You do know that humans tried to copy this great basset commercial?
But they didn’t have a basset hound, only a human man, so how could he possibly be that interesting? It’s not like roses sniff him.
I guess that’s why their commercials are for beer… Trying to add a little excitement.
I love that Dos Alpos is literally two bags of Alpo.
And the filmstrip at the end… It even has a reflection!
BTW… I’ve read that Johnathan Goldsmith, the actor from the human version, recently came back, after a 10-year hiatus, to film some new commercials. They had tried to replace him with another actor, but it didn’t last long. Apparently he was less interesting.
Goldsmith is now in his mid 80s. I’m glad that at least one advertiser is willing to bet on potential customers finding a person interesting who isn’t under 30!
Yay for Dos Equis! Even if they did copy the bassets.
You guys from outside the US… did any of you see the originals?
I haven’t had TV at all since 2008, when the US went digital, but I saw the first ones, and like I said above, I read that Goldsmith just came back after 10 years away.
Probably, though, they weren’t shown in Germany anyway…. plus Dos Equis may not even be available there. It would be kind of silly for them to try to compete with German beer in Germany!
I looked it up when those ads had run before I wrote my comment above. And yes, I have avoided programs with ads back then.
I wouldn’t know if we had those ads here.
I stopped watching TV when they changed from DVB-T to DVB-T2 (both digital) because our flat-screen can’t process DVB-T2.
The one program I was interested in watching live doesn’t exist anymore (no ads in it), and there are mediatheks enough for the few shows I’m interested in.
To me, almost any beer in either country is better than almost any beer from Mexico or the US… though small artisan breweries have very much improved the dismal state of American beer.
It used to be nothing but an embarrassment, but nowadays there are some craft beers worth drinking…
Now that I can’t, of course.
Not that I was ever a big drinker… But if you’re only going to have one beer, once in a while, why not have a good one.
I’ve had a Japanese ‘beer’ and to me it was a pale imitation of American beer. And, not to put too fine a point on it, the American beers I’ve tried are worse than the mainstream lager we get here.
I’m not slagging off American beer, I’ve only sampled a few of the ones we get over here, plus I was given a US beer by an USAF airman many years ago, and it was better than the version sold in our shops. But that’s the same all over I expect, something made using local produce/materials is always going to be different from the original.
That’s way smaller than I thought, looking at the picture.
Just over 3 feet tall would be including the strings… So the top figure is about 2 feet tall, cos it looks about as tall as it is wide… And the little puppet less than a foot.
The whole gate is sagging even before the hinge came into the equation. It looks like he built it with Brad nails instead of screws. That 45° brace should connect to the side of the gate and not the top.The way it is now, it’s just a decoration.
Diagonal brace is the wrong way around, the filler pieces are the wrong size, and the Tee-hinge should be longer. I bet the screws go all the way through the gate too!
I would have just used long bolts – drill the hole, stick the bolt through, then try to figure out how to hold the outside while I’m on the inside trying to tighten the nuts. Like I said…some of my projects would, as they say, fail to launch….
Use coach bolts, the square under the head should hold. That’s what I did anyhoo, plus I’d already fitted two screws to the hinge to hold the door in place first.
hope alll can see the animation. I had to use the inconsistent site because WordPress again, said no.
Just in case…
I can see both of them! Woo hoo!
I see both too.
I’m confused, but I see both.
(Confused because I thought IBB stopped doing gifs, AND because I thought you had to do a direct upload and couldn’t use links up there.)
out of the blue, that changed—at least for now
You do know that humans tried to copy this great basset commercial?
But they didn’t have a basset hound, only a human man, so how could he possibly be that interesting? It’s not like roses sniff him.
I guess that’s why their commercials are for beer… Trying to add a little excitement.
I love that Dos Alpos is literally two bags of Alpo.
And the filmstrip at the end… It even has a reflection!
BTW… I’ve read that Johnathan Goldsmith, the actor from the human version, recently came back, after a 10-year hiatus, to film some new commercials. They had tried to replace him with another actor, but it didn’t last long. Apparently he was less interesting.
Goldsmith is now in his mid 80s. I’m glad that at least one advertiser is willing to bet on potential customers finding a person interesting who isn’t under 30!
Yay for Dos Equis! Even if they did copy the bassets.
You guys from outside the US… did any of you see the originals?
I don’t watch programs interrupted by commercials anymore and haven’t for a loooong time, so – no.
They were 10 to 20 years ago.
I haven’t had TV at all since 2008, when the US went digital, but I saw the first ones, and like I said above, I read that Goldsmith just came back after 10 years away.
Probably, though, they weren’t shown in Germany anyway…. plus Dos Equis may not even be available there. It would be kind of silly for them to try to compete with German beer in Germany!
We got them in Canada. Probably only on American channels, though…..
I looked it up when those ads had run before I wrote my comment above. And yes, I have avoided programs with ads back then.
I wouldn’t know if we had those ads here.
I stopped watching TV when they changed from DVB-T to DVB-T2 (both digital) because our flat-screen can’t process DVB-T2.
The one program I was interested in watching live doesn’t exist anymore (no ads in it), and there are mediatheks enough for the few shows I’m interested in.
Not that I recall.
