"Sweet Melissa"

[Rushmore]

I'm not sure why, but the Cingular Wireless commercials which prominently feature the song "Sweet Melissa" get on my nerves to no end.

I mean, they make it a point to drop the voiceover right when the guy sings the words "Sweet Melissa." What the hell does some broad named Melissa have to do with cellphone service?

I hate it when sh*t like this bugs me so much. It makes me feel like a nit, but it's just so annoying.

Maybe it's time to get rid of the television machine entirely.

Note: the Grossly Inappropriate Advertising Song Phenomenon seems to have begun most notably with the cruise line that used Iggy Pop's "Lust For Life." So it's gone from the moronic to the abject, so far as I can see, and I'm not sure if that's an improvement or not.