Since having our first child just a month ago, we have had the television on more than normal (particularly the first couple weeks!). Between baby bouncing / feeding and laptop / email ... the TV has been running in the background and these five commercials standout (four appearing regularly during prime time television). And one includes a special highlight: the star is a Dogpatch Labs NYC original!
Jawbone's Jambox
Simple product that is so useful: bluetooth streaming audio. It's the same product that is in new car technologies: stream your music (iPod, Pandora, etc), make speaker calls, and so forth. The commercial does a great job of showcasing the various use cases... and does so in a hip, fun way. Love the product and absolutely want one =)
Note: this is the one commercial that I have NOT seen on television (just internet)
Call of Duty Black Ops
If you aren't familiar with Call of Duty, you should be: last year's title was the biggest media launch of all time... and this year the title sold $650,000,000 in games within the first five days - eclipsing last year's sales of $550,000,000.
Like the NFL training camp commercial, the theme is online gameplay, community, and that anyone can be a star. It also sprinkles in various celebrities with some clever humor: Jimmy Kimmel's handel is Proud Noob and Kobe Bryant's is Mamba).
Chad Ocho Cinco NFL Training Camp
Between Microsoft Kinect, Playstation Move, Nintendo Wii, etc, gaming has become physical. This is a clever take on that trend with some Rocky-inspiration. I also like how the commercial includes the game's online access and social 'network':
Target Black Friday
Nothing special here, but I am a sucker for Rocky montages... which this is based on. Just very funny:
Your Second Shot TV: Barcelona
And here is my favorite: Dogpatch Labs NYC original Daniel Gruneberg (of Zozi). The first time I saw this commercial, I did a double-take!
Your Second Shot is an ongoing project to help recreate and recapture people's moments that were lost to a bad photograph. On a trip to Barcelona, Sofia discovered the café where her parents first met. But her only photograph of that moment came out blurry. So we took her back to the magical city for a second shot.
Your Second Shot TV: Barcelona from Dentsu America on Vimeo.