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Method “Shiny Suds” Cleaner Commerical Parody (Ad Video)

Wendy — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:21:51 +0000

This is what happens after the shiny happy bubbles scrub your tub… check out Method’s ad for “Shiny Suds,” a brilliant cleaner commercial parody video to get the message across that all cleaners aren’t so clean.

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Weezer Snuggie Ad (Video)

Wendy — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:12:50 +0000

Get your very own Weezer Snuggie! Check out the Weezer Snuggie ad in the video clip above… just in time for the holidays!

Chris Farley Ad Controversy; Controversy Surrounds DirecTV Chris Farley Ad (Video)

Wendy — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:30:53 +0000

The Chris Farley ad controversy wages on – by now you’ve seen the DirecTV Chris Farley ad, featuring a scene from Tommy Boy (”Fat Guy in a Little Coat”), with the late Farley and very-much-alive-and-collecting-a-paycheck David Spade.

David Spade isn’t backing down on this one – while many weigh in on the Chris Farley ad controversy as being in poor taste, Spade maintains it’s a great tribute and that Farley’s family gave the okay to do the DirecTV ad.

According to David Spade, he says of the Chris Farley ad controversy: “These commercials are cool. They’re well done. They’re clever. And that they would include ‘Tommy Boy’ in that company, I thought was very flattering.”

Further, Spade says Farley would have supported the DirecTV commercial: “Oh, my God if [Chris] was here, I guarantee he’d be stoked that this little movie is included. The movie is important to me, and I would hate to offend [anyone] because that’s one of my favorite things I’ve ever done. So I would apologize to someone who took it that way.”

As for the controversy surrounding David Spade doing the ad for a buck: “I wouldn’t want anyone to get a whiff that I’m trying to get something off Chris.”

And the Farley family is cool with it too, with Spade noting: “When DirecTV came to me and the Farley family with this idea about ‘Tommy Boy,’ we talked and thought it would be a cool way to remind people just how funny Chris was. It is a clever homage to my friend and a movie that we loved doing.”

Chris Farley Ad – David Spade Comments on Chris Farley Tommy Boy DirecTV Ad (Video)

Wendy — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:29:44 +0000

Have you seen the Chris Farley ad yet for DirecTV? It features Chris Farley in a scene from Tommy Boy, playing out the “Fat Guy in a Little Coat” bit while David Spade comments on DirecTV as his Richard character from the movie.

Not unexpectedly, David Spade is taking a lot of heat for the Chris Farley ad, which makes it seem that Spade trades off good taste for a paycheck.

Do you think the Chris Farley ad is in bad taste?

Here’s what David Spade’s publicist had to say about it:

“When DIRECT TV came to me and the Farley family with this idea about ‘Tommy Boy,’ we talked and thought it would be a cool way to remind people just how funny Chris was. It is a clever homage to my friend and a movie that we loved doing.”

Additionally, a DirecTV spokesperson commented: “We should look to Chris’ family and friends for the ultimate opinion on this subject. They were involved from the beginning of this project and felt that the spot was a great to tribute to Chris.”

Tommy Boy “Fat Guy in a Little Coat” Chris Farley, David Spade DirecTV Commercial (Video)

Wendy — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:10:10 +0000

Oh, David Spade… how could you?? Check out this video clip of a DirecTV commercial, featuring the “Fat Guy in a Little Coat” scene from Tommy Boy. The late Chris Farley’s “Fat Guy in a Little Coat” bit you know and love – with the shameless David Spade hawking DirecTV and cashing a paycheck.

I hate the DirecTV commercials overall… but this one is just wrong.

VH1 Divas Paula Abdul “Employment Agency” Ad (Video)

Wendy — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:11:58 +0000

Paula Abdul brings the funny in this commercial for VH1 Divas, airing September 17.

Check out the Divas 2009 ad video, featuring Paula Abdul, who will host the VH1 special.

Britney Spears, Russell Brand MTV Video Music Awards VMAs Promo (Video)

Wendy — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:07:49 +0000

Funny… check out the Britney Spears/Russell Brand promo commercial for MTV’s Video Music Awards/VMAs in the video clip above. The VMAs air live September 13 on MTV at 9 p.m. EST.

Texting While Driving Video – Graphic Texting Car Accident PSA Hits Home

Wendy — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:02:03 +0000

This texting while driving video may be a graphic representation of what can happen – but the PSA’s visual may just hit home with teens and other drivers who think there’s no risk of texing while driving.

The texting while driving PSA video was produced by a Gwent, Wales police department, but the graphic message applies in the states too. The Today show further analyzes the impact of the hard hitting commercial in this video clip.

Recent studies show texting while driving is the cause of up to a quarter of the estimated U.S. 40,000 vehicle fatalities each year.

It remains to be seen if the texting while driving PSA video will be shown in the U.S., but people are checking it out on YouTube and other websites.

CBS to Run Embedded Video Ad in Entertainment Weekly/EW (Video)

Wendy — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:47:22 +0000

Entertainment Weekly will be featuring a CBS video ad in their upcoming issue of EW – the first time a video has been embedded in a print ad.

CBS and Pepsi Max are embedding the 40-minute video ad in EW’s September fall TV preview issue. The video ad/commercial will show clips of CBS’s fall schedule on a video device a quarter-inch thick, seen through a cut out in the print ad.

Only EW subscribers in New York and Los Angeles will see the ad.

Selena Gomez Sears Commercial; Sears Arrive Air Band Casting (Video)

Wendy — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:45:47 +0000

Selena Gomez previews one of the Sears back-to-school commercials in their Sears Arrive campaign. The Sears Arrive air band is looking to cast a new member – get details in this video of how you can be part of the group, which will perform at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) this fall.