Cute Kids Freak Out Their Parents by Opening a 'Magic Portal' in the Living Room

Fruit of the Loom's Ad Humorously Warns Parents to Be Prepared

Published On
Jul 26, 2017

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As a parent, you can never be prepared for everything. That's the theme of Fruit of the Loom's back-to-school ad, which features a couple of fearless kids who clearly have been watching a lot of "Harry Potter" and "Star Wars" (or are maybe just bored by the last week of the school vacation), and appear to be trying to open a giant portal to another dimension in the living room wall.

The music is suitably adventure-film style as they blast the wall with their light streams and appear to be entering another world. That's until Mom comes in, and it turns out the only thing that's magic is the Magic Marker they've scrawled all over the walls of the room.The voiceover then tells us that at least parents can be prepared for the school year, with Fruit of the Loom's Bonus Packs of underwear, which contain a few extra pairs.

Fruit of the Loom also created an interactive version of the ad, that allows viewers to swipe between the parent's perspective of messy situations and their kid's imagination.

The campaign is by Crispin Porter & Bogusky, and Paul Mitchell at Elastic directed.

Credits

Date
Jul 26, 2017
Brand :
Fruit of the Loom
Client :
Fruit of the Loom
Agency :
Crispin Porter Bogusky
Vice President, Chief Creative Officer :
Ralph Watson
Creative Director :
KT Thayer
Senior Art Director :
Sean Wright
Senior Copywriter :
Maria Snell
Integrated Producer :
Jamie Slade
Executive Vice President, Managing Director :
Danielle Whalen
Vice President, Account Director :
Kristi Kirkeide Boutiette
Content Supervisor :
Madison Morris
Group Director, Strategy :
Ethan Decker
Senior Strategist :
Fabiana Brown
Strategist :
Emma Price
Social Media Supervisor :
Montanna Card
Associate Media Director :
Craig McDowell
Digital Media Supervisor :
Liz Rogers
Senior Business Affairs Manager :
Daphne Papadopulos
Senior Project Manager :
Courtney Pollard
Junior Project Manager :
Courtney Jepson
Production Company :
Elastic
Director :
Paul Mitchell
Executive Producer :
Luke Colson
Producer :
Kelly Christensen
Editorial Company :
Rock, Paper, Scissors
Executive Producer :
Rana Martin
Editor :
Austyn Daines
Producer :
Denice Hutton
Visual Effects Company :
A52
Executive Producer :
Patrick Nugent
Executive Producer :
Kim Christensen
Visual Effects Producer :
Michael Steinmann
Visual Effects Producer :
Meredith Cherniak
Visual Effects Supervisor :
Jesse Monsour
Lead Flame Artist :
Jesse Monsour
Music Company :
JSM Music
Composer :
Joel Simon
Chief Creative Officer :
Joel Simon
Executive Producer :
Jeff Fiorello
Producer :
Norm Felker
Audio Post Production :
Lime Studios
Mix :
Mark Meyuhas
Mix Engineer Assistant :
Peter Lapinski
Executive Producer :
Susie Boyajan
Sound Design Company :
Machine Head
Executive Producer :
Stephen Dewey
Sound Engineer :
Kip Smedley
Head of Production :
Kim Christensen
Composer :
Nathan Kil

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