Tikkabik

These "December to Remember" ads from Lexus really hack me off.

Cue beautiful-looking middle-aged guy with grey on the temples or his hot young (second or third) wife, in the jewelry store or other high-end retail boutique looking for the perfect Christmas present and coming up short -- after all, how many Cartier watches can one self-indulgent member of the upper class wear? Then in a moment of inspiration, they figure out what they'll buy their significant other: A Lexus.

What a load of unmitigated bullshit.

I realize that Lexuses are luxury vehicles, but does anyone -- except maybe the super rich, or those that are being blackmailed -- actually go out and buy one for someone else as a friggin' gift?

Puh-leeze.

In the category of commercials I like, anything by United Airlines. Don't care how many times I hear it, don't care how many variations they make, I never, ever get tired of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. And their latest spots, featuring these animated line drawn-style illustrations of people on job interviews or sales pitches speaks to their audience, obviously.