# Some help with the VW commercial?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-help-with-the-vw-commercial/140000>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 2, 2002, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-help-with-the-vw-commercial/140000 "2002-12-02T18:11:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-help-with-the-vw-commercial/140000/1 "2002-12-02T18:11:40Z")

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I’m trying to figure this one out.

There’s a young guy pictured in split screens going about his daily existance at work… up the escalator, walking the halls, gazing out the window, etc. over the course of several days. All of a sudden, he stops and stares while the camera pans away from him at street level (as if from the rear of a car maybe?).

The whole thing is perfectly set to music, I think maybe an old ELO song (Mister Blue?)

I’m curious what the tune is but more importantly what does the commercial mean? I think at the end it might say “Coming soon” or something like that buy even now it is a bit intriguing. Plus, I can’t get the danged song out my head.

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-help-with-the-vw-commercial/140000/2 "2002-12-02T18:14:55Z")

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VW Beetle convertable. The shot from below is from the inside of the car with the top down.

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**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-help-with-the-vw-commercial/140000/3 "2002-12-02T18:15:52Z")

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IIRC - everything in his life is repetitive and boring. Same breakfast, work, lunch, work, dinner, sleep day over and over.

But something different is coming. 😃

I agree that it’s a cool commercial.

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-help-with-the-vw-commercial/140000/4 "2002-12-02T18:16:07Z")

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Oh yea, Mr Blue Sky, get it?

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-help-with-the-vw-commercial/140000/5 "2002-12-02T18:20:39Z")

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Now I do.

Maybe Willie can sing “Blue Skies Smiling At Me” for the sequel.

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**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-help-with-the-vw-commercial/140000/6 "2002-12-02T19:03:58Z")

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I love that commercial, I think because it fooled me so well the first time I saw it. I was in a theatre and I thought it was a movie trailer.

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**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-help-with-the-vw-commercial/140000/7 "2002-12-02T19:50:59Z")

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i don’t care for that commercial at all, probably because it is part of a dozen commercials they showed before Harry Potter. I’m responding by boycotting all those products (darn, i can’t buy a new volkswagon or watch Discovery Kids…)

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**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-help-with-the-vw-commercial/140000/8 "2002-12-02T19:59:15Z")

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It’s a good, well-made commercial… high marks for concept and excellent production values. Some brilliant editing, showing the guy’s repetitous life and hinting (briefly) at missed moments. A nice little story, wrapped up in 60 seconds of music.

In short, I dig it. 🙂