We open on animal impresario Jack Hanna complaining that his whole life he’s been dealing with “number two.” Next we see an ensemble of zookeepers/workers, each with a shovel in hand, singing and dancing that finally “there’s no more number two.”
The workers are seen in different venues of the zoo, with different animals, presumably celebrating their now excrement-free lives, no longer having to clean up after the animals.
But as it turns out, these workers’ delight over “no more number two” is that their workplace, The Columbus Zoo, has just been rated the number one zoo in America by USA Travel Guide.
At the end, we see that there’s still a place for number two as it’s announced over the zoo’s public address system that “there’s a cleanup in pachyderm.” The workers then scramble for another encounter with elephant poop.
This spot was directed by Ron Foth Jr. of Columbus, Ohio-based Ron Foth Advertising, which was both agency and production company on the job. Foth Jr. also served as creative director/copywriter as did David Henthorne. Art director was Gene Roy. The DP was Ted Chu.
Martin Nowak executive produced for Ron Foth Advertising and edited the spot.
Singers were enlisted from the Disney film Enchanted, and from Bonnie Story, choreographer of Disney’s High School Musical trilogy. The zookeepers rehearsed and danced like pros in no time. In fact the massive grand finale shot features nearly 100 zoo employees, dancers, gymnasts and Hanna himself, all reveling in their number one ranking. Brian Mann of MannMade Music, Santa Barbara, was the composer with lyrics penned by Foth Jr. and Henthorne.
Disney Pledges $15 million In L.A. Fire Aid As More Celebs Learn They’ve Lost Their Homes
The Pacific Palisades wildfires torched the home of "This Is Us" star Milo Ventimiglia, perhaps most poignantly destroying the father-to-be's newly installed crib.
CBS cameras caught the actor walking through his charred house for the first time, standing in what was once his kitchen and looking at a neighborhood in ruin. "Your heart just breaks."
He and his pregnant wife, Jarah Mariano, evacuated Tuesday with their dog and they watched on security cameras as the flames ripped through the house, destroying everything, including a new crib.
"There's a kind of shock moment where you're going, 'Oh, this is real. This is happening.' What good is it to continue watching?' And then at a certain point we just turned it off, like 'What good is it to continue watching?'"
Firefighters sought to make gains Friday during a respite in the heavy winds that fanned the flames as numerous groups pledged aid to help victims and rebuild, including a $15 million donation pledge from the Walt Disney Co.
More stars learn their homes are gone
While seeing the remains of his home, Ventimiglia was struck by a connection to his "This Is Us" character, Jack Pearson, who died after inhaling smoke in a house fire. "It's not lost on me life imitating art."
Mandy Moore, who played Ventimiglia's wife on "This Is Us," nearly lost her home in the Eaton fire, which scorched large areas of the Altadena neighborhood. She said Thursday that part of her house is standing but is unlivable, and her husband lost his music studio and all his instruments.
Mel Gibson's home is "completely gone," his publicist Alan Nierob confirmed Friday. The Oscar winner revealed the loss of his home earlier Friday while appearing on Joe Rogan's... Read More