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Friday, Oct. 27, 2000
Blue Man Group Paints For Intel And MVBMS
Paint is a common prop for performance troupe Blue Man Group, whose singular theatrical act incorporates bizarre stunts, percussive music, art and audience interaction. Paint also serves as a central element of a whimsical Intel Pentium III Processor spot called "Paint," featuring Blue Man Group,...
Friday, Oct. 20, 2000
Television Purgatory: Mr. T Meets Survivor
What's more of an ordeal? Sitting through an episode of Survivor, or of The A Team? This :30—titled "Mr. T"—offers the worst of both options, combining elements of the two programs to create the latest would-be millionaire contest show: Who Can Spend A Month In A Trailer with Mr. T. In this case,...
Friday, Oct. 20, 2000
Rubin Postaer Presents Baby's First Odyssey
Image is everything in our mass-consumer-driven society. And not even a baby still in its mother's womb wants to be seen in something as desperately uncool as … a minivan! But a Honda Odyssey? Now that's entirely different. At least according to an amusing new commercial called "Sonogram." Directed...
Friday, Oct. 13, 2000
"Our House Is A Very, Very, Very Fine" … Car
In a stylish urban loft, a seemingly single continuous shot reveals a half-dozen people engaged in various activities throughout a large living room-type space. The Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young rendition of "Our House" plays in the background. The overall impression is that we're seeing a...
Friday, Oct. 13, 2000
Why Sport? Because You Might Run Into A Gladiator
There are a million reasons for participating in sports; and in Nike's latest "Why Sport?" campaign, the possibility of running into a gladiator is one of them. After all, it could happen. In the :30 "Gladiator," a skateboard kid comes soaring down a staircase and onto a city sidewalk, where he...
Friday, Oct. 6, 2000
Sadly, The Customer Isn't Always Right
A security camera provides a perspective from the rear of a pharmacy department, looking towards the customer-service window. The pharmacist and his associate are going about their business when a woman hesitantly approaches the window and rings the bell. "Can I help you?" responds the pharmacist,...
Friday, Oct. 6, 2000
"Shaving Cream"
Necessity is the mother of invention, particularly when you're badly in need of a shave. In this wordless spec spot directed by Eric E. Fitzpatrick, a man—dressed in no more than a towel—looks inside the medicine cabinet above the sink and finds what he's after: a can of shaving cream. Alas, the...
Friday, Oct. 6, 2000
A Sleeper Hit For The Personable New Beetle
A silver New Beetle whizzes from the streets of New York City to Los Angeles, becoming a low-riding cruiser en route. Next it plows across a lunar landscape, then abruptly rushes through a forest. Then the Beetle is on a rally course, then a race course, then ... it wakes up. The Beetle's been...
Friday, Sep. 29, 2000
Tragedy Pictured Through A Child's Eyes
A story—told by a child via hand-drawn, brightly colored pictures—proves poignant, memorable and heart-wrenching. The :30 starts with the crayoned sketch of a smiling little girl in a vivid pink dress. "Kalie was my baby sister. She loved pink," a youngster's voice begins. The first clues that we'...
Friday, Sep. 29, 2000
M-B Makes Heads Turn, Eyes Pop, Whistles Blow
Have your eyeballs been popping out of their sockets lately? Is steam pouring out of your ears? No? Just wait till you see Mercedes-Benz's new C-Class. According to "Aaooga," one of three new ads trumpeting the 2001 model, things get pretty cartoonish when the C-Class passes by. Created by agency...