…or is the new jingle for KFC (what used to known back in the unhealthy fried food era as Kentucky Fried Chicken) about the wimpiest thing ever set to music? G-double-O-Dee Good. The little quivery voice. Makes me want to pick up a napkin and wipe off the cooking oil. Do they test market these things?

Maybe it’s just me.

On the other hand, there are works of art like the Traveler’s Insurance ad that has a worried dog moving his bone from place to place, ducking out of sight from other dogs while carrying it to a safety deposit box, until finally resting easily with it under the traveler’s umbrella of protection. Makes ya want to call up an agent for a peace of mind policy.

Or maybe that’s just me.

It’s something how television commercials reflect life in general. Count how make spots have to do with cell phones or coverage plans. There aren’t more commercial minutes in a day. Something isn’t being advertised anymore that allows the extra minutes to promote the device that dominates our very lives these days. What’s missing? (without stating the obvious like Royal typewriters…)

I like to try to identify the voices behind the ads. Denis Leary on Ford Trucks. Morgan Freeman on about a half-dozen commercials. I thought I was pretty good at it until I ran across this quiz:

Close X

Maybe you’ll do better than I did.

Then, there are those ads that get personal:

Is Your Name Famous?