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“… too sexy for my shirt…”

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Fun Fact Friday!
On this day in 1941, the Bulova Watch Company sponsored the first TV commercial in New York City, NY. How do you feel about commercials? Is there a current or past commercial you're particularly fond of (or perhaps really dislike)? Tell us about it.

Stupid commercials, they are a fact of life on television, linking items that you don’t want with irrelevant information that you don’t need to products that you never going to buy anyway.

I am used to commercials being present after a twenty minute interval into the movie, so I know when to eat a sandwich, go to the toilet, make a phone call or check on my mail. On our local broadcast they are absent during the film or series, but come in clusters in between programs. I like that better. You can actually watch something from start to finish without being pulled into the world of commerce, food, cars and toothpaste.

The thing I like most about commercials is the music. They sometimes put beautiful, gripping or new music into those few seconds. There is one tune I particular liked, I memorized the line from at least 15 years ago: “I'm too sexy for my shirt, too sexy for my shirt, too sexy for my shirt it hurts…”. I never recall the product that goes with that commercial though, so that makes it a bad commercial.

But wait… I do remember…close your eyes and think CREDITCARD COMPANY?? ”I'm too sexy for my shirt..” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21hmMqe9Phg