Catch my “Mean Joe Green” Commercial Parody

Tuesday

Oct
2009

This year at Photoshop World our theme was “Football” (The Game is On!) and during the opening keynote we showed a parody of the classic “Mean Joe Green” TV ad for Coca Cola (with me playing a twist on Mean Joe Green’s role). The parody ad also features Matt’s son Ryan, and it was directed by our own Jason “The Scriv” Scrivner (with vocals by Stephanie Cross). Hope you like it. (Here’s a link to the original ad from 1979).

related: Photoshop World 39

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http://www.alanhessphotography.com Alan Hess
I have so much to say about how Photoshop World rocked that I don’t know where to start. In keeping with your theme of letting the photos do the talking, I am going to say that i have never seen someone take so much punishment knowing that they were not going to win the grand prize.
i am talking about Terry getting a face (ear) full of water and a follow up slap during Midnight Madness.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3532/3986134044_9ce119136e_o.jpg
It was just plain amazing

Jan Winther
Great photo, Alan. :D
http://www.tkrphoto.com Terry Reinert
I love this shot. I knew something was going to happen but never even dreamed it would be Scott wielding a super soaker. It was a surprise to say the least. I tried so hard not to laugh and give away the gag until it was time.
And yeah… I can now say that I took a blast from a super soaker and a slap from Kathy and all I got was a Midnight Madness T-Shirt. LOL But it was totally worth it. Way too much fun!

http://www.bradyoshiro.com/blog bradyo
that’s a awesome funny clip, must of been fun filming it. need to save up some $$$ so i can make the next photoshop world, it’s one of my dreams it to be one of the guest speakers a PSW one day.
http://2zars.blogspot.com/ Wayne Woodruff
That is a GREAT clip. Very funny. Great imagination!

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http://www.theis.dk/blog Theis
It is a great clip but I really do prefer the one where you duel Joe for the Cheeseburger, even had to do post on my blog about it :)
Still I think you should do a PhotoshopWorld.EU – it’s so damn expensive flying to the states for it, but I so would like to go :)
http://www.edwinarceo.com Edwin
I love the parody! The kid is so natural. Beats Scott big time!
Sandy
funny!!
msacks
Hmmm… The ad on the right hand column of your page says “Only 4526 days left until Photoshop World 09 – There’s Still Time”. ;)
Carolyn Fahm
I thought that might be Ryan. Talent runs in the family!
Paul
Why didn’t you throw him the camera?
http://marcusgrip.com marcus grip
Haha awsome clip! I hope to be on PSW next year.
http://www.wix.com/dngphotography/home Derek
Awesome, it’s just business.
http://www.wix.com/dngphotography/home Derek
Awesome. It all comes down to business.
Marco
Love it!
Lyle
Very creative stuff – the sports desk/halftime, McNally and you…, the coke ad parody… laughed aloud in the office enough people were coming by to see what was up… (not the boss luckily…)
http://villagegalleries.org B.M.
Brilliant! So well done! The “dear eBay customer” line is hilarious. BRAVO!
http://sclovebites@comcast.net Carrie Hickey
too cute!!!
@ Scott – you make a perfect grumpy old man
@ Ryan – I think you have an acting future!!!
Great job guys.
Dennis Dwyer
Now that’s funny.
http://camera47.wordpress.com Jones
Scott – that was very funny, very clever. Thanks for passing the clip along.
http://timphotography.net Timothy Moore
This video is brilliant! Simply incredible!
debbi
Ok, now we want a tutorial for making a video like that LOL
Good one!
Debbi
http://www.digitalartthatrocks.com Brian Rodgers Jr.
Very funny video, love the parody of it all. Scott, it looked you had a hard time being mean, you seem like too nice of a guy to play that role. Did you have a hard time not laughing when you were filming this? Thanks for posting, take care man
Joseph Flores
That was very funny! Better than Polamalu’s version (which was great too)!
Scotty
…..very funny in every way – thanks for posting that ! – scott you rock !
http://www.emaniebophotography.co.uk emaniebo
”Mr Kelby, why are you limping? That D3 was way too heavy to shoot, isn’t it? Why don’t you just use Ken Rockwell’s D40?” :-)
Love your work, Scott. Awesome! :-) From your greatest fan in England.
http://sportelite.wordpress.com/ Brooke
this was a really quality post. In theory I’d like to write like this too – taking time and real effort to make a good article… but what can I say… I procrastinate a lot and never seem to get something done.
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