# Commercial Oddities

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercial-oddities/760318>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 19, 2016, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercial-oddities/760318 "2016-07-19T14:05:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Wisp00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/977dab/32.png) [@Wisp00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wisp00)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2016, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercial-oddities/760318/41 "2016-07-24T09:17:32Z")

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> [@Dewey\_Finn](#):
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> [This](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/7QCh/iams-a-boy-and-his-dog-duck) is a commercial for IAMS pet food. At the very end, the boy is standing next to the car at the beach and encouraging the dog to jump in the back seat.

They’re both sweet, but this [longer version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJPYPE335KI) is a real tear-jerker

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**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2016, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercial-oddities/760318/42 "2016-07-24T16:58:00Z")

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> [@furryman](#):
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> I often wondered why you don’t see reruns of Jack Benny or Burns and Allen on TV. Turns out most of the early programs were just one long commercial.

You need to get some rabbit ears and check out [Antenna TV](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_programs_broadcast_by_Antenna_TV). I’ll bet you haven’t seen _My Mother The Car_ in a while either.

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**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2016, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercial-oddities/760318/43 "2016-07-24T19:12:51Z")

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Back to the OP… what I love about this commercial is that they clearly state that they are within 1% of Verizon’s service level.

I can’t help but remember the “If 99.9% was good enough” that went around some time ago…

[http://msgboard.snopes.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get\_topic;f=47;t=000474;p=1](http://msgboard.snopes.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=47;t=000474;p=1)

One percent would mean only 20 planes crash each day at O’Hare. (Don’t ask for a cite because I don’t have one)

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