Ned the Dead promos from hamiltongbp on Vimeo.
Okay, now that I am back I want to share a few things with you. Before I gave up the Beta deck for my last job I took the time to dig through some old video stuff that I have done in the past. I found a few jems that I thought I had lost. The first one I want to share with you is one that my good friend, and Nation member, Marty Frey (of the Hollyweird Frey's), is the mastermind of. This was a promo that we did in Green Bay for WGBA. Back when GBA was still a bit watchable. From what I hear now it is unbearable to watch. Anyway. There was this show called Ned the Dead. It aired late on Saturday nights on UPN 32, GBA's sister station. Basically the premise was that Ned would watch really bad scary movies and comment on them leading out and into the commercials. Not really a bad show. Ned was funny and likeable enough. Plus he was kind of a local celebrity.
True story. One day I was at Copps or Piggly Wiggly, I can't remember. We'll go with Piggly Wiggly because I like saying it. Everyone say it together, PIGGLY WIGGLY. Now if you can't go and have a good day after that you ARE screwed up. Another good word to say to make you giggle is SHEBOYGAN. I love saying Sheboygan. Oh, sorry, kinda got off on a tangent. So there I was in Piggly Wiggly (giggle) in the beer, bratwurst, or Funyun aisle and I look over and see this dude with funny makeup on. Low and behold there he was Ned the Dead. I am not sure if he was on the way to the studio or what but he there he was wearing all his goofy makeup in the grocery store. I like to think that he was a bit goofy and did not want to give up who is real persona was and wore the makeup all the time. But, he was probably just on his way to the studio. Anyway, funny story.
So Marty came up with this idea for a promo for the show based on the Blair Witch movie which had just come out. Marty, being the innovator and a television visionary, decided he wanted to cast me in the commercial. Pure genious if you ask me. I play the guy in the movie who loses the map. I totally rocked the part.
Marty also wanting to add some pyrotechnics to his production took us out to his sisters(?) place, a cop, where they had this big burn pile. Marty wanted it to just explode when we lit it so it would be more dramatic. Cool, fire. So what do the pyromaniacs do to make it explode? We decide to pour about 10 gallons of gas on it. Oh gas was only around 90cents per gallon back then. Man those were the days. Stupid oil companies. So after we have dumped all this gas on the pile we get ready to light it. It has been sitting for about five minutes. As you may or may not know, gas fumes float on the ground and spread outwards. Wait for it...
Ned is ready to shoot and Marty hands me the matches. Marty is not always a mental giant. So I run over right next to the pile and flame on. Whoooooomph. Flames, and I mean huge flames. Not only up, but about 5 feet behind me and under me. I think Marty said he has never seen 'the big man' move that fast ever. And he never will again.
So we got the shot, no one was sent to the burn centre and it looked good. I believe that Shawn Hauser, of the Green Bay Hausers, was also there. I hope you enjoy these ads. There are two short similar ones and an extended longer one. The longer one has some of my best acting EVER.
NEXT: This is an article from Good Housekeeping from 1955. Someone sent this one to us. I usually don't read forwarded messages but I gave this one a shot. It is basically a 'How To' guide to keep your husband happy in the fifties. Ladies pay attention. I am basically a pretty progressive guy, but in this case I think there is a lot to learn here. You ladies need to read and take this to heart. After all, a happy husband is a happy house. I just made that up. Pretty good. I should write greeting cards. To be able to read the article just click on it.
The lines I like are "Catering to his every need will give you immense personal satisfaction". Yup, true that. "Show sincerity in your desire to please him." Uh, yeah, what else is there except your desire to please? "Remember his topics of conversation are more important than yours." Yes, this is true, because what is more important that discussing the Green Bay Packers and their drive to a fourth Super Bowl Championship? Really. Last, but certainly not least, "A good wife always knows here place." Word up.
As I was showing this to Donna and she is utterly appalled at the suggestions, she noted that since I do not have a job and I am staying home to take care of the kids while SHE works, that maybe I should take notes and be a bit more supportive.
Oh, yeah. Wait, this kind of backfired on me. Man, I need to think things thru a bit more. I guess I am way to progressive to ever think this is cool.
NEVERMIND
By the way, I have a job interview on Tuesday. Wish me luck.
SAY IT WITH ME - SHEBOYGAN!!!!!
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