A collection of commercials about moving day turns out to contain a surprising amount of pathos for ads about coffee and internet service. Plus, Subaru walks the knife edge between safety consciousness and fear-mongering with mixed results.

Here are links to the ads we talked about in this week’s show:

Xfinity - “Moving Day” (2020) (ft. Amy Pohler)

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/tIG4/xfinity-moving-day-featuring-amy-poehler

Carlsberg - “Moving In”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGpWcRoOJpc

KFC Canada - “Moving Day”

https://adage.com/video/kfc-canada-moving-day/

Realtor.com - “Moving Day & the Not-Yous” (ft Elizabeth Banks)

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/w_gI/realtor-com-not-yous-move-in-day-featuring-elizabeth-banks

Public Storage - “Moving In With Mom & Dad”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCtpM1hrcTs

Polaroid - “Moving Day” (1973)

https://youtu.be/eYzZtlBG1wI?si=O4TtoCpFD-HvIpid

Folgers - “Move In”

https://youtu.be/lPe0n-8hgrc?si=iEEEe5E2Va3Mo8cc

Folger’s - “Moving In”

https://youtu.be/P9ihN5041bE?si=qnsSZpkTd0zKkc5H

Subaru - “Moving Out”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjzzstfviBM

Regence - “Moving Day”

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/f_S5/regence-moving-day

Mother’s Recipe - “Moving Day”

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/bVIo/mothers-recipe-moving-day

Affinity Plus - “Moving In”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpe9zBUDAsw

Mucinex - “Moving In Day”

https://youtu.be/nvP5iXTmZ58?si=Mg9EsVbuMY5zQ5Li

Spotify - “Moving”

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/A5xH/spotify-moving-song-by-flo-rida

Subaru - “The Things We Love”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbQ4m8CUo-w