Listen…I’m a sap for some good tear-jerking emotion. If I see the words “Get the Kleenex ready for this one…” on an email subject line, Facebook or Twitter post, I get all welled up before I get to the word Kleenex.
Point number 2, I love a good TV commercial…ones that make me laugh, ones that strike genuine, real-life emotion and kids. I’m not so much about kittens as I am puppies but, kids… look out… I’m an emotional sucker and I’ll basically sign a contract to buy anything you’re selling…even if it’s a life time supply of Cleveland Browns SWAG. (OK, that one went a little too far past the believability point withe mention of the Browns.)
So this State Farm commercial…if you haven’t seen it, you are probably living without a television. If you haven’t seen it and you have a television, turn on any channel, wait about 9.73 minutes (don’t go pee during the commercials) and I guarantee you will see this commercial.
It’s a good, maybe even great, commercial but I’m really over it by now. And, no, I’m not a grumpy old guy. It’s like being in 4th grade and seeing the bra strap of your hot, homeroom teacher for the 1,469,217th time…you’re just like, “yeah.. I’ve seen that a million times.”
So cheers to the State Farm cool-cats for producing a great TV commercial. But could ya have spent 1/4 of the money on it’s production so that you would have some money left over to make a few other ones. Paleeeeeeze stop running this commercial and pull those insurance premium dollars together and give us another cute-kid life moment that I’ll smile or cry at, Ya Jagoffs.
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Rachael Rennebeck is a Pittsburgh jagoff (the term of endearment version of jagoff of course) who cofounded YaJagoff Media, LLC. With decades of experience eating, drinking, shopping, living, and being among yinzers, we birthed the Pittsburgh-centric company encompassing all things related to the 412, oh, and the 724.
