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I don’t often watch commercials. I’m one of those spoiled-rotten Americans with Direct TV’s DVR capability.
Except during the Super Bowl, of course.
On Sunday night I was watching Killing Lincoln on the National Geographic Channel. I’m currently reading the book; the docu-drama, narrated by Tom Hanks, is a nice companion.
Perhaps because of the show’s presidential theme, or perhaps because of President’s Day this week, the above commercial aired. It’s about a young girl who announces to her mother just before school, “It’s Dress Like a President Day. I’m supposed to be Martin Van Buren.” Mom looks up his likeness on Google, then breaks out her sewing supplies, cuts up panty hose, rips apart a pillow, and before you know it, the young girl is riding to school looking just like him!
My husband and I were laughing and laughing and laughing at this commercial! We looked it up on YouTube to play it again, so we could laugh some more! We know it’s an old commercial, but like I said, we usually are fast-forwarding through them, so for us it was like new.
I’m still laughing even thinking about the commercial. Why? Because we’ve been there. So many times. My sons have announced with very little notice: “I’m supposed to make a model of a <insert historical object, animal or famous person here> for school.” I’m suddenly ripping up magazines and newspapers for paper mache, stitching together felt, and assembling pinecones and sticks together that were collected from the backyard.
Has anyone else felt like Mom in the Google commercial? Tell us your stories!
