A van is parked next to the gas station pumps at a combo fuel stop/convenience store late at night. Two guys are seated in the front of the van. One asks the other, “How’s the mascot?”
The response: “Sleeping like a baby.”
Well, not so fast.
Suddenly we see emerge from the backseat an ornery steer with two long, large, pointed horns.
The bum steer is growling, bellowing and kicking, causing the van to rock back and forth–and the two guys to abandon the vehicle.
The steer continues to knock the van about, the force breaking the front driver’s side window. The van then rolls off, powered by an incensed mascot.
A supered message simply reads, “Nothing good happens after midnight.”
This is followed by the super, “Except Denny’s”
Brendan Gibbons of bicoastal/international Station Film directed this :15 for Publicis, Dallas.
Caroline Gibney and Michael DiGirolamo exec produced for Station with Mark Fetterman serving as producer. The DP was Shawn Kim.
The Publicis ensemble consisted of executive creative director Shon Rathbone, creative director/writer Steve Grimes, creative director/art director Peter Voehringer.
Editor was Keith James of Red Car, Dallas.
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