Bacon Lovers, Is This the Mall of Your Dreams?
Taco Bell's Surreal Ad Promises the Real Stuff in Latest Product
By
Alexandra Jardine
Published On
Jul 21, 2015
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The craze for bacon-themed products -- silk scarves, an alarm clock, a bacon-fuelled motorbike and more -- seems never-ending. So Taco Bell and Deutsch turned to this when creating an ad to promote its Bacon Club Chalupa. Set to a remake of Tears For Fears' track "Mad World," it takes place in a surreal shopping mall where the protagonist sees products made of bacon, from clothes and shoes to sunglasses, tattoos and cologne, wherever he turns. But, as the voiceover informs us: "Bacon you can't eat is bacon you don't need." The spot is by Deutsch and was directed by Reset's Vesa Manninen.
Credits
- Date
- Jul 21, 2015
- Agency :
- Deutsch-Los Angeles
- Brand :
- Taco Bell
- Client :
- Taco Bell
- Chief Marketing Officer :
- Chris Brandt
- Vice President, Brand Creative Director :
- Tracee Larocca
- Director, Advertising :
- Aron North
- Brand Experience :
- Alexandra Bunn
- Food Consultant :
- Carolyn Avelino
- North America Chief Creative Office :
- Pete Favat
- Executive Creative Director :
- Brett Craig
- Group Creative Director :
- Guto Araki
- Group Creative Director :
- Tom Pettus
- Creative Director :
- Andy Pearson
- Creative Director :
- Ken Slater
- Associate Creative Director :
- Jeremiah Wassom
- Senior Copywriter :
- Chris Pouy
- Director, Integrated Production :
- Vic Palumbo
- Executive Integrated Producer :
- Paul Roy
- Integrated Producer :
- Jamie Gartner
- Assistant Integrated Producer :
- Evan Aronson
- Music Director :
- Dave Rocco
- Director, Integrated Business Affairs :
- Abilino Guillermo
- Business Affairs Manager :
- Nestor Gandia
- Director, Broadcast Traffic :
- Carie Bonillo
- Senior Broadcast Traffic Manager :
- Sarah Freeark
- Chief Executive Officer :
- Mike Sheldon
- President, Los Angeles :
- Kim Getty
- Live Action Production Company :
- RESET
- Director :
- Vesa Manninen
- Managing Director :
- Dave Morrison
- Executive Producer :
- Jeff McDougall
- Producer :
- Jennifer Ingalls
- Line Producer :
- Ahnee Boyce
- Editing Company :
- Therapy Studios
- Editor :
- Doobie White
- Assistant Editor :
- Amy Bostrom
- Executive Producer :
- Joe DiSanto
- Head of Production :
- Allegra Bartlett
- Finishing/Visual Effects Company :
- Therapy Studios
- Lead Flame Artist :
- Wren Waters
- Flame Artist :
- Dustin Bowser
- Flame Assistant :
- Geoff Stephenson
- CG Producer :
- Elliot Jobe @ THERE
- Audio Post Company :
- Therapy Studios
- Sound Design :
- Eddie Kim
- Mixer :
- Jeff Fuller
- Sound Assistant :
- Eric Shin
- Color Facility :
- MPC
- Colorist :
- Mark Gethin
- Producer :
- Summer McCloskey
- Track :
- "Mad World" by Halsey
- Writer :
- Roland Orzabal
- Post Production :
- Therapy Studios
- Executive Producer :
- Joe DiSanto
- Editor :
- Doobie White
- Assistant Editor :
- Amy Bostrom
- Head of Production :
- Allegra Bartlett
- Mixer :
- Jeff Fuller
- Post Production :
- Therapy Studios
- Executive Producer :
- Joe DiSanto
- Editor :
- Doobie White
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