It was a Christmas without a ‘Biff!’ or a ‘Pow!’ or an ‘Umph!’ One’s childhood can be hard. Not getting what you want for Christmas? Harder. …

Tara and Michael discuss the conundrum wrapped in an enigma that is Miracle Whip. The jokes just write themselves.

At the conclusion of this piece, Tara and Michael predict you’ll be interjecting “Hey!”, “Wow!”, “Yay!”, “Whee!” and “Zounds!” Everybody hop on board the Wayback Machine for a little learnin’, folks.

As it was my week to pick a commercial, and Michael had several previous engagements, I decided to head back to my childhood. So … it’s “time for Timer!”

Tara and Michael love the monkeys in the Careerbuilder commercials! Okay … maybe it’s just Michael that loves them. Tara’s not really on board. But she does have squirrels in her basement. Really.

In this week’s CommercialClack, Tara and Michael discuss a Super Bowl ad that really hit home. For one of them, anyway.

Beside the game, everyone will be tuning in for the much-anticipated commercials during The Big Game. (Yay!) And Tara and Michael? They’ll be switching to something else during the halftime show.