We open on animal impresario Jack Hanna complaining that his whole life he’s been dealing with “number two.” Next we see an ensemble of zookeepers/workers, each with a shovel in hand, singing and dancing that finally “there’s no more number two.”
The workers are seen in different venues of the zoo, with different animals, presumably celebrating their now excrement-free lives, no longer having to clean up after the animals.
But as it turns out, these workers’ delight over “no more number two” is that their workplace, The Columbus Zoo, has just been rated the number one zoo in America by USA Travel Guide.
At the end, we see that there’s still a place for number two as it’s announced over the zoo’s public address system that “there’s a cleanup in pachyderm.” The workers then scramble for another encounter with elephant poop.
This spot was directed by Ron Foth Jr. of Columbus, Ohio-based Ron Foth Advertising, which was both agency and production company on the job. Foth Jr. also served as creative director/copywriter as did David Henthorne. Art director was Gene Roy. The DP was Ted Chu.
Martin Nowak executive produced for Ron Foth Advertising and edited the spot.
Singers were enlisted from the Disney film Enchanted, and from Bonnie Story, choreographer of Disney’s High School Musical trilogy. The zookeepers rehearsed and danced like pros in no time. In fact the massive grand finale shot features nearly 100 zoo employees, dancers, gymnasts and Hanna himself, all reveling in their number one ranking. Brian Mann of MannMade Music, Santa Barbara, was the composer with lyrics penned by Foth Jr. and Henthorne.
David Attenborough, The Enthused But Hushed Voice Of Nature Programs, Turns 100
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