Even though my Orlando Magic did not tie up the series last night, I thought it was appropriate to have my first ad post be about the NBA Finals. NikeBasketball put out some great commercials for the playoffs this year. They are the MVPuppets commercials, featuring puppet versions of LeBron James and Kobe Bryant. The ads were created by Wieden + Kennedy Portland. These are some of the best commercials I've seen in a while. Everyone who has seen them can't help but rave about them.
Kobe and LeBron are roommates in these commercials. They don't really look like the athletes and they don't sound like them, but you don't care. They are hilarious, and I find myself laughing just as hard every time I watch them. They get your attention, keep your attention, and the Nike logo is displayed at the end of the commercial (sometimes within, also) in Nike fashion. W+K did a great job with these, and Nike was smart to go with them... but that's why they're Nike. If you have not seen these, you must stop what you're doing and watch them now.
The most popular ones are on the Nike website http://www.nike.com/nikeos/p/nike/en_US/video_wall#?guid=15677a17-3368-22a5-d807-a2e5cde5d37f_id1255
W+K also has a couple on their blog http://blog.wk.com/2009/05/nike-mvpuppets.html
Good stuff... I'm off for now.
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