tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32687773.post2353836321352894028..comments2023-10-26T01:34:49.324-07:00Comments on LitDept: My Anna Nicole Smith adMalachy Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17729185865764121986noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32687773.post-78109391049267629292007-02-14T13:05:00.000-08:002007-02-14T13:05:00.000-08:00Thanks for your piece on Anna Nicole. I don't envy...Thanks for your piece on Anna Nicole. I don't envy you having to make a celebrity spot. You've got it right -- the execs wanted a story to tell their buddies. Misuse (actually mistreatment) of this particular celebrity has been on my mind as well. I just posted about her, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32687773.post-57174139961768468652007-02-13T23:13:00.000-08:002007-02-13T23:13:00.000-08:00Eric...Here's where you can find the Super Bowl sp...Eric...<BR/><BR/>Here's where you can find the Super Bowl spot. <BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQKk3PI-DW8<BR/><BR/>John Hage (writer) and Bernie O'Dowd (art director) at Deutsch/LA came up with it. I have to say I liked it from the start. A very good spot. <BR/><BR/>It didn't get a lot of talk, but all of the talk it got was positive. And it was one of the higher scoring spots with regular peopole too.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, I've heard through the grapevine that NAMI (National Assoc for Mental Illness) complained that the spot made lite of suicidal ideation. GM - after a few days - decided to alter the spot to soften this. I haven't seen the remake.<BR/><BR/>The trailer I worked on (guided/oversaw might be better words) has been removed from YouTube, presumably because of the above controversy.<BR/><BR/>It was more or less a cut down of the 60 with a Don Lafontaine VO that went something like "See what happens when everything you once loved is suddenly taken away. And you're a robot."<BR/><BR/>As to why ANS spot isn't funny, you're right. And there are so many more reasons as well.... It was a nightmare to make.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32687773.post-77201260747852730482007-02-13T21:49:00.000-08:002007-02-13T21:49:00.000-08:00You are absolutely right. The spot is not funny l...You are absolutely right. The spot is not funny largely because it doesn't take full advantage of what it would have been like to have ANS as an insurance agent.<BR/><BR/>But Malachy, you never told us about your Superbowl ad, as originally promised, did you? I watched the second quarter so I probably saw it. And where do we see your trailer?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32687773.post-59955192333425549392007-02-09T15:19:00.000-08:002007-02-09T15:19:00.000-08:00He was totally fantastic. He was working a lot whe...He was totally fantastic. He was working a lot when we shot back in the fall of 2000. <BR/><BR/>I see him all the time now too.<BR/><BR/>And actually, Anna worked pretty fast. It was really all around easy. <BR/><BR/>Tim Abshire directed - and he could handle just about anyone...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32687773.post-5895504200970260042007-02-09T15:04:00.000-08:002007-02-09T15:04:00.000-08:00Hey, the guy in your spot is my friend J.T. Walsh!...Hey, the guy in your spot is my friend J.T. Walsh! (Loosely a friend; did improv with him a few times and hung out at a few improv tournaments, but haven't talked to him in, like, seven years.)<BR/><BR/>I hope working with him went okay. He's a brilliant improviser and a cool guy. No idea how he'd come across after a few million takes with Anna Nichole. (Just guessing she wasn't known as "One Take Anna".)timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03858652004565969643noreply@blogger.com