Logitech Kevin Bacon Long Cut

Here's 3 minutes and 32 seconds of Logitech's Ivan Cobenk commercial - Kevin Bacon on Kevin Bacon.  Kevin actually plays Bacon obsessed fan Ivan Cobenk who lives a Kevin Bacon inspired life.  This is the long cut version of the commercial that started getting airplay in December.  It's kind of skeezy, but then kind of funny once you think it through.  The whole Kevin Bacon 6 degrees of separation thing has been going on for sooooo long.  This is zero degrees of separation according to commerical critic Barbara Lippert.

Old Navy goes viral: is it a commercial, or a video? It's Super Cute

Here's a new 'hot' viral production done by Audio Threadz... it's called Super Cute.  It's a mini-music video targeting the teen set.  But is it a commercial or is it a video?  Sure looks to me like it's both.

Simple Animation - Really Catchy Stuff

Here are three stunningly clever and FUN animated videos created for a 'creativity contest' being held by the AICP soliciting submissions of advertising. Perhaps the ads stretch the truth a bit, but that makes them even more fun to watch.  The ads themselves will hopefully not overshadow the submissions.  Really fun Stuff.  Simple images, driving music, simple voice overs.

The Remarkable Mind of Stephen Wiltshire

Here's a doc short recounting the remarkable abilities of Stephen Wiltshire to recount the view of Rome from a short helicopter ride.  Steven, who's an autistic savant, has uncanny photographic recall, and his sketches numb the mind.

Convict Poker: Last Man Standing Rodeo

Here's a wild story about an event that chills the bones: the Angola Prison Rodeo.  The convicts don't practice, they just walk out and perform the unusual rodeo events cold turkey.  Directed by Jeff Smith, the doc focuses on the hard edged prisoners who play this dangerous game.