Yeah… I’m thinking they might not sell Dod Equis in the UK either, unless Mexican beer is somehow considered exotic.
Corona…
In the UK or Germany?
To me, almost any beer in either country is better than almost any beer from Mexico or the US… though small artisan breweries have very much improved the dismal state of American beer.
It used to be nothing but an embarrassment, but nowadays there are some craft beers worth drinking…
Now that I can’t, of course.
Not that I was ever a big drinker… But if you’re only going to have one beer, once in a while, why not have a good one.
In Germany, of all the places.
Corona is available in the UK.
I’ve had a Japanese ‘beer’ and to me it was a pale imitation of American beer. And, not to put too fine a point on it, the American beers I’ve tried are worse than the mainstream lager we get here.
I’m not slagging off American beer, I’ve only sampled a few of the ones we get over here, plus I was given a US beer by an USAF airman many years ago, and it was better than the version sold in our shops. But that’s the same all over I expect, something made using local produce/materials is always going to be different from the original.
I only have the one below the posted music videos…
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Puppeteer…. Jerzy Kedziora, 2014
Cold cast bronze, 39.4″ × 23.6″ × 19.7″
That’s way smaller than I thought, looking at the picture.
Just over 3 feet tall would be including the strings… So the top figure is about 2 feet tall, cos it looks about as tall as it is wide… And the little puppet less than a foot.
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When teenage mutant ninja turtles grow up.
But did he really have to hump that bridge?!?
and it’s not even hump day
My thought exactly!
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My world. Neighbors aren’t quite that close, and my yard isn’t nearly as well landscaped, but they sure got my lazy neighbor’s right.
I didn’t know you were my neighbor…
Whew… I thought that was my house.
That’s me you’re talking about. I do not enjoy yard work.
What’s “Yard work?”
Three times footwork.
Something in between is more my style.
Jacques Tati would have loved that scenario.
Mon Oncle https://archive.org/details/mon-oncle-1958-restored-movie-720p-hd
Insects, bees, and birds prefer the garden on the right. Just saying.
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I’m a bit late with this info…
But this is the July 1, 1961 cover of the Saturday Evening Post… Sunday Gardening, by John Philip Falter.
I wasn’t due for more than 5 months back then…
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Hey, buddy! You got something stuck in your teeth.
Sir Egglemore?
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When the camouflage is right, it’s right.
A few years back, regular green and khaki camouflage prints were very popular, like on tshirts and jackets. In the city, at the store, etc.
I like to tease little kids wearing camouflage clothes, by telling them I can’t see them.
And not long ago I told a young fellow at the Grocery Outlet that his camouflage army type jacket wasn’t working.
He looked puzzled… So I said the print should be shelves of cans. Soup and beans and tomatoes.
Please tell us he got one. That would be great!
I hope so too, but alas, I don’t know
alligator and crocodile
I’ll take bunnies, thanks…
So will they.
See ya later, alligator…
After awhile, crocodile..
Nothing personal, you understand… or maybe you don’t…. no matter; just don’t follow me.
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Well…it looks better than some of my projects…
Hmmm, I wonder why my gate is sagging? It must be a bad hinge.
everything is sagging on me
So you’re saying you’re unhinged?
The whole gate is sagging even before the hinge came into the equation. It looks like he built it with Brad nails instead of screws. That 45° brace should connect to the side of the gate and not the top.The way it is now, it’s just a decoration.
Diagonal brace is the wrong way around, the filler pieces are the wrong size, and the Tee-hinge should be longer. I bet the screws go all the way through the gate too!
I would have just used long bolts – drill the hole, stick the bolt through, then try to figure out how to hold the outside while I’m on the inside trying to tighten the nuts. Like I said…some of my projects would, as they say, fail to launch….
Use coach bolts, the square under the head should hold. That’s what I did anyhoo, plus I’d already fitted two screws to the hinge to hold the door in place first.
A dogs dog. That’s what he is!
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Had I only known in time, I would have bought some, to help celebrate.
I really hate not keeping abreast of my civic duty.
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Speaking of camouflage….
You misspelled ‘Catmouflage’…. 😉
Looks like our Romy – but with her, the dog wouldn’t have stood a chance.
find the apple—uh, I mean 3 hearts
Oops! Sorry Nighthawks!
This one is “Find three hearts.”
I got those.
Just in case anybody wants to verify….
Well, that certainly explains why I couldn’t find an apple last night.
Nice save….
referring to the eighties movie ‘Escape from New York’
Sssssssssssssssssssnake!!!
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She’s doing a pretty good job so far. For a boyfriend maybe? She might have a pair done by Christmas.
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She needs a blanket!
Poor baby.
Hopefully they shear them in summer.
Looks like a bad case of mumps.
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Japan just being Japan…
Dutch cyclist Piet Van Kempen having breakfast at a six-day event in 1936.
Rock Pigeon.
The (innocent!) ancestors of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_pigeon
I find them quite handsome.
I do as well. And I name the ones I feed. Some of them let me gently lift them up.
Me no see rock. Look more like post pigeon.
So many questions!
That’s a raccoon dog – usually they are nocturnal and shy.
North American wolverine.
OK then!
Those are able to kill a goat.