Here’s something new to our market (I think) — TV ads for a print publication. (Though who can forget The Hook’s possibility unintentionally funny radio spot from back when that paper first launched?) C-Ville‘s two spots were put together by Johnny St.Ours. My favorite:
Two points to the first person who can name the location where each ad was filmed.
10:30pm Update: The Hook points out that they have TV ads, too. In case it’s not totally obvious, I can’t pick up any local TV stations from my home, what with there being a mountain the way.
I’d have to guess the JPJ garage and the downtown Wachovia bank.
Apparently the Real Estate Weekly did short TV ads many years ago. I believe this is when Rob Jiranek was Publisher.
I only get the first ad which is the market street parking garage.
Ok the other was filmed in the Boxer Jam building where the new Danielson hotel will go
Waldo, how can you forget the Daily Progress’s awesome 80s-style TV commercials that were still running just a couple of years ago (and might still be running now for all I know). I always wanted my band to learn the song from them: “… [something], movies, classifieds, we print it all with lots of pride …” and then a bitchin’ guitar lick. I can’t be the only one who remembers.
Maybe they were so horrible that I just blocked them out. :) Thanks to the help of cvillenews.com readers, the only “local” channels that I get are local to DC. I’m on the wrong side of a mountain to pick up local TV stations.
yo waldo, did I get 2 points?
You did, perlogik. :) They’re redeemable at your neighborhood Baskin Robbins.