Re: Commercials

Michael M. Butler (butler@comp-lib.org)
Sun, 23 May 1999 22:09:37 -0700

At 10:42 1999/05/22 -0400, you wrote:
>If we're talkin' commercials (admittedly pointless) I gotta go with VW using
>Styx' "Mr Roboto" In the future when we are all bionic men/women my dream is
>that we all will drive VW's...
>
> J wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 22 May 1999, Chris Fedeli wrote:
>> > As well as at the Phillips-Magnavox ads with the "It's getting
>> > better all the time" jingle.

Parsing this as a question of who originated the song... I do believe it was Lennon & McCartney. Not sure if the ad uses the Beatles or a cover band--I killed my TV (well, my cable feed) over a decade ago, so my TV ad exposure is rather low.

MMB