This is absolutely amazing. But I'm a sucker for anything with a jingle....
Why can't every commercial be like this?
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vivalalavatrice
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GRRR!!!!!
I would become so nervous nearly dangerous if I woke up like this... Don't try... THANKS!
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Birds singing sun rising and coffee smelling make my happy morning that's what!
I would become so nervous nearly dangerous if I woke up like this... Don't try... THANKS!
))Birds singing sun rising and coffee smelling make my happy morning that's what!
I think that the yellow people are supposed to be a metaphor for rays of sunshine. Although I've never actually seen a ray of sunshine emit birds. But then again, I'm not usually up at sunrise.
Mostly, I just like the guy in the boxer shorts. And the jingle. Love a good jingle. The refrain sort of sounds like the old "the best part of waking up is Folgers in your cup" jingle
Mostly, I just like the guy in the boxer shorts. And the jingle. Love a good jingle. The refrain sort of sounds like the old "the best part of waking up is Folgers in your cup" jingle
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!!!!!!!!!!
OK, if those yellow people ever did that to me, I'd have to hit them all.
OK, if those yellow people ever did that to me, I'd have to hit them all.
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That's just wrong. Cute, but wrong. LOL
I rather be woken up by Big Bird on Sesame Street than a bunch up dead people with a bad case of viral hepatitis!
Happy morning my AZZ, let me sleep and stop that singing,
I'm not a morning person so give me my coffee at 3 PM and leave me alone!
Yours truly,
Oscar the Grouch
Happy morning my AZZ, let me sleep and stop that singing,
I'm not a morning person so give me my coffee at 3 PM and leave me alone!
Yours truly,
Oscar the Grouch
irishwashguy
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Catchy,cute, and maybe a little bit anoying
The whole idea that there is a good tune is always good, however just seeing how happy they appear in the morning, you kind of want to throw a heavy object at them, like a the biggest coffee machine within your reach.
The whole idea that there is a good tune is always good, however just seeing how happy they appear in the morning, you kind of want to throw a heavy object at them, like a the biggest coffee machine within your reach.
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Welcome back, Dan!
I liked the guy in his boxers.
I agree -- I'd have to hit those yellow people if they ever did that to me! LOL.
Mike
I liked the guy in his boxers.
I agree -- I'd have to hit those yellow people if they ever did that to me! LOL.
Mike
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Re. the Folger's ad music: notice how it usually starts out slow and sleepy, and then when they start singing about the coffee, the tempo speeds up a lot, and the texture gets more complex and the vocals get more "oomph!" Those changes are intended to give you a suggestion of the feeling of *wake up!* from a cup of coffee. Very clever.
neptunebob
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Anybody remember
This group is just like them! So uppity and hard to face in the morning.
This group is just like them! So uppity and hard to face in the morning.
jasonl
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Folgers :-(
That's an Unhappy morning for me when there's Folgers in the pot.
How about some Mello Joy or Starbucks House Blend in the Sunbeam C30A. That's a happy morning.
That's an Unhappy morning for me when there's Folgers in the pot.
How about some Mello Joy or Starbucks House Blend in the Sunbeam C30A. That's a happy morning.
neptunebob
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Oh, I meant to say Up With People - somehow that didn't get accepted in the subject drift.
Quotes in the subject line...
NeptuneBob, anytime you use quotes in the subject line, whatever is inside the quotes gets excluded. Maybe that's what happened?
And yes - up with people were hard to take. They used to perform at my high school frequently because several alums had been members. That's another reason I like this commercial (it's not just about the boxer boy) it's sort of a sarcastic send-up of UWP
NeptuneBob, anytime you use quotes in the subject line, whatever is inside the quotes gets excluded. Maybe that's what happened?
And yes - up with people were hard to take. They used to perform at my high school frequently because several alums had been members. That's another reason I like this commercial (it's not just about the boxer boy) it's sort of a sarcastic send-up of UWP
neptunebob
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Dalangon,
20 years ago had I grown a beard I would have looked like the boxer boy. But beards away keep me awake at night. Maybe this is what happened to Up With People, they are now making Folgers commercials. Oh, did you see the reaction of the dog? I wonder where this commercial would have aired as I can't imagine the networks playing a commercial with "you can sleep when you are dead!
