Friday, May 17, 2024

Video of the Week: Yogi Bear Figures Out Mortgages

 Yogi Bear feels like a weird choice to be the headliner of a mortgage lender commercial, but in 2018, that was exactly what he ended up doing. This ad was produced by Rocket Mortgage, and tells a story involving Yogi getting to know the ropes of mortgages, with some help from Boo Boo, of course. A very weird ad, but a pretty charming one as well. The animation here is just as charming, feeling much like what a modern take on Yogi Bear could be. Maybe someday we'll get something like that, but for the moment, I guess this is the closest thing we can get.



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  1. The animation looks like it was done by Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone, especially the shot of Yogi looking at the camera. They also did those State Farm Scooby ads a couple years back.

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    1. You may very well be right. Didn't think of it at the time, but the animation does have the same feel as a lot of their work.

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