CLIENT
Nike/Alpha Project.
PRODUCTION CO.
Propaganda Films, Hollywood. Michael Bay, director; Alan Daviau, DP; Colin Hickson, VP of Propaganda Commercials; Barry Waldman, producer. Shot at Universal Studios, Universal City, Calif.
AGENCY
Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco. Jeffrey Goodby and Rich Silverstein, executive creative directors; Jan O’Malley and Sally Hotchkiss, producers; Dave Gray, art director; Gerry Graf, copywriter.
EDITORIAL
Nomad Editing Company, Santa Monica. John Murray, editor; Alicia Daniels, assistant editor; Susye Idema, executive producer; Cindy Carey, producer.
POST
Company 3, Santa Monica. Stefan Sonnenfeld, colorist; Noel Castley-Wright, Henry artist.
VISUAL EFFECTS
Digital Domain, Venice, Calif. Gabby Gourrier Evan, head of production; Ed Ulbrich, executive producer; Holly Port, producer; Fred Raimondi, visual effects supervisor; Perri Wainwright and Pete Joppling, compositors; Tonia Young, roto.
AUDIO
POP Sound, Santa Monica. Loren Silber, mixer.
MUSIC
Big Foote Music, New York. Sherman Foote, composer.
SOUND DESIGN
Nomad Editing Company. Janne Anderson, sound designer.
THE SPOT
In the :60 "Court Elves," Gary Payton of the Seattle SuperSonics ducks into Patell’s Oddities to escape the rain. Payton questions the storekeeper about some shaking jars, to which the man states, "Remove your shoes." Payton is then transported around the store by miniature elves who eventually are squashed into a messy green puddle. Payton notices a pair of Nike shoes and exits with them, muttering, "Stupid elves are sticky."
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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