Netflix runs a mock quiz show in which the contestant anticipates the question like a mind reader.
Host: if you multiply...
Contestant: the square root of 19
Host: Correct
But other hilarious ads aren't supposed to be hilarious like the My-Mother's-Choking-On-A-Donut OnStar security system ads. Their combination of driver abulia and hysteria and deadpan OnStar dispatchers -- Sorry you swallowed a bee today, Ma'am -- make them cherished burlesque moments on an otherwise bleak landscape for many radio listeners.
It seems just a matter of time before "I've run out of gas -- what do I do?" and "It's raining! Help!" ads will follow the "I've locked myself in my car and I can't get out!!" ads.
Though maybe the latter should be "I've locked myself in my car and can't stop the radio commercials!"
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