Denny’s is an unlikely late night destination for young people after a rock concert. But looking to increase the likelihood is bicoastal agency Filter Creative Group with this “All Nighter” Denny’s website spot which is also getting some regional broadcast play.
Seated at a Denny’s table are a motley crew: a T-Rex dinosaur character, a unicorn who appears to be a bit of a stoner, a gent in leprechaun garb, and a regular guy who’s the voice of reason.
The latter declares “what a night,” to which T-Rex responds, “yeah.” The unicorn, with french fries falling out of his mouth, affirms that the evening’s show “rocked.” The leprechaun retorts, “What you remember of it.”
A friendly Denny’s waitress, with some trepidation, approaches the table and drops off the check. The leprechaun whips out a pot of gold as payment, to which the waitress responds, “Got anything smaller?”
The normal guy in the group comes to the rescue, handing her some regular currency.
Unicorn senses that the waitress is “so into me.”
“Nobody’s into you,” snaps back the leprechaun.
“I’m into me dude,” affirms the unicorn.
“Obviously,” says the leprechaun sarcastically.
An end tag carries the Denny’s logo accompanied by the website address wwww.dennysallnighter.com. A voiceover chimes in: “Good friends, good value.”
This offbeat slice of night life was directed by David Jellison of Santa Monica-based TWC.
The Filter team included creative heads Alan Miller and Alan Sartirana, writers Evan Anderson and Patrick Strange, and project manager Connie Sang.
Jeff Snyder served as exec producer/producer for TWC. Kim Johnson was production supervisor. The DP was Bryan Newman.
Editor was Jason Painter of Nomad Editorial, Santa Monica.
Character fabrication was done by Rob Burman of Sticks and Stones, Tujunga, Calif.
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