A guy runs into a buddy at a Starbucks-like coffee shop as they wait for their order. “Hey Josh, looks like we’re twins,” says the first gent, noting that both of them are wearing the same style shirt.
A third man in a business suit and necktie then approaches the chap who made the “twins” remark and proceeds to rip the shirt off of him, leaving him bare chested.
Josh apologizes. “Sorry about that. He’s my banker.”
While we’re left to wonder about that “explanation” from Josh, the coffee shop employee hands Josh his order: a triple, no whip skinny mocha.
Turns out our bare-chested guy ordered the same brew. But once he is handed his order, the banker again enters the picture and knocks it to the floor.
A super appears which offers a better explanation of the banker’s behavior: “We’re here to protect your identity.”
An end tag contains the 1stBank logo.
This viral spot was directed by Steve Miller of bicoastal/international @radical.media for TDA Advertising & Design, Boulder, Colo. Client 1stBank is Colorado’s largest locally owned bank.
The TDA creative ensemble consisted of creative director/copywriter Jonathan Schoenberg, creative director Thomas Dooley, associate creative director/art director Matt Leavitt, associate creative director/copywriter Jeremy Seibold and producer Susan Fisher.
Miller’s support team at @radical included executive producer Frank Scherma and line producer Barbara Benson. The DP was Eric Schmidt.
Editor was Kevin Zimmerman of The Whitehouse, Santa Monica.
Supreme Court Seems Likely To Uphold A Law That Could Force TikTok To Shut Down On Jan. 19
The Supreme Court on Friday seemed likely to uphold a law that would ban TikTok in the United States beginning Jan. 19 unless the popular social media program is sold by its China-based parent company.
Hearing arguments in a momentous clash of free speech and national security concerns, the justices seemed persuaded by arguments that the national security threat posed by the company's connections to China override concerns about restricting the speech either of TikTok or its 170 million users in the United States.
Early in arguments that lasted more than two and a half hours, Chief Justice John Roberts identified his main concern: TikTok's ownership by China-based ByteDance and the parent company's requirement to cooperate with the Chinese government's intelligence operations.
If left in place, the law passed by bipartisan majorities in Congress and signed by President Joe Biden in April will require TikTok to "go dark" on Jan. 19, lawyer Noel Francisco told the justices on behalf of TikTok.
At the very least, Francisco urged, the justices should enter a temporary pause that would allow TikTok to keep operating. "We might be in a different world again" after President-elect Donald Trump takes office on Jan. 20. Trump, who has 14.7 million followers on TikTok, also has called for the deadline to be pushed back to give him time to negotiate a "political resolution." Francisco served as Trump's solicitor general in his first presidential term.
But it was not clear whether any justices would choose such a course. And only Justice Neil Gorsuch sounded like he would side with TikTok to find that the ban violates the Constitution.
Gorsuch labeled arguments advanced by the Biden administration' in defense of the law a... Read More