g4tv.com— The "I'm on a horse" guy from the Old Spice commercials, Isaiah Mustafa, breaks down exactly how the Old Spice commercials were made and they're a lot more complicated than you might have thought.
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I once knew a girl who liked "Halloween", the perfume.
Because she liked Halloween.
The perfume smelled like ASS and she didn't know any better.
Your comment will trick a lot of guys into second guessing the quality of Old Spice and they will venture out with this in mind. What will happen is each person he passes will chuckle, "Is he wearing OLD SPICE? WTF. He smells like my grandpa."
Whenever I think of Old Spice, I can still remember exactly what my dad smelled like right after we got out of the bath tub together. I guess most people vividly remember their late teens, though.
I still can't get the image of the last guy out of my head, the one that was all for body hair like that's a good thing to have all over! I just kept flashing to hairy backs and smelly armpits, and now when I see Old Spice that's all I can think about !Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
yeah it wouldn't be terribly hard to make a wire frame that holds the jeans open so that he can land in them. actually landing on them perfectly is the difficult part. I can't believe it only took 37 takes
Ok I'm wrong. It would of been a lot easier though if they did it that way. Other then from the little movement from the water gushing out it doesn't look like his legs move at all.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
The usually coat the foods in some sort of waxy substance that preserves it for many takes. As you can imagine, a freshly baked cake wouldn't last too long after 30+ takes.
Let's not forget that this man has a positively badass name -- Isaiah Mustafa. That name alone could kill entire standing armies, with enough energy left to lay every woman in Europe.
Seems like a pretty alright, genuine guy. Interesting to hear some of the details on the last commercial, too! It is impressive what goes into professional productions (even for commercials, apparently). I wish the interviewer were better, though.
Also, is there a drunk dude in the audience or something? A single person keeps laughing way, way harder than could possibly be warranted.
Could just be one of those chronic laughers... you know the type. You could tell them the same lame ass joke three times a day for a week, and they'd laugh their ass off every damn time.
I had a girlfriend like that once. That s**t didn't fly for long.
It's always smelled great to me. The only reason I never used to use it was because it wouldn't cover me for the whole day. By mid day, I stunk. Who knows? After these commercials I'll probably give it a try again.
Good work G4TV it only took you six months to find out about this commercial that no one cares about anymore. Leo Laporte managed to get the creators on TWiT Live to explain everything jut two days after the ad premiered. The interview was also more detailed and better explained since it was on a higher level. It may be available on TWiT.tv but is definitely available on ODTV.
This specific commercial came out a few weeks ago there was a different one that Leo explained, and if you expect any level of professionalism you have no clue what AOTS is.
His jeans are tucked/rolled up into his shorts. The shorts are one of those pull-away types like those they make for male strippers. When he lands in the pool, you can see his left arm pull the shorts away allowing the jeans to roll down his leg.
They have a pretty good ad campaign going considering most of the people that have used their product through the years are now dead or in a funeral home. The original scent that they show on most of the commercials is like 50 years old and effing disgusting. I think they just hired the same idiot enticing geniuses that came up with the Dos Equis commercials.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
Definitely an informative interview. I like these commercials a lot, and the back story is really interesting. Can't believe they did them on one take!
namslamJul 2, 2010
if i had to cook for someone for the rest of my life, it would be this dude, because this dude rules.
therealricoJul 3, 2010
I hope your a women
mrkmrkJul 3, 2010
>your a women
Excuse me, I'm going to go give my Beretta a blowjob.
therealricoJul 3, 2010
yeah yeah grammar police, I always screw that one up, so sue me
admdrewJul 3, 2010
you're not even capable of clicking 'reply'
bforbusinessJul 3, 2010
your (wrong)------> you are ----> you're (right)
unfatherJul 3, 2010
@mrkmrk Oh god I hope you do, grammar nazi. Do us all a favor and follow through with that promise, PLEASE.
kreegsmcstevesJul 3, 2010
Shut up Meg.
binarypoliticsJul 3, 2010
get off his dick
backwardscompatJul 2, 2010
There are no secrets -- isn't it clear that he just got tickets to that thing you like?
msstarJul 3, 2010
look again, the tickets are now DIAMONDS
knoxiouseduJul 2, 2010
I want to be friends with this guy. That's all.
markmontoyaJul 2, 2010
Awesome. Always wondered how they made those commercials.
cthompson99Jul 2, 2010
i love the way old spice smells :)
generalobviousJul 3, 2010
I once knew a girl who liked "Halloween", the perfume.
Because she liked Halloween.
The perfume smelled like ASS and she didn't know any better.
