Funniest Kobe Bryant Interview? Yes Sir!

Here in Los Angeles, we love our Lakers especially when they win. So when they lose we don’t fall short in showing our disappointment. This is especially true when it comes to Kobe Bryant; he is the franchise player after all. He has developed somewhat of a bad reputation of getting what he wants at the expense of what’s best for the team.

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What’s shown above is a parody mocking him his interviewing comments regarding the state of the Lakers as the series with the Mavs progressed. As all of you should know the Lakers were demolished 0-4 in the series. The sketch is pretty damn funny. The video doesn’t have much to do with advertising per se, it’s more of a commentary of popular culture, branding (Pay attention to Gatorade), and the value we place on athletes and celebrities. After all, we love’em when they are doing well but hate’em when they are not. Kobe will probably be loved again what’s the next season starts. But for now we’ll make fun of him.

So enjoy, the credits for the video are below. The video was sent to me by a friend and I had to share it here, on ITA.

Additional Credits:
Kobe Bryant: James Davis
Directed by: Martin Usher
DP: Pat Bishop
Edited by: Pat Bishop
Produced by: Anna Wenger
Associate Producer: Liam White
Make-up: Genevieve Lamb

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-A.B.

Puppets Got Jokes

Here is yet another puppet commercial except this time it is a parody off of another commercial that Kobe did for Nike. In the spot above Kobe jumps over a car, in the one below the Kobe-LeBron puppets make fun of it. Yeah even puppets got jokes.


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Puppet Follow-up

Here are the latest two spots for Nike involving puppets that resemble the two NBA stars. This is simply a follow up to the post I wrote earlier Titled “LeBron, Kobe "Just Do It" Puppet Style” I posted these simply for your enjoyment.



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LeBron, Kobe "Just Do It" Puppet Style

A friend of mine from work showed me the new Nike commercial above. According to a few other blogs these new puppet commercials are part of a new Nike ad campaign being rolled out during the playoffs. They create puppets that resemble the two top players in the NBA. LeBron puppet is so excited about the upcoming playoffs and he cannot hide it while Kobe is the more stoic of the two.

The spot is extremely funny and memorable. The audience will certainly be able to recall the brand being promoted, Nike basketball. I was laughing so hard right in the middle of my office when I first saw this spot, people must have thought I was going crazy. My favorite part is when the LeBron character was getting overly excited about beef and broccoli.

You simply have to watch it to know what I’m talking about. I promise you will not be disappointed.

I believe the ad agency for this campaign is Wieden+Kennedy, Nike’s long time lead agency but I can't be certain. I will try to find out and update this post. Now I am sure that it is W+K that created the ad via an angry reader that stumbled onto my blog.

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A.B.