20 years ago had I grown a beard I would have looked like the boxer boy. But beards away keep me awake at night. Maybe this is what happened to Up With People, they are now making Folgers commercials. Oh, did you see the reaction of the dog? I wonder where this commercial would have aired as I can't imagine the networks playing a commercial with "you can sleep when you are dead!
20 years ago..
I kept getting carded, everybody was telling me I looked like Donny Osmond and I couldn't grow a beard to save my life.
Not only that, I was working for a particularly repressive hotel company that didn't allow facial hair, other than a "well-groomed" mustache, and you could only grow that while on vacation (i.e. no stubble while working)
The net effect was that, if you came to the Minneapolis Marriott to have an event, and I was your Banquet Captain, you would have thought that your party was left in the care of a 15 year old.
But I did wear boxers.... ;-)
I kept getting carded, everybody was telling me I looked like Donny Osmond and I couldn't grow a beard to save my life.
Not only that, I was working for a particularly repressive hotel company that didn't allow facial hair, other than a "well-groomed" mustache, and you could only grow that while on vacation (i.e. no stubble while working)
The net effect was that, if you came to the Minneapolis Marriott to have an event, and I was your Banquet Captain, you would have thought that your party was left in the care of a 15 year old.
But I did wear boxers.... ;-)
hrm...
i'm down with boxers guy, but why can't we have some boxerbriefs or trunks? lets ~really~ make it a happy morning.
i was getting a jaundiced "wouldn't normally do this kind of thing" vibe - think pet shop boys, 1993, Very (orange bumpy album).
thank goodness there is no k-cup folgers to sully my Keurig with.
and yeah, if one of those yellow folks showed up in my bedroom, there would most certianly be a beat down.
i'm down with boxers guy, but why can't we have some boxerbriefs or trunks? lets ~really~ make it a happy morning.
i was getting a jaundiced "wouldn't normally do this kind of thing" vibe - think pet shop boys, 1993, Very (orange bumpy album).
thank goodness there is no k-cup folgers to sully my Keurig with.
and yeah, if one of those yellow folks showed up in my bedroom, there would most certianly be a beat down.
Up with people... It's a small world after all.. etc.
In about 1972 I saw UP WITH PEOPLE in Chicago. GE presented the evening at no charge for employees and their kids. Now I was about 10 at the time and I can still sing some of the lyrics. My brain SYNAPSES are wasted again!
UP WITH PEOPLE
IT'S A SMALL WORLD
HOW DO YOU GET YOUR CLOTHES SO CLEAN, MR LEE?
... I wish I could have those synapses back...
Yes - UP WITH PEOPLE was hard to take. As an adult I bought one of their albums at a junk store. I still cannot make myself play it and I find that rather funny. 34 years later and I still had enough after just one evening of UP WITH PEOPLE!
In about 1972 I saw UP WITH PEOPLE in Chicago. GE presented the evening at no charge for employees and their kids. Now I was about 10 at the time and I can still sing some of the lyrics. My brain SYNAPSES are wasted again!
UP WITH PEOPLE
IT'S A SMALL WORLD
HOW DO YOU GET YOUR CLOTHES SO CLEAN, MR LEE?
... I wish I could have those synapses back...
Yes - UP WITH PEOPLE was hard to take. As an adult I bought one of their albums at a junk store. I still cannot make myself play it and I find that rather funny. 34 years later and I still had enough after just one evening of UP WITH PEOPLE!
neptunebob
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Paul, I could just see what happened that night. Your father worked for GE and it was a "corporate thing" and your mother said, "Paul, we'er going to see Up With People and we all have to be there so your father's boss can see him there". GE probably thought they were doing something great for the community. Of course, later on, Jack Welsh would be too cheap to have them. I could just see what happened: Your friends are riding their bikes, playing in the dirt, playing sports, and you say "I'm going to see Up With People!".
