{"id":12697,"date":"2008-02-22T17:59:14","date_gmt":"2008-02-23T00:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/02\/22\/musical-commercials.html"},"modified":"2008-02-22T17:59:14","modified_gmt":"2008-02-23T00:59:14","slug":"musical_commercials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/02\/22\/musical_commercials.html","title":{"rendered":"Musical commercials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have to confess I really like the FreeCreditReport commercials, and find them (and their music) quite entertianing.&nbsp;&nbsp; And, thanks to YouTube: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YWnUmpQhiOw\" target=\"_blank\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wzPkhOofXVs\" target=\"_blank\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FspHU8hOxhY\" target=\"_blank\">3<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><small><\/p>\n<p>Note: I have no idea of the value of the service offered. I just like the commercials.<\/p>\n<p><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have to confess I really like the FreeCreditReport commercials, and find them (and their music) quite entertianing.&nbsp;&nbsp; And, thanks to YouTube: 1, 2, 3&nbsp; Note: I have no idea&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[35,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-big-business","category-media-tv"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9430,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/07\/07\/abc_vs_usa.html","url_meta":{"origin":12697,"position":0},"title":"ABC vs. USA","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 7-Jul-06 9:55pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Because, of course, skipping commercials is tantamount to theft. 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