out and was popular. Someone thought it would be nice, or maybe they were hoping for some sort of viral thing would happen, like the whole “Dreams” thing on Tik Tok.
I had that song stuck in my brain as an earworm like last week. I was humming it to myself and suddenly thought “when was the last time I heard that song?” The next time I saw the commercial it clicked. Also do not remember what car.
I usually only pay about 10% attention to commercials, because I get out my iPad and skim the SDMB or something. So the first few times I saw that commercial I got the impression that she was a ghost or something, like the spectre of abuelita longing for KFC even from beyond the grave. Something about the way she’s lit and stands motionless in the entranceway to the kitchen. Also made for a good explanation for why they don’t get her anything. But she’s flesh and blood, and they don’t get any chicken for poor abuelita? Screw those ungrateful descendants.
Lots of political commercials nowadays, obviously. I shan’t recount the egregious one put forth by the Republican candidates. The issue is that there are so many of them!
Yesterday Mrs. L.A. changed the channel to PBS, which was showing a nature show. She said, ‘It’s pretty bad when you have to switch to David Attenborough just to get away from the political ads.’ (The joke there is that David Attenborough’s nature shows are so depressing.)
I was just thinking this morning any local channel that provided relief from the political ads would probably draw-in a lot more viewers. This campaign season has been overwhelming, negative, and adds un-necessary stress to people. I have just been turning off the TV to do something else, but then my mailbox is stuffed with fliers. There is no escaping it.
Indeed. We have our ballots, and will complete them this weekend. We’ve already decided on the candidates. All of the fliers go straight into recycling.
ETA to snowthx:
You say you’re in Sacratomato. I always call it ‘Scrotumento’. 
I’m getting sick of watching Hobo Jeff Bridges croaking out incomprehensible gibberish while wandering through a over-grown meadow playing his guitar. I don’t even know what he’s trying to sell. And I don’t care, either. But 4 or 5 times a morning is getting a bit much.
Hobo Jeff is kinda selling the idea of not dying. Granted, that’s not everyone’s cup of tea.
Linky?
I enjoy those- low key and enjoyable.
Yeah, well, you know, that’s just, like, your opinion, man.
(Abuelita means ‘granny’.)
Abuelito doesn’t have any chicken either - the guy got himself a snack and is eating it. If he made a special trip to get it (as opposed to grabbing it on his way back from somewhere else), he should have asked if anyone else wanted some. But I’m declaring ‘no foul’ here based on the available evidence.
And I agree that the lighting on granny as she does her internal whining monologue is creepy.
There are too many pickup/SUV ads (actually, one is too many) showing a couple or family traveling over impossibly bad roads, climbing mountains etc. to get to remote unspoiled places where they gaze in awe at the scenery.
The reality* is countryside torn up by numerous four-wheel drive vehicles congregating at a place that used to be quiet and unspoiled.
*even more real - the terrain-conquering vehicle in question stalled in monumental freeway traffic.
Saw a new one yesterday. Something about the shits. A woman drives to work with a toilet in lieu of the stock seat. And when she gets to work, she sits on a toilet rather than her usual desk chair, implying that when the moment comes, she’ll take a shit in the middle of the office. Nice.
And then there’s that butt-crack deodorant…
The medicare supplemental commercials have raised the annoyance bar this year with old ladies wearing giant eye glasses. There needs to be a pay-for-view MMA fight between these women.
This has its own thread!
Thread, hell, it needs its own hunk of fabric.
If for no other reason than to (figuratively) cover that crack.
mmm
And they are usually going way too fast for the terrain (what’s the hurry?), or driving off-road or on some beach where you are not allowed to drive, or to the edge of some cliff. They should really just show the mundane life of a typical SUV hauling groceries or just handling the wet or snowy street while taking the kids to school.
Well done, sir. Golf clap.
ITYM “stinky crevice.”