The 55th Valentine

After being a couple for 54 years, Jack Evans and George Harris were the first gay couple to wed in Dallas County after the Supreme Court's landmark Obergefell ruling last June.  Now Necco, the makers of the candy hearts we all know and love, are featuring the couple in a timely advertisement:



Sweet, huh?

Oh, Those Hilarious Brits

Check it out, guys: England's answer to Homo Depot.  I think this is supposed to be what we would call a laff riot - but then, with the British one can never be quite certain, can one?  I wonder what dear Oscar would say if he could see this.

Here's to Firsts: Family

A new ad put out by Allstate Insurance, featuring two dads and their brand-new daughter:

La Fábrica de Maniquíes

You all will enjoy this ad for Spain's Christmas Lottery, set in a mannequin factory:

The Cheerios Effect

From General Mills Canada, a sweet ad that airs next week up in the True North:



And en français:

Perfect at the Beach

Whoa. Is this really being shown on TV in these United States? How nice if it is.

Banned from the Superbowl

Too funny:




See more gay-themed TV commercials from around the world here.

Sun and Sand in '65

I'm posting this one just for fun; I got a kick out of the time-travel feeling back to the days of surfer bangs and early bell-bottoms - and also because I was delighted to be reminded of this happy little tune that ought to put a smile on anyone's face.  It's covered by the T-Bones here, but it was already well-known as the theme of a famous advertisement.

Can you remember which TV commercial this was from?  Think about it a second, fellas, and then you can check your answer here.

Design for Dreaming

Corvette Sting Ray circa 1965 from a Chevrolet photo gallery at the Daily Beast


Your Head Trucker notes that Chevrolet celebrated its 100th anniversary last month.  To help them celebrate, here's a few films made by General Motors in years past, maybe you'll get a kick out of them like I did.

Chevrolet Leader News from 1938, one of a series of public-relations films featuring several short, amusing items, including a pipe-smoking cow:



Here's your chance to see what 1955 looked like in these TV commercials from Chevrolet:



And this highly innovative - if very, um, campy - song-and-dance number comes from the 1956 GM Motorama held in New York, featuring production models, concept cars, haute couture, and Frigidaire's Kitchen of the Future:

See the USA in Your Chevrolet

The beginning of the tune is familiar to us ol' boys of a certain age, but do you know the next line of it?  Can you sing a whole stanza? 

I thought not.  Well, here's Miss Dinah Shore to give you the complete lyrics in her lovely way from 1952:



Dinah was the face of Chevrolet to TV viewers for years. Here's another Chevy commercial she did a few years later, with a less-memorable song but some cool shots of a '59 Impala:



And I can't help remembering the famous Hertz jingle too, with the magical ending: