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Bruce · Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 4:33 pm Post subject: Guess who?

A national TV spot I did (on camera) has been picked up for another year and I hear they ran the heck out of it on CNN today (I don't know where else, but it's probably running on a lot of cable channels). See if you can guess which one.

I'll see if I can lift it from my Tivo for future reference. By the way, I apoligize in advance for the hokey acting. They made me do it.

Bruce

Deirdre · Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 4:38 pm Post subject:

If I may ride your coattails a tad--my Gold Bond "Victory Over DeFeet" is all over the place all of a sudden, too!

Not on camera, so I'm not as cool as Bruce.
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Spacegypsy · Guest

Oh Bruce, quit teasin' and just tell us which one!

Bruce · Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 4:58 pm Post subject:

Hint one was hokey acting (not such a good one since there's a lot of that going on).

Hint two: feathers.

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dhouston67 · Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 5:05 pm Post subject:

Christopher French · Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 7:41 pm Post subject:

anthonyVO · 14th Avenue Joined: 09 Aug 2005 Posts: 1470 Location: NYC

congrats! new cycles are always good Smile

-Anthony

Bruce · Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 9:08 am Post subject:

Hint three: Hog

Bruce · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 8:52 am Post subject:

Hint four: Not Eden

Spacegypsy · Guest

Oh purleeees! Give it up already! Which one is it?

Mike · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 4:35 pm Post subject: Re: Guess who?

Bruce · Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 9:12 am Post subject:

Hint Five: The Hog is Orange

Diane Maggipinto · Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 9:49 am Post subject:

speaking of that, i presume your agents (D and Bruce) take care of re-ups, unless of course you did the spot as a total buyout. curious how it originally went down, and how the re-up is handled. i'll be listening for that feather-hog-not eden spot, and the more obvious gold bond (which reminds me tremendously of old AM radio days. that and oreck)
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Bruce · Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 10:14 am Post subject:

My agent usually sends out renewal notices every 13 weeks, or at the end of a year-long buy, asking clients to pay again or state that they'll never use the spot(s) again. A fair percentage don't respond at all, but luckily for local work, I have friends and family that keep an ear or eye out for my spots and report when they hear something. I've caught many an agency re-running my stuff without paying. They pay when they're caught, but how many am I missing? Too many is my guess.

With the orange hog, feathers, not Eden spot, I saw it, called my agent, and miraculously, moments before she fired off an email, the client contacted her and said to bill it again.

Now with union stuff, especially national, they are supposed to keep track of it for you, but I've seen union offices in Phoenix and Atlanta miss things too often. I had a VO friend in Alabama catch a re-run of one of my Southern regional spots on a local NASCAR network broadcast. I would never have known.

The only saving grace regarding extended re-use of your voice is that most spots will sound pretty dated after a while.

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