Fabulous!
My Orbit commercial finally aired, during the MTV Movie Awards last weekend! Since I don’t have cable, I had to wait to see it on my friend’s DVR last night. It’s so weird and awesome to see myself on TV in this capacity. For the past two years, I’ve done a lot of extra work, but the last time I had a significant “role” on television was way back when I learned my expert dramatic chops: in my infamous Bounty commercial. My roommate in the spot is played by Ian Crossland, a lovably intense young actor, musician, and deep thinker with a notable YouTube following. The commercial was directed by the amazing Perlorian Brothers, who’ve been the creative force behind a boatload of hilariously weird commercials that you’ve surely seen and enjoyed (yes, the Perlorians almost exclusively deal in the rare breed of TV commercial actually meant to entertain its viewers) without knowing there was a unique authorial voice (well, a duo of harmonizing, discordant voices) behind them. There are some fun interviews with the Perlorians available at ‘boards and HaveAnIdea, which are online trade publications for people who are unusually obsessed with the advertising world. Fun Fact: This commercial was shot in an Ambassador Hotel-adjacent penthouse that Ronald Reagan spent much of his life in. |
Dude! That is awesome. I wish I would have watched the movie awards and then been like “holy shit I know that guy from the interwebs!”
Woo hoo. Congratulations!!!
Graham, you’re full of awesome.
My stars…if you didn’t have the facial hair it’d be hard to tell which commercial was older. (j/k, well not really, only if the comment upsets you then j/k)
you put the G(raham) in OMG!!!!!!!
“some perfection is debateable… some is not.” yours, like a fine bottle of patron, is certainly not…
wisdom from another commercial.
i haven’t seen you since high school, i think… it’s good to know that l.a. is treating you well!
-sam
p.s. i saw your car ad in berkeley, the one with the blue and the owl… you’re everywhere =)
nice shirt:)
This is cool!
i saw it with my parents and said ‘hey! i know that guy!’ they gave me a weird look.
Orbit ads are quite possibly the highest form of commercial entertainment.
Congratulations, Graham, you’ve made it.
Oh. . . and I totally need that shudder as my new ringtone.
BRILLIANT. Congrats, Graham! Such a great ad.
Like the Bounty commercial, this one really does a great job featuring you…close up and spotlighting the reactions that got you the part.
I ALMOST love it, but the gag reflex it evokes, prevents me from loving it 100%.
Great job!
hey- congrats!
it was awesome seeing you last weekend. thanks for taking us to st. vinnys and that rooftop concert thing.
i love you! and i love the part when youre in the background and youre like whats he doing? then you realise youre pouring out the top ramen….youre youre youre…did i say youre enough? i replying to the letter by mail…it might take a while.
that intense gasp is brilliant. nice job!
i saw that on mtv, its pretty awesome.
so do the new orbit flavors taste any good?
Noooooooo waaaaaaaay
Congrats Sir! You are totally underused but your talent won’t go unnoticed for long I’m sure.
Sweet Jesus, man. I saw this the other night and sat up out of my chair, going “HOLY CRAP IS THAT GRAHAM??” I stopped everything and searched all over YouTube trying to find it and rewatch it. Just now thought to check my ancient LJ and found your website.
Congratulations man, well done. :)
Ahahah I just saw it during Reno 911! Awesome job man
I’m sure you don’t remember me, but we were on each other’s friends lists over at LiveJournal back when you were jake82 (I was briangrapes). I was just watching TV a minute ago and immediately recognized you in the commercial. Crazy! Congratulations on everything. :)