Your comment will trick a lot of guys into second guessing the quality of Old Spice and they will venture out with this in mind. What will happen is each person he passes will chuckle, "Is he wearing OLD SPICE? WTF. He smells like my grandpa."
I'm glad you like it, but please add a disclaimer on your statement :)Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
bringatowelJul 3, 2010
If your grandpa hadn't worn Old Spice, you wouldn't have been born.
ahnteisJul 3, 2010
You only get the "grandpa" scent if you go with the original scent. Everything else is new. Of course, the original actually smells pretty good. ;)
sunsacredtenJul 2, 2010
cool dude
deafbeatJul 2, 2010
i can see him as luke cage how do we do this we need to do this.
lordy1952Jul 3, 2010
Right now it seems Tyrese Gibson (from 2 Fast 2 Furious) is in the running...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401601/
Facebook campaign Isaiah Mustafa is Luke Cage
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Isaiah-Mustafa-IS-Luke-Cage/133750869979758
dang46Jul 2, 2010
He does a swan dive.... and makes it look manly. I am impressed.
atarioJul 3, 2010
He starts a swan dive. Then he immediately goes back to feet-first.
zerocubedJul 3, 2010
who cares, it was manly.
abehammy111Jul 2, 2010
Buried for G4
rundiggmcJul 2, 2010
Whenever I think of Old Spice, I can still remember exactly what my dad smelled like right after we got out of the bath tub together. I guess most people vividly remember their late teens, though.
aeone77Jul 3, 2010
o_O
centranJul 3, 2010
well see cultures and societies change. Way back when it was perfectly fine for a young child to bathe with their parent.
bfogarty27Jul 3, 2010
he raised the eyebrow at late teens. but of course that was a joke
centranJul 3, 2010
Oh... I took the late teens part to imply that is when you start wearing deodorant. lol... whoosh
lordvanceJul 3, 2010
"I guess most people vividly remember their late teens, though."
The entire joke is that he wasn't a young child.
crunchydeluxeJul 3, 2010
O_o
suicidemouseJul 3, 2010
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immatellyouwhatJul 3, 2010
(O__O)
piieerrrreeJul 3, 2010
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crackerjack20Jul 3, 2010
B===D (.)(.)
kgtheway2bJul 3, 2010
More like B===D ( ( )
jeremy111Jul 3, 2010
More like (__)_)========[_-) (.Y. )
mrmaroonJul 3, 2010
More like (__)__)ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZD -- - ( .Y. )
timmyftwJul 3, 2010
-_-
piotrecJul 3, 2010
You do realize that there is different sent's(sp?) of old spice? they have around 5 different kinds.. and some of them smell really good..
hawk3210Jul 3, 2010
Scents, not sent's.
Read: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/apostrophe
amontheiJul 3, 2010
I've never had to digg someone down for spelling before this.
bmkpwnJul 3, 2010
wat?
runnamuck62Jul 3, 2010
First I was like ^_^
Then I was like O_o
david90mJul 3, 2010
Troll?
craftyshrewJul 3, 2010
No, it's funny.
therightcliqueJul 3, 2010
Good joke. Poorly worded. Jimmy Pardo has a joke with a similar punchline that is beautifully performed on the Comedy Death Ray compilation.
sciguyajJul 2, 2010
I still can't get the image of the last guy out of my head, the one that was all for body hair like that's a good thing to have all over! I just kept flashing to hairy backs and smelly armpits, and now when I see Old Spice that's all I can think about !Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
buzamanJul 3, 2010
SWAN DIVE!
jizzinyourshizJul 3, 2010
He could suck a dude's dick and he'd still be the manliest man in the room.
newesJul 3, 2010
I'm on a dick.
psychoaceJul 3, 2010
If you look it kinda ends the same way it starts. The legs are fake. That is how he got into them jeans. He landed behind the motorcycle not on it
newesJul 3, 2010
He said he was wearing the jeans though.
wessideJul 3, 2010
He also said it wasn't fake
hakzJul 3, 2010
he wore them in
diggnabbitJul 3, 2010
He says in the interview that they are not prosthetics and that he was actually wearing those jeans...
hoopaholik91Jul 3, 2010
yeah it wouldn't be terribly hard to make a wire frame that holds the jeans open so that he can land in them. actually landing on them perfectly is the difficult part. I can't believe it only took 37 takes
rsulliv1Jul 3, 2010
There's also an entire series of youtube videos (and primetime, as well) showing people jumping into jeans.
psychoaceJul 3, 2010
Ok I'm wrong. It would of been a lot easier though if they did it that way. Other then from the little movement from the water gushing out it doesn't look like his legs move at all.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
Closed AccountJul 6, 2010
Not "would of" it's "would have!"
