CLIENT
Wizards of the Coast/What Were You Thinking?
PRODUCTION CO.
Complete Pandemonium, San Francisco. Steve "Spaz" Williams, director; Bill Pope, DP; Josh Koral, production designer; Clint Goldman, executive producer/producer. Head models by M5 Industries, San Francisco. Jonathan Searles, designer. Shot at Custer Avenue Stages, San Francisco.
AGENCY
WongDoody, Seattle. Tracy Wong, creative director; Jason Black, art director; Jeanne Ivy, copywriter; Joyce Schmidtbauer, producer.
EDITORIAL
Western Images, San Francisco. Alan Chimenti, creative editor; Lee Gardner, assistant editor.
POST
Western Images. Gary Coates, colorist.
VISUAL EFFECTS
Western Images. Jimi Simmons, director of visual effects; Zane Rutledge, CG animator; Ali Laventhol, Inferno artist; Jerry Castro, technical director; Lisa McNamara, producer.
AUDIO POST
Clatter & Din, Seattle. Vince Werner, engineer.
SOUND DESIGN
Clatter & Din. Vince Werner, sound designer.
THE SPOT
People and objects whiz in and out of players’ mouths and trapdoor heads in "Bob’s Head." The wacky :30 spotlights the board game "What Were You Thinking?"
Spot broke in November.
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