DirecTV "Questions" John Cleese TV Commercial Answers The Who What When's

Monty Python's John Cleese explains the who, what, when, and why's of DirecTV in this brilliant new TV ad entitled "Questions" by the ad agency Grey, New York.
It's a masterfully directed, beautifully detailed commercial directed by Tom Kuntz.

Credits:
Agency: Grey New York
Chief Creative Officer: Tor Myhren
Client: DirecTV
Executive Creative Director: Dan Kelleher
Creative Director: Doug Fallon
Creative Director: Steve Fogel
Executive Producer: Andrew Chinich
Associate Producer: Lindsay Myers
Director: Tom Kuntz
Production Company: MJZ
Director of Photography: Jo Willems
Producer: Suza Horvat
Editor: Gavin Cutler
Assistant Editor: Ryan Steele
Editorial Company: MacKenzie Cutler
Sound Design: Sam Shaffer
Sound Design: MacKenzie Cutler
Casting: Shooting from the Hip
VFX: Method NY
VO Talent: John Cleese

When DIRECTV Drops Your Channels Commercial

Tonight DIRECTV is taking away 26 of your channels. Viacom is petitioning viewers to take a stand against DirecTV, which will stop carrying the programmer's 26 channels at midnight if a deal isn't reached, with a video parodying the satellite giant's advertising spots.

Viacom's ad lays out the bad things that will happen if DirecTV drops its networks -- which include MTV, VH1, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and BET -- including an unpleasant development for Eric Cartman, the "South Park" character.

DirecTV has said that Viacom is seeking a 30% price increase in affiliate fees. Viacom is arguing that its 7-year-old contract with DirecTV is based on wildly outdated terms. via: Adage

Aren't you glad you didn't get rid of cable?

Charlie Sheen in Platton for new DIRECTV TV Commercial

Charlie Sheen stars in yet another commercial, this time for the DirecTV Get Rid of Cable ad campaign. The ad, entitled "Platoon" takes some sap to a Turkish bath house where he runs into Sheen himself and they reenact scenes from Platoon.
In case you missed the FIAT 500 spot with Charlie Sheen check it out here.

Credits:
Ad Agency: Grey, New York
Client: DirecTV