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Orville Redenbacher re-animated

Submitted by jonathan.stampf on Wed, 04/04/2007 - 18:29.

I didn*t see Orville Redenbacher, Uncle Ben, or Frank and Ed, but I*m sure it*s just a matter of time.



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Submitted by jonathan.stampf on Tue, 01/16/2007 - 06:21.

Did I just see Orville Redenbacher---dead Orville Redenbacher---re-animated in for a commercial? Some MP3 player promotion?



Is it a guy in heavy makeup? Is it CGA? Is this for real? I*ve seen the old-timey movie stars edited into new spots, to look real and current....but that was with actual footage. I got the feeling they chose an MP3 player promotion just because it didn*t exist in 1995, when he DID. Overall, it was creepy.



Anybody have any inside details about what gives here?

Submitted by caffeinegoddess on Tue, 01/16/2007 - 17:23.

Adweek did a bit of a write up prior to it airing here



http://www.adweek.com/aw/national/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003531562



Says he was digitally recreated.

Submitted by caffeinegoddess on Tue, 01/16/2007 - 17:31.

Also just came across more stuff in this press release

http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070112/20070112005360.html?.v=1

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 01/17/2007 - 14:42.

Must get that ad. So weeeeeeird!



I find the whole idea really unappetizing, yaknow?

Submitted by caffeinegoddess on Thu, 01/18/2007 - 13:52.

Ad is in the archive here

http://commercial-archive.com/node/134925

Submitted by penpusher on Sun, 02/04/2007 - 21:35.

What a sick idea. No, really. This is not a well conceived idea.



What if Wendy*s created a "virtual" Dave Thomas? Who would find that workable?



KFC actually did have an animated Colonel Sanders for a bit. Somehow that wasn*t as bad as trying to make a "real" Orville!



Actually, I*ve only seen the commercial on one program so far, so could it be that they*re rethinking? Really, the CGI work hasn*t progressed enough to make it "real," and that only adds to the creepy factor of viewing it.



Granted Redenbacher was a great pitchman, but you have to let it go. They recycled the ad he did from the 1970s for a while as a sort of "stop-gap" measure. But he*s gone. This isn*t helping!



Why not get a Plastic Faced guy with a permanent grin walking around and silently selling the product! It hasn*t seemed to hurt Burger King! lol

Submitted by TDD on Fri, 03/09/2007 - 16:34.

Which is creepier looking? Orville Redenbacher or Burger King?



I think the Orville Redenbacher zombie is just the start. I*m sure we will see more of this kind of thing in the future, it will just be much better done. Dead celebrities will live again in commercials in ways we have not seen before. Has Elvis ever been featured in a Burger King commercial? Nevermind.

Submitted by Dabitch on Sat, 03/10/2007 - 02:01.

Well, ever since Fred Astaire danced with the dirt devil we knew it was gonna go downhill, didn*t we?



http://commercial-archive.com/node/8084



http://commercial-archive.com/node/8083



http://commercial-archive.com/node/8082

Submitted by TDD on Sat, 03/10/2007 - 10:29.

I*ll say. At least then they had to dig through reels and reels of film to find the scenes they wanted that would fit into their commercials. With this new technology they don*t need to go through all that cut *n* paste type stuff.



Ginger Rogers being replaced with a Dirt Devil. I have a big problem with that - and I bet she and Fred would too.



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