They have these DirecTV ads that use green screen to incorporate clips from famous movies into the commericals. One of them starts w/ Christy Brinkley jumping into a pool at the motel during National Lampoon’s Vacation w/ Clark Griswold standing there in his socks shouting, “This is crazy! This is crazy! This is CRAZY!” Then Brinkley breaks the 4th wall and says to the viewer: “No! Crazy is not connecting your new flatscreen to DirecTV!”
It’s such a clever model that I’ve seen it redone w/ Kathy Bates and James Caan in a Misery spoof, as well as Sigourney Weaver remaking Alien. NTM, they did it w/ Back To the Future, perhaps the greatest sci-fi comedy of my childhood. Imagine how much better it’d be if these ads incorporated some more unique spots. One of my favs is Silence of the Lambs.
It’s such a clever model that I’ve seen it redone w/ Kathy Bates and James Caan in a Misery spoof, as well as Sigourney Weaver remaking Alien. NTM, they did it w/ Back To the Future, perhaps the greatest sci-fi comedy of my childhood. Imagine how much better it’d be if these ads incorporated some more unique spots. One of my favs is Silence of the Lambs.
Picture this: a young Clarice Starling walking swiftly down the corridor of a Baltimore p
rison. At the end of the hall her guest, Hannibal Lecter, awaits. Just before she gets to his maximum-security cell, that crazy, mumbling guy busts a nut and sends it flying at Agent Starling. Foster turns to the screen and says, “Boy, that guy must be pretty crazy to throw his jizz in my hair! But you know what’s really crazy? Not getting DirecTV!” Ahh, Multiple Miggs… classic character. Please feel free to include your own suggestion for a new DirecTV ad. I should email them some time.
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