Got to feel a lot like Tobias Fünke last week when at the last minute I got called in to do some acting on a new Sorenson Squeeze commercial.

What do you think, should I take up acting/modeling full time?

Maybe you have wondered how they do this… Now you know.

Did you know that The Wonder Years has never had a DVD release because they can’t get the music rights? I mean, the show of my childhood, Kevin, Paul and Winnie can’t have a comeback because they can’t get the rights to some of the songs? Fred Savage needs this to reboot his acting career. He might always be over shadowed by younger brother Ben and reruns of Boy Meets World. BTW, remember Tompanga? Hottie.

Back to the Wonder Years, Daniel Stern who is the tall thief from the Home Alone movies is the narrator. Never really put that together until now. 

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Living in the ol’ 3rd District, I felt morally obligated to share this video…

I think that given a rematch, Chaffetz would have a much better time… The key is to know your opponent.

Now, Melissa tells me that I shouldn’t post stupid YouTube videos, so I won’t. I am going to post the most excellent YouTube video that I have ever seen.

In my next life, I want to do car reviews for the BBC.

Update

Apparently the BBC doesn’t like sharing…

Update #2

Same video, less pressure to bow down from the BBC.

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I was watching I Ride Park City for the first time the other day and was pumped to see my friends the Lowders cabin in one of the segments. I thought that I would post it here for your viewing pleasure…

Because Scarlett, and that dude from that Black Eyed Peas says too… Oh, and Obama.

For a long time now, I have been supporting Barack Obama. I think that he is a great leader that supports people like me. That he has the best interests of normal people in mind. He supports industry, entrepreneurship, and technology. Yesterday, October 29th, Barack ran a 30 minute infomercial on seven major networks. I thought it was awesome. Aside from the exceptional production value, the real message hit home to me. Barack offers more then a change in leadership in the White House, he offers change that we all can believe in. Change in how we live as Americans. 

For young people like me, we all need to take the time to vote. Even in one of the reddest states in the Union, Utah, we still need to hit the polls, and vote. If you missed the video last night, I have posted it below.

Obama – Biden: Change we can believe in

Nope, not Benjamin Button. David Fincher is one of my favorite directors. He is the guy that brought us Zodiac, Fight Club, and Se7en. He has now directed an awesome Nike commercial. “Fate” tells the life-long journey of pro football players LaDainian Tomlinson and Troy Polamalu as their destinies collide in an NFL football game.

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Based on a concept by Wieden & Kennedy, the portland-based advertising agency behind some of Nike’s best campaigns (including Bo Knows, Spike Lee’s Mars Blackmon Air Jordan ads, Charles Barkley’s I Am Not a Role Model ad), the Bruce CVampbell Old Spice “Experience is Everything” ads, and Coke’s The Coke Side of Life campaign. Filmed by cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki (Sleepy Hallow, Ali, Great Expectations, Children of Men), edited by Angus Wall (Benjamin Button, Zodiac, Thumbsucker, Panic Room, and the creator iof the title sequences for Carnivale, Rome, and Big Love), and scored to a remix of Ennio Morricone’s “The Ecstasy of Gold” from The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.

A fantastic but unexpected commercial. The spot feels more like the work of Michael Mann or Peter Berg. When I think Fincher, I think smooth yet edgy, but as far as I can remember, Fincher rarely makes use of handheld camerawork (maybe in Se7en).