Stuart Elliott: It's Thanksgiving! Time for Another "20 Questions"

amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160 Can Outback Steakhouse get a refund for a commercial during a recent episode of This Is Us promoting its quotSteak ampamp Unlimited Shrimpquot special because the spot ran immediately after a scene in which a dieting character is caught bingeeatingamp160amp160amp160amp160amp160 Isn39t the point of a commercial for Prego which shows how toddlers prefer the pasta sauce to its rival Ragu completely undermined by a phrase superimposed in tiny type onscreen which reads quotTaste test ages 6 and upquotamp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160 Every time employees from We Are Unlimited say the name of the new Omnicom Group agency which is dedicated to the McDonald39s account will they hear in reply a snappy rendition of the quotWe are Farmers bum ba dum bum bum bumquot jingleamp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160 Now that Excedrin has returned to advertising on television how long will it be before we start to see spots for other vintage analgesics such as Anacin and Bufferinamp160amp160amp160amp160amp160 Are the folks bringing out Muuna cottage cheese hearing from British expatriates that the brand39s slogan quotThe new way to cottagequot reminds them of quotcottagingquot a UK slang term for anonymous sex between men in a public lavatoryamp160amp160amp160amp160amp160 Did Simply Orange get a discount on its commercial during a recent episode of Designated Survivor because the brand39s voiceover talent Donald Sutherland is the father of the series39 star Kiefer Sutherlandamp160amp160amp160amp160amp160 Is it a coincidence that the packaging for the Whole Blends line of haircare products from Garnier which includes varieties such as Honey Treasures resembles the packaging for Werther39s Original candiesamp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160 When the Publicis Groupe decided to merge its agencies SapientNitro and Razorfish did anyone in charge realize the combined name SapientRazorfish evokes a creature from a horror movie a sentient razorfishamp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160 Why did TMobile run its commercial featuring the Washington Nationals star Bryce Harper well into the baseball playoffs long after his team had lost making him look foolish every time he appeared in the spot asking quotWhat if I just hit a walkoff bombquot because first he didn39t and later he couldn39tamp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160 Will upscale consumers who get confused between Black Goose an upcoming private air travel service and Grey Goose the vodka find themselves flying in a way they perhaps hadn39t intendedamp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160 How successful was a New York Post subscription offer carrying the headline quotGet the Post delivered No sweatquot which was illustrated with a photo of a young woman on the subway a pained expression on her face wedged next to a man with a prominent underarm sweat mark staining his shirtamp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160 If you wanted to buy the former bigleague pitcher Tommy John a gift would it be Tommy John underwear Tommie Copper compression apparel or a certificate for Tommy John surgeryamp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160 Has a recent Trump Hotels ad carrying the headline quotSubtlety is not our strength indulgence isquot taken on a whole new meaning since Election Dayamp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160 Likewise with another recent Trump Hotels ad carrying the headline quotExpand your horizons by looking at new onesquotamp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160 Was a magazine ad from the National Pork Board urging consumers to quotMake Monday Fun Dayquot with dishes such as pork Milanese and pork sliders a poke at the international Meatless Monday movement or just a coincidenceamp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160 Has there been a more appropriate endorsement deal lately than the one by which Johnny Depp became the spokesman for the new Dior fragrance Sauvageamp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160 Was a scene in an episode of Empire when Lucious Lyon tells Freda Gatz quotYou know you broke my heart Fredaquot winking at the classic moment in The Godfather Part II when Michael Corleone says quotI know it was you Fredo You broke my heartquotamp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160 If AARP really means all those warnings it makes to members to be careful with misleadinglooking mail pitches for money why does it send solicitations for donations to the AARP Foundation in envelopes with the word quotREMINDERquot in big red letters as if they were followup bill payment noticesamp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160 As much as I hate to keep picking on the mistakes in the 2016 Keep Calm and Quote Movies Daily Desktop Calendar which recent mangling is worse the page for July 3031 that attributes the quotI39m mad as hellquot quote from Network to Napoleon Dynamite misspelled as quotNapoleanquot to boot or the page for Sept 28 that misquotes the famous line from All About Eve quotFasten your seatbelts it39s going to be a bumpy nightquot as quotFasten your seatbelts it39s going to be a bumpy ridequotamp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160 Will shoppers staggering into Thanksgiving weekend after an election so divisive that they39ll be looking for Black and Blue Friday sales tell a columnist quotYou ask a lot of questions for someone from BrooklynquotClick the social buttons above or below to share this story with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this article are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or associated bloggersamp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160

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