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To: Martin Wormser who wrote (1973)	11/6/1998 2:18:00 PM
From: MRO0054	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17683

The "automaton choir" in the commercial is performing the "Ode to Joy" section from the fourth movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. While the music was written by Beethoven, the words are from a poem by Friedrich von Schiller. The commercial is played rather often, but I personally just don't get tired of hearing glorious Ludwig van! Freude, schöner Götterfunken Tochter aus Elysium Wir betreten feuertrunken Himmlische, dein Heiligtum!

To: Martin Wormser who wrote (1973)	11/9/1998 1:02:00 PM
From: Gary M. Reed	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17683

I drive an Audi and buy their cars religiously and yet I too find the new commercials annoying. Or at least the frequency at which they're shown. Of course, no commercial can come close to being annoying due to it's preponderance as that of the Axa commercial. Cripes, every 5 minutes we have to look at the 8-year old Hitler Youth-looking arian kid with the devilish look in his eye as he jumps some bridge and then climbs the stairway to the moon. What a joke. As a result, the last company I'd buy life insurance from is Axa. Gary