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Commercial Directing with Director Jordan Brady

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4.1529 Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2016

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Director Jordan Brady (I Am Comic, I Am Road Comic, I Am Battle Comic) tells tales from the world of directing television commercials. After directing over 800 spots, he's got plenty to say about casting, advertising people, Hollywood relationships, and the singularity of "Triscuit." Here's a few links to help you get the most out of Story Worthy! If you're listening on an iPhone, all you need to do is tap the cover art while the show is playing, and you'll see the episode notes, including the links. There is one to subscribe, smarturl.it/storyworthy please do! There's one to our Facebook page and to our email address. We'd love to hear from you, either there, or on our survey at wondery.com/survey. You'll also find some special deals courtesy of our sponsors like Hello Fresh (promo code STORY30) Casper Mattress, Audible and Shari's Berries (promo code STORYWORTHY). It's good karma guys! See our Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and our California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

This is a St. Jude moment.

0:02.0

Ashton was a high-level athlete, and in an instant, your world flips, and your healthy,

0:09.0

five-year-old competitive cheerleader has a brain tumor.

0:13.0

And the physician was like, your best option is St. Jude.

0:17.0

Receiving treatment that was life-saving for our child, and knowing that that treatment would be of no cost to us was a huge weight lifted.

0:27.0

Learn more at say jude.org.

0:33.1

Storyworthy media. The best in story-driven content.

0:51.2

Thank you. to Storyworthy.

1:03.5

Welcome to the Storyworthy podcast.

1:08.2

Here are your hosts, Christine Blackburn and Hann Svinney.

1:18.6

Welcome to Storyworthy.

1:20.8

My name is Christine Blackburn, and I'm here with... Hannah Svinnie, and we're coming to you from Atlanta, Georgia.

1:24.0

Specifically, we're coming to you from the Atlanta Observatory.

1:27.2

I know why we're going to come from here. Why? Because you and I did a commercial together and we shot it in Atlanta. That's correct. And it was only about a week before 9-11. And had we not gotten back to L.A., we perhaps would still be there. Yeah, we flew out of Atlanta, I think, on 9-8. Yeah. So a couple days later, we could have been just stranded in Atlanta for like no reason at all. That was a lot of fun doing that commercial. That was the one. It was a hidden camera commercial. What's the premise again? It was a health insurance. Right. It was like, you're going to live so long. you're going to need. For instance, I had to go into the observatory and I had to say to the lady, I want to make a reservation for the next appearance of Haley's Comet. And then she would look up from her book and she would say, well, sir, that's not until 2084. Yeah, it's like 86 years from now. I just want to be sure. I also had to go in and tell a guy I wanted the jet car and then we had a mocked up magazine and that would be available around 2073, but I'd still be alive. What was yours? Mine was I had to walk into a hotel and book New Year's Eve for 2080 or something like that.

2:34.1

And then they say, well, what do you mean, ma'am?

2:35.6

And I'd say, well, I just want to make sure I have the penthouse suite in 2020. book New Year's Eve for 2080 or something like that.

2:34.3

Yeah. And then they say, well, what do you mean, ma'am?

2:35.5

And I'd say, well, I just want to make sure I have the Penn House suite in 2018 for the New Year's Eve celebration because I know you guys have the best New Year's Eve in town. So if we could just get that booked, we were like at the Marriott Peachtree or something. No, no, no, no. we were in Buckhead at like I remember this very distinctly

2:50.6

Outell it was like a Swiss Outtel it was a very high No, no, no. We were in Buckhead at, like, I remember this very distinctly.

2:52.3

Outel.

2:53.6

It was like a Swiss hotel.

2:55.4

It was a very high end hotel.

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