The other night Sara and I were watching TV, and she pointed something out to me - in virtually every commercial featuring a married couple, the wife was a total cunt and the husband was a borderline-retarded moron. And she's right. Just pay a bit more attention the next time a commercial with a married couple comes on, and you'll see - what's depicted isn't romance and friendship (unless it's an ED drug commercial), what's depicted is a strange, adversarial relationship in which the smart and evil female is constantly thwarting her toddler-brained, good-natured dufus husband's attempts at fun. For example, I took the trouble of transcribing a recent Budweiser commercial, word-for-word exactly for real seriously:
THE HUSBAND SITS ON A COUCH DRINKING A BEER
THE WIFE WALKS IN
WIFE
Did you do the errand!
HUSBAND
But beer.
WIFE
(glares at husband)
THEIR DOG WALKS IN WEARING A FOOTBALL JERSEY
HUSBAND
(shrugs helplessly and then falls off the roof which he is suddenly on)
WIFE
I ceaselessly plot to thwart enjoyment!
THE END
Crazy, right?
Here's a cool article about the video game I'm doing some voiceover work for.
I'll tell ya, this guy was a joy to work with. He had one demand on his contract - 'Banana'. I think he did a great job:
(this is from my gig at 'Talkshow' as well)
Here's another 'Talkshow' clip. I co-wrote this commercial parody (based on another guy's idea), and the very funny Andrew Donnelly stars in it:
The Eddie Murphy Early Pregnancy & Paternity Test
Check out this interview with the I guy I work(ed) for: http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/11/09/starpulse_qaamp_a_chit_chat_with_the_tal