A neighborhood game night gets a little tense as people become a bit exasperated as they try to guess what a sloth is drawing (at a painfully slow pace).
At the end of the ad, a spokesperson relates: “As long as sloths are slow, you can count on GEICO saving folks money.”
This offbeat comedic :30, titled “Game Night,” was directed by Randy Krallman of Smuggler for The Martin Agency.
Client GEICO Agency The Martin Agency Joe Alexander, chief creative officer; Steve Bassett, group creative director; Neel Williams, Justin Harris, creative directors; Brett Alexander, executive producer; Heather Tanton-Collier, sr. content producer; M.A. Williams, jr. content producer. Production Smuggler Randy Krallman, director; Bryan Newman, DP; Ian Blain, line producer. Editorial Cut+Run Rob Ryang, editor; Beau Dickson, assistant editor; Ellese Jobin, editorial producer. VFX/Finishing/Color The Mill Alex Scott, colorist; Alex Bader, finishing producer; Jake Fritz, finishing production coordinator; Diane Valera, Liza Kerlin, color producers. Remote Color Facility Running with Scissors Audio Post Heard City Mike Vitacco, sound designer/mixer; Sasha Awn, producer. Music American Public Music, stock music; Jeremy Turner, custom score.
To celebrate the 200th birthday of Johann Strauss II, the Vienna Tourist Board is launching an intergalactic premiere. The “Waltz into Space” mission will send Strauss’s masterpiece “The Blue Danube” into deep space.
For decades, “The Blue Danube” has been considered the unofficial “Anthem of Space,” famously immortalized in Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey”. Yet, surprisingly, this iconic Waltz by the famous Viennese composer was not included on either of the Voyager Golden Records--a collection of humanity’s greatest achievements, including a selection of 27 songs, that was sent by NASA to reach potential extraterrestrial life back in 1977.
On May 31 2025, Vienna will be setting the record straight in a campaign by agency Jung von Matt DONAU that amplifies its reputation as the city of music. In collaboration with the “Wiener Symphoniker” (Vienna Symphony Orchestra) and the European Space Agency (ESA), “The Blue Danube” Waltz will be broadcast to the farthest reaches of the universe, creating a timeless musical bridge between humanity and potential extraterrestrial life.
“The Blue Danube”, performed by the “Wiener Symphoniker” in Vienna at a special concert at Vienna’s MAK Museum on May 31, will be digitized and transmitted via the European Space Agency’s deep space communication facilities at Cebreros, Spain. The signal will continue indefinitely, traveling at the speed of light, and will surpass Voyager 1 in about 23 hours and 3 minutes.
To create awareness ahead of the mission, Jung von Matt created this humorous film that speculates on why “The Blue Danube” was not included on the Voyager Golden Records. The story revolves around the mission director (played by Adam... Read More
