An archive of blog entries about TV and film commercials.
There’s an Old Spice fight today
Fabio has challenged new Old Spice guy Isaiah Mustafa to a duel
Commercials
Tuesday’s frozen pants news
Commercials
- Jean-Claude van Damme‘s pants freeze for Coors Light
Film
- DC Comics franchises to replace Harry Potter?
- Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth and James McAvoy for Danny Boyle’s Trance?
- Joe Calzaghe to star in horror film?
Audio plays
- Big Finish to make Blakes 7 audiobooks
British TV
- Press pack for The Hour
US TV
- Kathleen Kennedy joins Aaron Sorkin’s More As This Story Develops
- A returning True Blood star [minor spoilers]
Royal Pains and Necessary Roughness: the crossover ads
Following on from the crossover ads that launched Royal Pains with a little help from Burn Notice a couple of years ago and last year’s Royal Pains/White Collar/Burn Notice/Psych crossover ads, USA is promoting the return of Royal Pains and the arrival of Necessary Roughness with a couple of crossover ads:
Not as good as the previous ones, but still quite fun.
Batgirl strikes a blow for feminism
Or at least for equal pay. Because here’s the cast of Batman (and Dick Gautier doing a good Adam West impression) in a 1966 public service announcement for the US Department of Labor that dramatised the new federal Equal Pay Act. Who knew Batgirl had a salary and got paid less than Robin?
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