{"id":21953,"date":"2016-05-20T07:08:41","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T14:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=21953"},"modified":"2016-05-20T07:08:41","modified_gmt":"2016-05-20T14:08:41","slug":"friday-fun-a-coke-or-koch-earworm-in-memoriam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/05\/20\/friday-fun-a-coke-or-koch-earworm-in-memoriam\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Fun: A Coke \u2013 OR Koch \u2013 Earworm (In Memoriam)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Those of us who have (or have had) hearing know what earworms<\/em><\/strong> are: those catchy snippets of a song or tune that loop endlessly in our heads.  Well, today’s “Friday Fun” may well implant one in your brain, but at least hopefully it will be a pleasant one.<\/p>\n

A week ago today, Friday the 13th<\/sup>, Bill Backer<\/strong>, the real Don Draper<\/strong> of “Mad Men”<\/em>, passed away at the age of 89.  Backer was the creator of what has been called by Adweek<\/em> “The world’s most famous ad”<\/em><\/strong> <\/a>– Coca-Cola’s “Hilltop\/I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing<\/em>”.<\/p>\n

\"Coke_Bill-Backer\"<\/a><\/p>\n

And since that tune is now implanted as today’s earworm in your brains, you might as well go ahead and enjoy it in the remastered version …<\/p>\n