Bridgestone's Lucky Dog Ad
Bridgestone's Lucky Dog ad is hilarious and beautifully executed, but for some reason it never made its debut at the Super Bowl as planned. Directed by Kinka Usher, who has experience with special effects (Mystery Men) and dogs ("Yo quiero Taco Bell" commercials), I'm pretty sure no animals were harmed during the shoot. Find out the secrets of how it was made to look so real from Joey Tomatoes at blip.tv.
It was shot in Orvieto, Italy, (north of Rome) one of the most breathtaking towns in the world. If you go there, stay at La Badia, a 6th century abbey transformed into a hotel.
La Badia
I had one of the best meals of my life there -- mushroom crepes with wild flowers, roated white beans, prociutto and melon, bruschetta, local white wine, and a rose liquor for desert -- eating flowers and drinking roses beside a roaring open fire -- it was otherworldly.
Oh my gosh! Great video find ...thanks for posting this. I have been a youtube junkie this month ...I'll have to add this to my favs.
Posted by: Rebecca | March 04, 2008 at 01:53 PM
Sigh....... that place was an oasis.... your own private bottle of wine that went everywhere with you.... a feast of flowers.... angels dancing on the tip of my tongue... Italy....
Posted by: Allison | March 05, 2008 at 05:38 PM