Commercial Beefs
The world seems to be falling headlong into hell. The past, oh, 10-15 years have produced a cavalcade of novel nightmares.
But some things never change. One thing that was annoying as hell in 1975 is still plaguing us in 2025: the commercial.
My commercial beefs (if you don’t live in the Midwest, that’s a play on “beef commercial” … oh, never mind):
a. Cne of the attractions of YouTube, initially, was the refreshing lack of ads. When there were ads, you could easily skip them. Not anymore. You can still skip, but only after watching a minute — or more — of the irritating stuff. Even worse, content creators now have their own ads; at times, the YouTube ads interrupt the creator ads — or vice versa, I forget the order.
b. Israel begging for more money. I don’t understand why news channels, Fox News in particular, run so many ads from Israel begging us to help pay for its poor. Don’t we as taxpayers already give Israel billions in aid? Is the country so poor that, in addition to military aid, now it wants U.S. aid for its social-welfare programs? Should we also pay for their road repairs?
Screw you, International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. We have enough problems of our own.
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Listen up, kids. This guy makes good points about geezer entertainment like old movies and The Beatles. It’s an explanation I make whenever kids wonder why I’m so fond of the original Black Christmas. Before that movie came along in 1974, the concept of young females terrorized by slashers, or the line, “the calls are coming from inside the house!” didn’t exist.
Guess you had to be there.
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