Super Bowl advertising entry has ties to Chase County
By The Emporia Gazette (Contact)
Monday, January 26, 2009
With a little luck and a lot of votes, Cottonwood Falls residents Jim and Esther Bartsch will watch their son’s Dorito commercial during the Super Bowl on Sunday.
Jeff Bartsch, 30, entered the Doritos “Crash the Super Bowl” contest with three film clips. One featured two women in a martial-arts battle for the last Dorito in the bag; another showed a jewel thief so tempted by the chips that he licks Dorito crumbs off the sleeping homeowner’s fingers.
The third clip, which is one of five finalists in the contest, is titled “The Chase.” The clip shows a white kitten, Snowball, chasing a laser pointer light guided by a man, followed by a role reversal with the man chasing a bag of Doritos that two of his friends have rigged to a remote-control device.
“I think it’s great,” Esther Bartsch said Friday afternoon. “... He was one of 2,000 entries, so for him to be in the top five, I think that’s great.”
Jeff Bartsch, who was executive producer for the video, and his production company, Resolve Entertainment, received $25,000 for qualifying as a finalist, according to information provided by the family.
If the ad wins the contest, it will be eligible to receive votes from the viewers who will determine which ad will win the USA Today’s annual poll of favorite Super Bowl ads. The prize is $1 million.
Bartsch lives in Los Angeles and has worked as a video editor for ABC, NBC and ESPN. He currently does voiceover work for ABC’s “Supernanny,” in addition to heading the production company, which recently produced a feature film, “13 Months of Sunshine.”
Voting for the finalists ended last night, but they still can be watched online at http://www.crashthesuperbowl.com/#/gallery/. Background info “The Chase” is online at www.voteforthecat.com.
Happiness09 (anonymous) says...
Congradulations! I vote for the laser light.
January 27, 2009 at 10:28 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
seriouslyfolks (anonymous) says...
What's a Super Bowl?
January 27, 2009 at 10:36 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Happiness09 (anonymous) says...
Super Bowl (defination) a very large pot that you eat chili and doritos out of while watching football.
January 27, 2009 at 1:22 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
seriouslyfolks (anonymous) says...
OH! Thanks Happiness09. Wait, whats football?
January 27, 2009 at 1:43 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Happiness09 (anonymous) says...
When grown men knock the crap out of each other to get an inanimate object.
January 27, 2009 at 2:20 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Happiness09 (anonymous) says...
Inanimate......it's in the dictionary seriouslyfolks
January 27, 2009 at 2:22 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
seriouslyfolks (anonymous) says...
Cool! Do you have a link you could paste?
January 27, 2009 at 2:28 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )