CLIENT
Micron Electronics.
PRODUCTION CO.
The End, Beverly Hills, Calif. Nick Egan, director; Martin Coppen, DP; Liz Silver, Roger Hunt and Luke Thornton, executive producers; Anastasia Simone, producer; Ron Consentino and Liam Phillips, production managers; Dan Radford, freelance visual effects supervisor. Shot on location.
AGENCY
Bam!, Austin, Texas. Mike Bevil, creative director/art director; Jonathan Balser, creative director/copywriter. Beaucoup Chapeaux, Dallas. Lisa Dee, president; Sarah Schroeder, executive producer.
EDITORIAL
Superior Assembly Editing Company, Santa Monica. Nicolaus Erasmus, editor; Renee Schroder, producer.
POST
Planet Blue, Santa Monica. Andy Davis and Pierre LaQuerre, online editors. Company 3, Santa Monica. Dave Hussey, colorist.
VISUAL EFFECTS
Planet Blue. Milt Alvarez, executive producer; George Sanchez, producer; Maury Rosenfeld, visual effects supervisor/digital artist; Nathan McGuinness and Andy Davis, digital artists; Ken Stranahan, Dave Hibsher and Konstantine Promokhov, CGI.
AUDIO POST
BBP Recording Studios, West Los Angeles. Joe Ramos, mixer.
MUSIC/SOUND DESIGN
Primal Scream, Santa Monica. Jason Johnson, composer; Reinhard Denke, sound designer; Nicole Dionne, producer.
THE SPOT
A woman frustrated with the bureaucracy of the workplace freezes time so she can empower herself with "New Rules, New Tools" and take control of her life with the aid of a Micron computer, in "Anthem."
Spot broke Dec. 29.
Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr. Explore Generations, Old School vs. New School, In “Poppa’s House”
Boundaries between work and family don't just blur in the new CBS sitcom "Poppa's House" starring father-and-son comedy duo Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr. They shatter.
"It's wonderful to come to work every day and see him and some of his kids and my sister and my brother and nieces and nephews. They all work on this show. They all contribute," says the senior Wayans. "I don't think there are words to express how joyful I am."
Wayans plays the titular Poppa, a curmudgeonly radio DJ who's more than comfortable doing it his way, while Wayans Jr. plays his son, Damon, a budding filmmaker who's stuck in a job he hates.
"My character, Pop, is just an old school guy who's kind of stuck in his ways," says Wayans, who starred in "In Living Color" and "My Wife and Kids."
Pop yearns for the days when a handshake was a binding contract and Michael Jordan didn't complain if he got fouled on the court. Pop laughs at the younger generation's participation trophies.
"It's old school versus new school and them teaching each other lessons from both sides," says Wayans Jr., who played Coach in the Fox sitcom "New Girl."
"They (the characters) bring the best out in each other and they're resistant initially. But then throughout the episode they have revelations and these revelations help them become better people," he adds.
The two have worked together before — dad made an appearance on son's "Happy Endings" and "Happy Together," while son was a writer and guest star on dad's "My Wife and Kids." But this is the first time they have headlined a series together.
The half-hour comedy — premiering Monday and co-starring Essence Atkins and Tetona Jackson — smartly leaves places in the script where father and son can let... Read More