While most of the results of last Tuesday’s elections are now official, some are still being finalized.¹ It’s been less than 48 hours since Mississippi’s Senate race was finally called for Democrat Scott Colom. On the other hand, it’s been a couple weeks since I first saw his incredibly viral campaign ad.²

Friend-of-the-site Daniel J. pointed me to this interview with Ryan Sayles, the 27-year-old Mississippi content creator behind the ad.

You know, [I] just added the entertainment or funny pieces of it, like emphasizing the way he said the words and stuff like that. And then I shot it, edited it, and added the music to it.

I sat there and edited for like five hours. I’ve heard that man say “shit” a million times.

Me too, Ryan. Me too.³

Footnotes:

1. Alaska has decent reasons for taking so long in a tight race, as the Division of Elections explained:

   

   Alright, fine, fine. We can wait. ↩︎

2. The video is archived here. ↩︎

3. Politico’s summary quotes the ad like so:

   “Pick another protein? Shiiii-, I’d rather pick another senator instead.”

   I think that’s incorrect. I distinctly hear a “t” in there, for the full expletive. It sounds like Sayles agrees. ↩︎