CLIENT
RO*TEL.
PRODUCTION CO.
Live action by Maxx Productions, Toronto. Robert Padovan, director; Harve Sherman, DP/ executive producer. Animation by TOPIX/Mad Dog, Toronto. Robert Padovan, director of animation; Chris Johnson and Richard Rosenman, animators; Anne Deslauriers, producer.
AGENCY
Fogarty Klein & Partners, Houston. Nancy Self, senior VP/ creative director; Mark Self, art director; Jeffry Jones, copywriter; Teri Howerton, producer.
EDITORIAL
Stealing Time Editing, Toronto. Alex Eaton, editor.
POST
POV, Houston. Joey Goubeaud, online editor/colorist.
VISUAL EFFECTS
TOPIX/Mad Dog. Marco Polsinelli, Flint/Inferno artist.
AUDIO POST
POV. Brent Marshall, engineer/ mixer.
SOUND DESIGN
Pfeifer Music Partners, Los Angeles. Grady Sellards, sound designer; Brad Colerick, executive producer.
THE SPOT
The :30 "Lose the Bland" illustrates how the addition of RO*TEL diced tomatoes and green chilies can turn plain, ordinary food into something delicious and extraordinary. A RO*TEL can dances to a salsa beat as a meat loaf is shown before and after it’s given some RO*TEL zing. After improving the meat loaf, the can similarly works it’s tasty magic on cheese dip, a bowl of macaroni and a plate of chicken.
Spot broke in December.
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