Category: 2000s

The Best Part of Paul Stanley Waking Up is Folgers in His Cup

Folgers Coffee is a brand of coffee in the United States, part of the food and beverage division of The J.M. Smucker Company. Folgers is promoted with the slogan “The best part of waking up is Folgers in your cup!” It is well associated with a jingle featured in almost every advertisement since 1984, with lyrics by Susan Spiegel Solovay and Bill Vernick, and music by Leslie Pearl.

Stanley Bert Eisen (born January 20, 1952), known professionally by his stage name Paul Stanley, is an American musician, singer, songwriter and painter best known for being the rhythm guitarist and singer of the rock band Kiss. Stanley’s persona in Kiss is “The Starchild” utilizing one star over his right eye.

A trapeze is a short horizontal bar hung by ropes or metal straps from a support. It is an aerial apparatus commonly found in circus performances.

Hello iPhone

Hello is a salutation or greeting in the English language. It is first attested in writing from 1826. The use of hello as a telephone greeting has been credited to Thomas Edison; according to one source, he expressed his surprise with a misheard Hullo. Alexander Graham Bell initially used Ahoy (as used on ships) as a telephone greeting.

The iPhone is the first smartphone model designed and marketed by Apple. It is the first generation of iPhone that was announced on January 9, 2007 after years of rumors and speculation. It was introduced in the United States on June 29, 2007, and it featured quad-band GSM cellular connectivity with GPRS and EDGE support for data transfer.

A telephone, or phone, is a telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are too far apart to be heard directly.

A mobile phone is a portable telephone that can make and receive calls over a radio frequency link while the user is moving within a telephone service area.

A smartphone is a mobile personal computer with a mobile operating system with features useful for mobile or handheld use.

A touchscreen is an input and output device normally layered on the top of an electronic visual display of an information processing system. The touchscreen enables the user to interact directly with what is displayed, rather than using a mouse, touchpad, or any other such device (other than a stylus, which is optional for most modern touchscreens).

Cola Turka, man

Cola Turka is a cola brand from Turkish company Ülker. The television commercial features American actor Chevy Chase playing a confused American who notices his friend, wearing a stereotypically American cowboy hat, using some peculiar words from Turkish culture while drinking a can of Cola Turka.

Despite the name, the primary modern flavoring ingredients in a cola drink are sugar, citrus oils (from oranges, limes, or lemon fruit peel), cinnamon, vanilla, and an acidic flavorant.

[Chevy] Chase was one of the original cast members of Saturday Night Live (SNL), NBC’s late-night comedy television show, beginning in October 1975. During the first season, he introduced every show except one by saying, “Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!”

The City of New York, often called New York City or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States. Located at the southern tip of the State of New York, the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area, one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world.

Bibbo Hotdog Dance

In the Philippines, hotdogs are eaten as is, in a bun with an optional selection of condiments, or with rice and condiments.

Common hot dog ingredients include meat trimmings and fat.

Batang Bibbo! (Bibbo Kid!) is a weekly 30-minute interactive show specifically designed for Filipino children with ages three to six years. Produced by GMA Network in cooperation with CDO-Foodsphere, Inc. (makers of Bibbo Hotdog).

Dance is a type of art that generally involves movement of the body, often rhythmic and to music. It is performed in many cultures as a form of emotional expression, social interaction, or exercise, in a spiritual or performance setting, and is sometimes used to express ideas or tell a story.

Yes, Santa has an iPod and Playlists

Switch was an advertising campaign launched by Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.) on June 10, 2002. It featured what the company referred to as “real people” who had “switched” from the Microsoft Windows platform to the Mac. The Switch campaign, while distinctive, was not very effective, and was gradually phased out in 2003.

“I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” is an American Christmas song with music and lyrics by Tommie Connor. The original recording by Jimmy Boyd on 15 July 1952 when he was 13 reached #1 on the Billboard charts in December 1952, and on the Cash Box chart at the beginning of the following year.

The iPod is a line of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The first line was released on November 10, 2001.

In its most general form, a playlist is simply a list of songs. They can be played in sequential or shuffled order.

John William “Will” Ferrell (born July 16, 1967) is an American comedian, impressionist, actor, and writer. One winter, he even served as a mall Santa Claus.

Don’t Mess With Nature

Speight’s is a brewery in Dunedin, New Zealand. Speight’s is famous for its promotional branding based on being ‘a real southern man’ and being ‘the pride of the south’.

The Kea (Nestor notabilis) is a large species of parrot (superfamily Strigopoidea) found in forested and alpine regions of the South Island of New Zealand. The Kea’s notorious urge to explore and manipulate makes this bird a pest for residents and an attraction for tourists.

Litter consists of waste products that have been disposed of improperly, without consent, in an inappropriate location. To litter means to throw (often man-made) objects onto the ground and leave them as opposed to disposing of them properly.