Who Is That Masked Man?
He's the Jan Gardner Memorial Award for Outstanding Radio Copy awarded to our agency compadres at Red Deluxe at this year's Memphis ADDY awards. Check out these two spots from their award winning Memphis Grizzlies radio campaign starring our voice talent compadre Big Lou Johnson.
Listen to "Greetings" :60
Listen to "Game Night" :60
PS. I photoshopped a lucha libre mask on our Soderberghicon. Did you notice? Yeah? You did? Well... no. I used the scale and distort tool. Really? Oh. I didn't know you could do that. Well.. I think it looks fine. You get the idea anyway. OK. Next time I'll try that thing you were talking about. K. Thanks.
Ho-Ho-Ho! Happy Grizzlidays!
Yeah. We cast and recorded these elves. The biggest challenge was finding an elf with a Spanish accent. It's hard enough to get elves in the booth this time of year but finding a Spanish elf who also had time for a VO session! Dang. That took a couple of calls. A Red Deluxe production, animation from Miracle Studios.
Das Bootsy 6
So we've been doing spots for the Memphis Grizzlies and had an opportunity to go see how the big boys play NBA basketball. Unfortunately, on the night we went, they lost. But that didn't dampen our day. There was superstar funk in the house... and I'm not just talking about the C&C Music Factory performance at half time.
"Look down there, second row, top hat. Bootsy Collins."
What?! That's right. There he was. Bootsy Collins, in the flesh. Checkin' the game and spreading his happy, funky vibe like he always does. I bet the man would dress like that for an IRS audit.
So from 15 rows back, our host began to yell "Bootsy! Booootsy! Turn around!"
He didn't, but everyone else in our section did. I did get this shot of funk royalty handing out autographs to his subjects.
After spotting Bootsy, we spent the third quarter coming up with possible titles for Bootsy Collins solo albums, with the clear winner presented below. Who knew Bootsy had such a strong German background?
BTW, we've got a special prize for the first commenter who can translate our "Das Bootsy" album subtitle.
Also, The Rendezvous is NOT a tourist joint to be dismissed with a snort.
