14 Jul
advertising with staying power
i remember as a child finding a particular series of commercials oddly satisfying. an unseen hand would push a vitamin through the sealed top of a can of kal kan pet food, which made the can of pet food incredibly nutritious and good for your pet, i guess. anybody remember this? i have no idea why the image was so appealing or why it would still be so accessible after 25 years or however long it’s been. i thought of it earlier today when i saw danny taking the crayons from his easel and running over to the dog crate. more curious to know what he was doing than afraid of what might happen, i just followed him to see what was up. the dog crate has a zipper you can use to zip up the top, or i guess leave the top open for a more commodious, california feel for your pets. he had unzipped it just a little bit, and he was pushing the crayons through the little hole. the dogs have grown accustomed to any number of daily outrages, so they didn’t even blink when it was raining crayons. anyhow, watching him do that it was just like watching those old kal kan commercials, and i kinda wanted to push a couple crayons through myself. that is all. i bet you really want your 45 seconds back.
Posted by Heather on 07/15/08 at 9:05
okay…i’m going to tell my age. i absolutely remember that commercial and as a matter of fact, i tried to push a capsule of some sort (think it was one of those big, stinky vitamins) into our dogs dog food can. as you can probably guess, it didn’t work like on the commercial. oh well, it was fun trying.
Posted by Leigh Anne on 07/16/08 at 9:42
Not only will I gladly share my 45 seconds, I’ll give you many more if you’ll continue to post regarding retro commercials, raining crayons, and the latest of Danny’s antics. Because it’s always good…
And now I’ll be looking up commercials from my youth so I can wax nostalgic all day long. Darn YouTube.
Posted by sara on 07/17/08 at 0:20
i vaguely remember that commercial. but i think danny would probably be a much cuter spokesperson than that lady. yep, pretty sure about that.
and no, i don’t want my 45 seconds back. i think i used them very wisely keeping up with the rutledges, thankyouverymuch.