Name one TV commercial you remember, and I’ll bet you had an emotional reaction the first time you viewed it — whether it made you laugh, smile, cry, or all three.

It’s no secret that some of the most memorable advertising somehow pulls at your heartstrings. Case in point: the Budweiser Clydesdales, the Apple iPad widower, or the Mac Daddy of them all, the Sarah McLachlan SPCA ads (you’re welcome for that earworm btw).

However, there’s a new player on the list of corporate emotional manipulators, and it’s one you may not expect: Doritos.

Over the holidays, Doritos Mexico launched a commercial that’s since made waves for all the right reasons, especially in the LGBTQ+ community.

This Doritos ad from Mexico about a single dad trying to express his support for his gay son has me tearing up.
🖤🤎❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🏳️‍🌈https://t.co/AXrPBpbOym

— Q. Allan Brocka (@allanbrocka) January 8, 2021

It features a divorced father with a college-age son who brought a friend home for the holidays. However, he soon suspects his son and the male companion “are a couple and they do not dare tell me,” so he goes to Reddit for advice on how to break the news gently that he knows… and, more importantly, that his love is unconditional.

The ad — which is based on a true story — ends with a simple, subtly sweet exchange between father & son… followed by the viewer’s own visceral ugly-crying (or maybe that’s just me?).

With everything going on in the world today, it’s the virtual, inclusive embrace we all need right now, albeit from an unexpected source. (Then again, as the saying goes, “If you can’t get a warm, bosomy grandma hug, fill the spiritual abyss with a chips commercial!”)

Here’s hoping it makes its way to U.S. airwaves soon.

Watch the full Doritos Mexico ad (in Spanish with English subtitles) below.

There are few things more special than sharing a passion with your child — until the kid grows up and schools you in public.

At least, that’s what happened with the Magarity family this weekend, when daughter Maureen faced off against her father Dave as rival coaches of the Holy Cross and Army women’s basketball teams, respectively.

On Saturday, Maureen’s Holy Cross Crusaders topped Army 80-46, in what’s thought to be the first-ever dad-daughter coaching matchup in Division-1 history. She turned around and did it again on Sunday, leading Holy Cross to a 70-61 win.

However, Dave will have a chance to settle the score next month, with two more matchups against his daughter lined up. And, even if Army loses again the next go-round, perhaps the senior Magarity can take comfort in knowing his daughter learned from the best: him.

“In fifth or sixth grade, people would ask me what I want to do when I grow up,” Maureen told the Telegram & Gazette. “I would say, ‘I want to coach. I want to coach like my dad.’”

She grew up around the game, watching film and attending her dad’s team practices, and it doesn’t take a stretch of the imagination to picture lots of “Father of the Bride”-type driveway shootouts at the Magarity house.

Maureen went on to play a year at Boston College, then transferred to Marist, where she was ultimately a captain and helped usher the Red Foxes to their first March Madness dance in 2004. After working as an assistant coach under her dad at Army, she spent 10 years coaching at New Hampshire before taking over the Crusaders’ program earlier this year.

Dave has been coaching basketball for more than 40 years, and has been heading the Army women’s team since 2006.

Before the weekend Daddy-Daughter duel, he had to fight back some big-league emotions, stating, “It’s hard to put into words — it really hit me like a ton of bricks.”

As far as the next round of matchups on Feb. 6-7, he’s not the only one hoping to settle the score; his wife told Maureen’s kids, with typical Grandma diplomacy, “I want Pop-Pop to win two and Mommy to win two.”

But hey, even if he takes another set of Ls on the court, Mr. Magarity gets a big, fat DUB in fatherhood, from where we sit.

CINCINNATI, OH —  While New Year’s Eve is often synonymous with parties and weight-loss resolutions, for 42-year-old father Josh Rogers, there’s only one thing on the agenda this Dec. 31: telling everyone he knows he’ll see them “next year.”

“See, it’s funny because ‘next year’ is actually the next day!” Josh explained amid fits of laughter.

This year, the father of two is kicking the comedy up a few notches, doubling down on his commitment to spread joy and dad jokes on New Year’s Eve. According to his wife, Brynn, Josh is using an entire paid vacation day to call 47 friends living in different time zones on Dec. 31.

“Like, this is the same man who tore his ACL doing an Ace Ventura impression last year and still refused to take a sick day, so… he must really be going through some stuff? I wish he’d call a professional instead.” Brynn said.

Sadly, Josh is unaware the numerous long-distance calls from his landline during prime hours will cost him more than $300. Just last week he vehemently refused to sign up for a $5 yearly flat-rate plan, telling his wife, “That’s how they get ya!”

Despite being completely plausible to parents, THIS JUST IN is satire and intended for entertainment purposes only. For more stories like this one click here.

“I’m proud of you.”

Doesn’t matter how old you are — there’s something extra special about hearing those words from an authority figure you admire, like your dad, a favorite teacher, even a police officer.

Arnold Schwarzenegger embodied all three of those things for one special group of tots turned 30- and 40-somethings: the kiddie cast of the classic fish-out-of-water comedy Kindergarten Cop, which celebrated its 30th anniversary this month (and even inspired Stan Lee).

The ‘90s action star, and former governor, surprised some of his former castmates by popping into a virtual reunion held by Yahoo Entertainment this week.

Schwarzenegger reminisced about his role as John Kimble, a steely but big-hearted L.A. police officer made to go undercover as a teacher in Oregon, and attributed the initial success and longevity of the flick to his team of miniature cast members.

“It was the performance of you kids that really made this movie,” he beamed.

The film certainly produced some iconic lines, including one very memorable explanation on male and female anatomy by then 3-year-old Miko Hughes, who went on to play the creepiest kid ever in Pet Sematary.

Schwarzenegger said the kindergartners even had a hand in perhaps the most famous quote of the film: “It’s not a tumor!” Their honest laughter at Arnold’s accent told Director Ivan Reitman the delivery would likely be a hit with audiences.

A hit it certainly was, grossing more than $200 million worldwide, and becoming an instant VHS staple in homes around the globe.

And even with other blockbusters like True Lies, Total Recall, and the Terminator movies (which continue to fuel horrible “Hasta la vista, baby” impressions by dads TO THIS DAY) under his belt, Schwarzenegger says he’s extra proud of Kindergarten Cop because “the kids love to watch it, the grown-ups love to watch it… everyone enjoys it.”

But most of all, he’s proud of his former castmates, telling them all to “keep up the good work” and vowing to host an in-person, post-pandemic reunion (in other words, to NOT be “the party poop-uh” this time). 

Check out the video below.