How’s this for a misdirect? We see adult males jumping about like toddlers in large disposable diapers. For a moment, it seems like we’ve been placed in a time warp–or we’re in store for a warped time–as these guys act like babies prancing about the house, getting into all kinds of mischief. And the product supposedly being promoted in this strange spot is Comfeze disposable diapers.
The payoff comes when three of the gents are seated on the couch, watching TV–actually what appears on the screen is the famed scary scene from the movie Alien in which a grotesque alien monster emerges out of a person’s body.
Clearly it’s a good thing the guys were wearing absorbent diapers as the scene caused each to have a bit of a bladder accident.
A message reads, “Get scared more often” as song lyrics relate that “because of Comfeze, I can watch Scream TV,” a Canadian specialty television service dedicated to the thriller, suspense and horror genres.
Titled “Comfeze,” the Scream TV promo spot was directed by Craig Brownrigg of Radke Film Group, Toronto, for agency Zig, Toronto.
Scott Mackenzie exec produced for Radke with Ken Eggett serving as line producer. The DP was Glen Keenan.
Zig’s creative ensemble consisted of creative director/art director Stephen Leps, creative director/copywriter Aaron Starkman, creative director Martin Beauvais and producer Sharon Nelson.
Editor was John Evans of Panic & Bob, Toronto.
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.
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