Call me a sucker for goofy stuff, but I think those commercials with the E*Trade baby are a riot. I know, I know — putting grown-up voices in babies’ mouths is the oldest trick in the book. But that child is so damn cute — and the voice that comes out of his face is so PERFECT, I howl every time. Phil and I call each other to hurry in the room every time one comes on.

Watch an E*Trade Baby commercial below and laugh with Marlo:

The other one is the famous Lyndon Johnson ad that ran during the 1964 presidential campaign. It was the first famous attack ad, and it was supposed to scare voters into thinking that Johnson’s opponent, Barry Goldwater, was a dangerous man who would lead us into a world war. The commercial showed a little girl picking the petals off a flower and counting them, while, in the background, a voice counted down the launch of a nuclear missile. Then the screen dissolved into the image of a giant mushroom cloud. It was so horrifying that it only aired once on TV — too many people complained about it. But, the real irony is, people today would just shrug at that kind of ad. That’s how bad political advertising has become.

Watch the controversial Lyndon B. Johnson 1964 presidential campaign ad: