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Volkswagen Salutes A-ha’s Famous “Take on Me” Video

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If you were around in 1985, you could not miss the Norwegian band A-ha and their video for “Take on Me.” The cutting edge animation by Michael Patterson and Candace Reckinge in the video directed by Steve Barron is still amazing even after decades of technological advances. The video won six MTV Awards.

More recently, Volkswagen incorporated the song and the animation style in a new commercial “Feeling Carefree.” The animated story features a Volkswagen Passat winning a race and then it goes into its own twist ending of sorts. David Shane directed the new ad. Check it out.



What is your favorite animated ad? Leave your two cents in the comments.

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    Two Spocks and an Audi

    Spock Nimoy Commercial

    This funny new Audi commercial features the new Star Trek Spock Zachary Quinto and the original Spock Leonard Nimoy as the two challenge each other in a race to the golf course. The ad, featuring the the Audi S7, includes several Star Trek references, of course. But there’s also a Hobbit reference as Nimoy belts out part of his classic recording, “The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins.” Check it out.



    What is your favorite part of the Spock versus Spock commercial? Leave your two cents in the comments.

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    Ferris Bueller Returns . . . In a Commercial

    Matthew Broderick reprised his role from the 1980s classic film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) in a commercial for Honda. Reportedly, a version of the commercial will appear during the Super Bowl, but the extended commercial has just been released on the Internet, called “Matthew Broderick’s Day Off.”

    There are a number of references to the film in the commercial. How many can you see? Some references are obvious while others are less obvious, like the name of Broderick’s agent, Walter Linder, which was listed above the name of Abe Froman (the Sausage King of Chicago) in the reservation book in the fancy restaurant in the film.

    Some of the references go by like life. Remember, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” While you are thinking about the film, check out Ferris Bueller Was Dating His Sister in Real Life (Plus 15 Other Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Ferris Bueller’s Day Off).

    What do you think of the new commercial? Leave your two cents in the comments.

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