dcmcdermJul 3, 2010
My beer gut is way better than his...
berkanaJul 3, 2010
In other words, he has a six-pack, but you have a keg?
jefflongoriaJul 3, 2010
Wow that is a SH*TLOAD of work for that one commercial. The waterfall was man-made, the cake was supposedly "real" in someway?
fr0stbyte124Jul 3, 2010
Reminds me of the "Effortless" commercial from a while back.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOYTQKoJ1N8
atarioJul 3, 2010
Wait. They still make Brylcreem?
swordphishJul 3, 2010
The usually coat the foods in some sort of waxy substance that preserves it for many takes. As you can imagine, a freshly baked cake wouldn't last too long after 30+ takes.
rsulliv1Jul 3, 2010
He said he dropped it on some takes. They had to just have multiple cakes, right?
mrwallyJul 3, 2010
He said they had two, didn't he?
blackinthmiddleJul 3, 2010
He said that the cake was real although you couldn't eat it. I think he simply meant that it wasn't a cgi cake. It was probably just a prop.
nascenttJul 14, 2010
I dunno, if it was jsut a sponge prop or something, it hitting him on the head wouldn't have been a big deal.
mattdellJul 3, 2010
I'm still a bit skeptical that this was actually done in one shot.
colinfoxJul 3, 2010
For those of you skeptical about the one-shot making of these commercials, here is the original taken from a handycam on set:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux4C-uC4mEg
nascenttJul 14, 2010
That proves the first one was a one-shot not the second. For the jeans to suddenly be put on, it would be very hard without editing.
mattdellJul 3, 2010
Wow, thanks for clearing that up!
uthmanJul 3, 2010
The man is a a straight up G
crunchydeluxeJul 3, 2010
Let's not forget that this man has a positively badass name -- Isaiah Mustafa. That name alone could kill entire standing armies, with enough energy left to lay every woman in Europe.
Damn.
kornstalxJul 3, 2010
Oooooooooooooo... Mufasa.
Say it again!
eksdJul 3, 2010
Best comment ever. I tip my hat, good sir.
nobody98Jul 3, 2010
Sounds like a muslim name. Is he?
tearlockJul 3, 2010
Isaiah - Hebrew prophet
Maybe he's Jewish!
zerocubedJul 3, 2010
Or maybe he's just American with Jewish/Middle Eastern Origins.
tearlockJul 3, 2010
I also get the sneaking suspicion that he has some african heritage.
david90mJul 3, 2010
Obamas a Muslin.. a Muslin I tell ya.
/s
tearlockJul 4, 2010
No he's was Icelandic, Icelandic I tell ya!
hawk3210Jul 3, 2010
I still prefer the name Manley Power.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manley_Power
artworkz918Jul 3, 2010
sounds liks a cartoon name from a disney movie
myztryJul 3, 2010
http://www.lionking.org/~tlkpride/images/screencaptures/mufasa.jpg
The "King" in The Lion King no less.
zerocubedJul 3, 2010
Even better. He'd kill the armies AND lay the ladies .... AT THE SAME TIME!
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
he's the football player from The Island.
thewriteguyJul 3, 2010
his name sounds really cool to say aloud.
robodud3Jul 3, 2010
https://twitter.com/isaiahmustafa
sageerrantJul 3, 2010
Why didn't anyone warn me there would be action jeans everywhere?
cviverosJul 3, 2010
Checkkk it bro
BSN NO XPLODE product from
www.evitaminworld.com/bsn-no-xplode-2-25-lbs.html
nihilanth41Jul 3, 2010
Here is Leo Laporte breaking down the other commercial, in case anyone missed it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDk9jjdiXJQ
joehovaJul 3, 2010
Really cool to know it was all actually real.(except the dive)
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
Seems like a pretty alright, genuine guy. Interesting to hear some of the details on the last commercial, too! It is impressive what goes into professional productions (even for commercials, apparently). I wish the interviewer were better, though.
Also, is there a drunk dude in the audience or something? A single person keeps laughing way, way harder than could possibly be warranted.
wessideJul 3, 2010
Interns
crunchydeluxeJul 3, 2010
Could just be one of those chronic laughers... you know the type. You could tell them the same lame ass joke three times a day for a week, and they'd laugh their ass off every damn time.
I had a girlfriend like that once. That s**t didn't fly for long.
immatellyouwhatJul 3, 2010
Have you never seen AOTS???
suicidemouseJul 3, 2010
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generalobviousJul 3, 2010
"A single person keeps laughing way, way harder than could possibly be warranted."
This reminded me of "Night Court". That old TV show.
