You know the irksome longhair who scribbles on the whiteboard in those horrible UPS commercials with the Postal Service as the soundtrack? Turns out he's actually one of the ad guys responsible for the campaign. So now you have two reasons to hate him.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
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Somebody told me this a while back, saying that they had him do the commercials because couldn't find any actors who could do the pen part as well as he could. For me, this information caused the world right itself and make sense again, and stopped me from screaming "WHO WOULD PUT THAT GUY ON TV? WHAT KIND OF SHITTY ASS TURNOUT FOR A CASTING CALL DID THEY HAVE? HOW DID THAT GUY EVEN GET AN AGENT?" every time the ads come on.
I mean, I still can't even look at that hair, but at least I know a bunch of casting people weren't sitting there petting their chins looking at headshots saying, "Yes. Yes! This - this is our guy."
When these ads first came out I also wondered why, out of all the out of work actors out there, UPS chose this caveman dude. I naively thought that the whiteboard illustrations were all CGI, you know, to make the graphics look freehand yet legible and they somehow digitally manipulated the guy's arm or something to make it work. Now it all makes sense.
Oh, that hair. Yes, it would take someone at a creative agency to look like that. And also to have such talented whiteboarding technique. But yes, he's a prick.
A prick with a freakin' terrible hairstyle.
errol morris directed at least the first batch of these, didn't he?
Yes, but Errol left when they went away from the oooh! it's magic the way the UPS logo appears and toward the animated whiteboards. Errol. Has. Standards.
he is the worst man in the world!!
He has a special room for his GUITAR. I know this.
I'm sad that he's not actually Damone from Fast Times.
You wouldn't be saying this if it was 1977.
I ... I kind of like those commercials. (very small voice)
Die. Seriously. Just DIE.
katiebakes is right. These ads are pretty good, and I think it's quite refreshing that they actually hired a non-actor with a relevant skill than some central casting permjob. If you work anywhere near corporate America, you know the importance whiteboards take, and there's a cleverness here for which UPS should be commended.
God forbid we have some authentic folks on our commercials, and not just further streams of actards yelling.