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You're ahead of me, then. I still hadn't realized it was a spoof until just now.

I have and they are, but I was more impressed by both ginormous trees and the Grand Canyon. Stupid kid.

I just saw an irritating kid in a car commercial. Dad is driving this ungrateful wretch around, showing him impressive sights, but the kid is not impressed. Seeing a ginormous tree (not sure if it's a Redwood or Sequoia), kid says, "I thought it would be bigger." Undeterred, Dad takes him to the Grand Canyon. Kid just shrugs. Kid is finally impressed when Dad drives thru a herd of bison and one peers into the kid's window. I'm not sure why that is the thing the kid is finally impressed by, nor why you'd want a car to drive you all over to try and impress your ungrateful kid. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqPCiTNHXVk

NOOOO!!! You did not just put Veggie Tales earworms in my head! Just for that, take THIS!!!

And because I'm 12, I always think, "That's not the only place you're losing feeling!"

That's Peyton Manning!

Now I wonder what Richard's former surname was.

So, is Shepherd a name or a profession/title? Was Frank related to Richard or just his mentor? And yet Richard's brother is mentioned... Are shepherds recruited from a family named Shepherd? (That's not as wacky as it first seems when you consider that many surnames reflect the profession of an ancestor. Maybe the Reverti and Shepherds have been at this a lot longer than a few centuries.) OK, I'm still confused, but I'll put that aside and keep watching. It's getting more interesting for me.

I'm assuming it's a sound-alike for dropping a deuce, i.e., taking a dump (going #2).

Yeah, that sure took a sharp turn from happy and schmaltzy. Poor doggy.

I have to admit I laughed. But then it went on way too long.

I hate the ads for some breathing medication (Dulera? Breo? Singulair? whatever). And the people taking the drug always have to demonstrate that they can blow now. Blowing out candles. Blowing bubbles with the grandkids, blowing chalk dust off a picture. Yes, yes, we get it. Very subtle. Also, which drug is it that is supposed to improve your symptoms, but isn't for asthma that's well controlled? In fact, you should quit using it when your asthma gets under control because it can cause respiratory failure and death. That's a helluva side effect for a respiratory medication.

I GREW UP incredibly poor. My parents made sure we had as much milk as we could drink, but chocolate milk was a treat, and usually just Quik powder added to white milk. They would have been very irate with a stunt like that, both from the wasting of food AND the making a mess POVs. As for screeching, they would have shut that down tout suite. I would have quickly discovered that was SO the wrong thing to do. Probably wondering where the fire hose is to MAKE THEM STOP, ALREADY! Geez Louise. That's actually the first one I saw.

I laughed at the thought of the cats encountering THAT.

Yes, but AdBlock Plus is completely free and you'll never see those YouTube (or Facebook) ads ever again. In fact, I get perverse pleasure seeing the little number go up as it tells you how many ads it's blocking on any particular page. FYI - only 2 on this page.

But what the hell is the point of being immortal, if you only remember right before you forget again? That would be hella frustrating. Ha! I just assumed that, for some reason. I think Shepherd is also immortal.

I think I've referred to it as demented carnival music.

Yes to both of these. Frain's a striking-looking man, so it's not like he blends in well anyway. And I'm not menaced by Madison channeling Marcus. I just want to smack that hateful look off her face and tell her to go to her room. Yes!! That was genuinely disturbing. What if he made her masturbate to get his jollies? Do we actually know that they only have the body for nine years, or was that an assumption with all the references to 9? Why would they put someone in the body of an infant, so that they're only 9 when it's time to go? Cranfield was old... Also, why "wake" them up just when it's time to move on? That would be a particularly demented kind of immortality, to just remember who and what you are and then BOOM! start all over again not remembering a damned thing. Yes, that worked well for me, as well. I don't have a problem with her portrayal of Madison. She just doesn't do Marcus well. Granted, it's probably beyond the stretch of most child actors, so what are you going to do? That was something that probably worked much better in the book (which I haven't read, and don't want to be spoiled).

Aww, Max the Sheltie is adorable! Is he a blue merle? I really liked the parents' coats as well; black and white (with Dad sporting some merle splotches as well). A former coworker's Sheltie had the more traditional sable coat that I think of when I think of Shelties.

James Earl Jones? Ving Rhames?

I think it's deliberately ambiguous. And we're not the only ones wondering. I've even seen the comment that he's a Madagascan gecko.

There's a coworker who is maybe 30 and has a "botox fund" to keep her tweaked. She's also obsessed with thinness and looks like a bobblehead doll with too much makeup. Most of us think she's ridiculous. Not sure what the "other part of the anatomy is" that's being referred to here, but there's also the part of the anatomy that some people think with, too. Haven't heard of the expression "pulling that out of your ass"? Yeah, that's a massively creepy thing to do. Mind your own damned business.

It reminds me of that 2 Broke Girls episode where they test drugs for money and the proctor stands there rattling off all the acronyms for the side effects. "AL" Caroline: "What's AL?" Max: (whispers) "Anal Leakage." And later when another participant make a mad dash for the bathroom, Max and Caroline look at each other and say in unison "Anal Leakage! Poor thing."

I hadn't seen that yet. Thanks! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7Ew0Zl0hGA

It's difficult for me, because I like Peyton and think he's funny, but I despise Papa John. I really wish they weren't affiliated.