How is this for random? The BBC has employed the services of Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn of the pop/rock/hip-hop group the Gorillaz to put together an ad for their Olympic coverage. From The 700 Level via Sterogum….
Gorillaz guys Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn have put together a pretty sweet little promo clip for BBC Sports’s Beijing Summer Olympic coverage. I’m not much of an Olympics fan, so maybe this trippy cartoon narrative — based in part on Gorrillaz’ (and Chen Shi-Zheng’s) Monkey: Journey to the West — will be the only lasting impression I have from the games. It doesn’t seem very Olympic at first, but wait for the finale.
Here’s a look at the spot. Enjoy!
Kind of cool if you ask me. Hopefully NBC comes up with something similar but I picture Bob Costas and Bela Karyoli having tea while Gymnastics clips play in the background.
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