The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Bill Murray may have won the buzz buzz buzz for agreeing to redo Groundhog Day when it coincided with Super Bowl Sunday. But there were plenty of stand-up comedians and comedic performers who also broke big, or sold out, for the biggest calendar day for TV advertising. My personal favorite …
The 2020 Super Bowl is being played on Groundhog Day. So JEEP recruited Bill Murray, his brother Brian Doyle-Murray and Stephen Tobolowsky to redo scenes from their 1993 hit movie, with a Jeep. Roll it! I have more than a few thoughts about this movie and the lessons I take away …
Is Arby’s cool again now? Despite my unyielding love of horsey sauce and previous efforts such as the $5 for 5 beef-and-cheddar deal, Arby’s Roast Beef Sandwiches remained the butt of comedians’ jokes in recent years. Jon Stewart made a running gag of mocking Arby’s as non-food during his years …
Twitter, like other social media platforms, has a huge legitimacy problem. Nobody is minding the store, so to speak, to separate the lies from the truth, the facts from the fiction. How’s Twitter responding in August 2018? With a humorous TV ad campaign. Starring Greg Barris. The campaign is called …
Sometimes, it turns out for the best that your big break never broke. Tom Segura told the story on Tuesday’s Late Show with Stephen Colbert about how, more than a decade ago, Segura had booked a nationwide TV commercial spokesman campaign with Subway to appear as the unhealthy brother of …
T.J. Miller’s voice was reliably heard in several TV ad campaigns over the past four years, but he’s no longer the voice of Mr. Mucus. Instead, Jason Mantzoukas voiced the newest Mucinex commercial that aired after Super Bowl LII. Roll it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GijHI1seJso
Comedian and actor Moses Storm has appeared onscreen in movies, TV shows and multiple commercials, but nothing perhaps has made as immediate and as powerful of an impact as his new Burger King commercial. In just a few seconds, Storm’s voice asks, “OK, Google. What is the Whopper burger?” And …
The new TV ad campaign for Chipotle’s fast-casual restaurant chain features the voice of Jeffrey Tambor asking comedians John Mulaney, Jillian Bell and Sam Richardson to step inside the magically giant burrito and keep it real. Because the burritos feature all real ingredients. Because people got worried about Chipotle a …
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″] [et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] A new series of ads for T-Mobile launched during the Super Bowl imagining Kristen Schaal as a Verizon customer who enjoys getting punished by her lack of an unlimited data plan. Enjoy these! Let’s hope there are more to come… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNCG9fHGXB0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b49dfTUFFZQ …
Mexico has been in the news a lot recently; Jon Lovitz, less so. But leave it to the Avocados From Mexico ad campaign to utilize the former Saturday Night Live star — he’s an actor! after all — for their Super Bowl LI commercial about secret societies and subliminal advertising. …
