Those of us of a certain age — I’d say 27 to 35 — remember this commercial like it was yesterday.

Actually, before you click that started: “Remember me? I’m the kid that had a report due on space.” Memories flooding back yet?

Six things I did not know about that commercial:

The kid is named Donavan Freberg. More interestingly, the narrator is his dad, legendary satirist and voice artist Stan Freberg. (The elder Freberg was a huge influence on a generation of comics, notably the Firesign Theatre and, yes, Weird Al.)

Donavan voiced Charlie Brown and Linus in the 1970s.

He had no first name until he turned five. Before that he was called “Baby Boy.”

He has a MySpace page.

He has a blog.

And he really, really likes porn. (NSFW, obviously.)

Hello Gawker readers! Since you all came here from a post on John Hodgman, it’s only fair that I direct you toward my own Hodgman connection.

27 December 2006

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