Jon Hamm is not Canadian but Hamm does play someone who thinks he's Canadian in an ad for Skip the Dishes. As you might guess, Skip the Dishes is a Canadian app for ordering food from restaurants.
In the ad, Hamm is lying around going through a to-do list while his young worker is polishing chopsticks. Hamm teases him about being American; the young man responds that Hamm is also American. "Then why do I like hockey so much." Hamm also teases the young worker for not knowing poutine.
Hamm, who is actually from St. Louis, has a fancy to-do list: Rename vintage yacht; Call eyebrow consultant; Take fashion risks; Get a price check on Capri; Polish chopsticks; Question reality!
Cigarette ads are banned in the United States. The Go Vype ads that ran on CBC aren't selling nicotine but rather the device to consume nicotine. Even if CBC appears on a few U.S. cable systems, these are not technically cigarette ads. Still, they would be a surprise to U.S. audiences who aren't used to this kind of advertising on television.
The ad is certainly inviting, a lifestyle ad as opposed to showing young people coughing rather loudly with physically exhaustive gestures.
Canada didn't wait until October 17 to run public service announcements (PSA) against driving high. In this PSA, kids are going to a party. A young woman is taking a selfie with an app to change her appearance. The teenage driver looks a little out of it. The PSA ends with a car crashing into them.
Don't get high and drive.
Sidney Crosby and Nathan MacKinnon return as Tim Hortons spokespeople. In their latest adventure, Crosby is driving a zamboni in the Tim Hortons drive-through, ordering 2 double-doubles, a chocolate dip, and NHL trading cards, available with a drink purchase.
A separate ad noted that Tim Hortons now serves breakfast all day, something to consider on a Canadian road trip.
Whistler is rather famous for skiing so that would explain why I haven't been to Whistler. The area does look pretty. The distance is quite far, about 2½ hours up Highway 99 aka the Sea to Sky Highway.
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