Ever since I was a kid... I keep hearing the laugh track, and this ONE guy emits a "HYUCK HYUCK HYUCK" - every f**king episode.
1. Proof they reuse laugh tracks
2. WHO THE f**k LEFT THAT IN?
crunchydeluxeJul 3, 2010
I just youtubed Night Court, and was not disappointed. On a side note, the clip I saw featured a young Brent Spiner.
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
That guy is a hunk. droooool
immatellyouwhatJul 3, 2010
You know the first time I saw this 2nd commercial I thought Okay this time there had to be CG in it but f**k......
immatellyouwhatJul 3, 2010
I know I just said but f**k.
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
BUTTF**K
crackshot91Jul 3, 2010
Thanks for clarifying, RedDead.
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
CGI.
glbernsJul 3, 2010
watch the clip.
generalobviousJul 3, 2010
The commercials are great, especially Bruce Campbell singing "Hungry Like the Wolf", but let's be honest... Old Spice smells like s**t.
Well, it doesn't smell BAD, it's just pungent. It stings the nostrils.
I don't know, most people just smell like old men when they wear this. It's quite embarrassing.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
mrassmanJul 3, 2010
I've been saying this for awhile too..
guyoniJul 3, 2010
for those too lazy to type in "Bruce Campbell hungry like the wolf" in google
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg6bZSM48vU
blackinthmiddleJul 3, 2010
It's always smelled great to me. The only reason I never used to use it was because it wouldn't cover me for the whole day. By mid day, I stunk. Who knows? After these commercials I'll probably give it a try again.
phyx726Jul 3, 2010
So at the end when he jumps into the pool and wears a pair of jeans, did they let him put the jeans on and then sped up the film?
thebullisredJul 3, 2010
look at my horse, my horse is amazing
antdudeJul 3, 2010
[neighs]
jake1337Jul 3, 2010
Give it a lick!
itlnstlnJul 3, 2010
Mmmmmm! It tastes just like raisins!
deix15x8Jul 3, 2010
Good work G4TV it only took you six months to find out about this commercial that no one cares about anymore. Leo Laporte managed to get the creators on TWiT Live to explain everything jut two days after the ad premiered. The interview was also more detailed and better explained since it was on a higher level. It may be available on TWiT.tv but is definitely available on ODTV.
darkphenoxJul 3, 2010
This specific commercial came out a few weeks ago there was a different one that Leo explained, and if you expect any level of professionalism you have no clue what AOTS is.
siegexJul 3, 2010
His jeans are tucked/rolled up into his shorts. The shorts are one of those pull-away types like those they make for male strippers. When he lands in the pool, you can see his left arm pull the shorts away allowing the jeans to roll down his leg.
garretwdJul 3, 2010
Then how do you explain the boots?
glbernsJul 3, 2010
maybe they were attached to the bottom of the tub and he just had to slip his feet into them.
jonathanesJul 3, 2010
Then why did I have the bowl Bart? Why did I have the bowl?
battlechimpJul 3, 2010
Dugg for attack of the show!
binarypoliticsJul 3, 2010
They have a pretty good ad campaign going considering most of the people that have used their product through the years are now dead or in a funeral home. The original scent that they show on most of the commercials is like 50 years old and effing disgusting. I think they just hired the same idiot enticing geniuses that came up with the Dos Equis commercials.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
rootsm3Jul 3, 2010
He's a good man, but honestly I only want Bruce Campbell selling me cheap men's antiperspirant.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af1OxkFOK18
ajwalsh4Jul 3, 2010
Definitely an informative interview. I like these commercials a lot, and the back story is really interesting. Can't believe they did them on one take!
optionshiftkJul 3, 2010
Yeah, too bad Leo Laporte of TWIT already did this about 3 months ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDk9jjdiXJQ
mikeymooseJul 3, 2010
Is this a new ad in the US? It's been on up here in Canada for at least a year and a half - it's damn good...
bookashadeJul 3, 2010
No it hasn't the other one has.
pandaoniceJul 3, 2010
He should be Luke Cage. He deserves it.
kitewJul 3, 2010
What if the Old Spice Man and the Most Interesting Man in the World met?
Would they fight?
Would they solve all the world's problems?
Or perhaps just throw a really great party?
tokominiJul 3, 2010
They wouldn't fight, they would just drink Dos Equis and smell really fresh.
meedJul 3, 2010
Leo Laport did a interview of one of the people created it days after the superbowl, check the twit archives for that interview.
tranquilstrikeJul 3, 2010
Attack of the Show is still around?
Man it must f**king suck.
darkdrifterJul 6, 2010
How could they not have him explain flipping the cake???
kazzamkabaamSep 5, 2010
just to let to u guys know im on a horse