CLIENT
Dayton-Hudson Co./Target Stores.
PRODUCTION CO.
Blue Sky VIFX, Harrison, N.Y. Carlos Saldanha, director/animation director; Manfred Reiff, DP; Nina Rappaport, executive producer; Nina Sloan, line producer, live action; Diana Aretino, production manager, live action; Carol Laufer, producer; Lauren Prince, production coordinator; John Donkin, managing technical director; Cliff Bohm and Dave Esneault, senior technical directors; Kevin Thomason, Rob Cavaleri, Kristi Hansen, Andrew Beddini, Jesse Hollander, Scott Clifford, Jodi Whitsel and Mike Eringis, technical directors; Jim Bresnahan, Nina Bafaro, Dean Lennert, Jeff Joe, Raquel Coelho, Mark Piretti, Doug Dooley, Mike Thurmeier, Jaime Castaneda, Steve Talkowski, Justin Leach and Dan Whiting, animators; Mike Defeo, Alex Levinson, Shaun Cusick and Danny Williams, modelers; John Siczewicz, senior paint artist; Victor Banks and Dave Mei, paint artists; Fritz Archer and Tim Nordquist, editors; Tanya Doyle and Randy Jurgenson, production assistants; Chris Burrows, technical assistant. Shot at Sandbank Studios, Hawthorne, N.Y., and on location.
AGENCY
Martin/Williams Advertising, Minneapolis. Kate O’Toole, producer; Jill Palmquist, copywriter; Pam Mariutto, art director.
POST
The Tape House Editorial Company, New York. Ken Weissman, online editor.
AUDIO POST
Echo Boys, Minneapolis. Tom Lecher, mixer.
MUSIC/SOUND DESIGN
Echo Boys. Tom Lecher, composer/arranger/sound designer.
THE SPOT
In "Barbie & Ken," Mattel’s popular dolls drive in a red convertible to their local Target store, where they fill up a full-sized shopping cart with toys. Small Soldiers characters Archer and SlamFist are featured in "Big Adventure." The duo burst out of their packaging and eventually come to the aid of a hungry baby doll. "Dog & Robot" takes place in a child’s room where two toys-a worn, patched, stuffed puppy and a pink robot named Robota rummage through a closet searching for new holiday toys. Robota finds a new robot friend, but the puppy doesn’t find anything for himself. Discouraged, the dog turns around and discovers that Robota has made him a doghouse out of Legos. All the :30s conclude with the tag, "Where the toys shop."
Spots broke in late 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