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The group weighs in on sentimental commercials

sentimental commercials

You must be made of stern stuff not to get a bit misty-eyed at some of the heart-tugging commercials on TV these days. What past or recent commercial (happy or sad) is guaranteed to “get you in the feels” every time it comes on?
  • Terry Ambrose:

    Oh, I wish I’d have known there was going to be a test! I’d have made notes about my favorites. I also have to confess that we don’t see many commercials (most of what we watch is from the DVR). When we have to watch commercials, I get really annoyed at the ones that repeat the same information over and over. However, I have been getting a kick out of the series Geico has done about ‘keeping new homeowners from becoming their parents.’

  • Nancy J. Cohen:

    I like funny commercials rather than sappy ones. But mostly I record the shows I want to watch these days and skip past the commercials.

  • Debra H. Goldstein:

    There isn’t one past or recent commercial guaranteed to “get me” whenever it comes on. Instead, it is the series of Hallmark and telephone commercials that bring families together.

  • Cheryl Hollon:

    I look forward to the Budweiser Clydesdales at the Superbowl. So creative and usually brings a tear or two. They visited downtown St Petersburg three years ago and I fell in love with them all over again.

  • Maggie Toussaint:

    My all-time favorite commercials through time have been the Super Bowl commercials. They don’t use the Budweiser Clydesdales so much anymore, but I love watching those powerful horses. I prefer the commercials that make me smile, like the long-ago Oscar Meyer bologna kid who sang a cute ditty about bologna, and now it’s one word I’ll never forget how to spell.

  • Lois Winston:

    I always found the old Kodak commercials to be real tear-jerkers, especially the ones featured around the holidays.

READERS, YOUR TURN…WHAT COMMERCIAL INEVITABLY MAKES YOU TEAR UP, OR ARE YOU IMMUNE TO THAT SORT OF THING?


 

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