AT&T Commercial

This commercial shows the AT&T guy (Beck Bennett) talking with a group of kids sitting in a circle on the floor. He asks them if more or less is better. A little girl answers is a huge run-on sentence about how more is better, and less it bad. It really doesn't make much sense, but you get the idea of what she is saying. Man: Who thinks more is better than less? Okay, why? Girl: More is better than less because if stuff is not less... if there's more less stuff then you might, you might want to have some more and your parents just don't let you because there's only a little. Man: Right. Girl: We want more. We want more. Like, you really like it. You want more. Man: I follow you. Announcer: It's not complicated. More is better, and AT&T has the nation's largest 4G network. More is better. AT&T. The largest 4G network. AT&T att.com/network Rethink possible.

You're more powerful than your family holiday party. "TV Commercial - "Home for the Holidays" | DIRECTV" Ah, family holiday party, how great. At least with DirecTV from AT&T you can download then watch your DVRed shows anywhere. That makes you more powerful than your gene pool. I'll trade you the candy cane for the eggnog. Deal. Or Aunt Jacksie's lack of boundaries. Or Uncle Terry's overcommitment to holiday cheer. Pretty good hiding place, gotta say. Say that to the nanny cam. It's your TV, take it with you. Now you can watch your DVR anywhere at no extra cost with DirecTV from AT&T. Watch Your DVR Anywhere AT&T DirecTV Internet Wireless

The commercial begins with a Blackberry Torch sitting by itself on an old wooden tabletop. There are ocean sounds in the background, and then someone slides up the screen on the phone so we can see the keyboard. The Blackberry is set to send an email, and we see the text "AT&T and Blackberry tell a whole new story. The screen then shows the cover of Moby Dick, and the commercial begins to show all the ways you can search, discover, communicate, collaborate, and share the topic of Moby-Dick with yourself and others. It begins by starting a song by the artist "Moby" (i.e., Moby-Dick), then shows them playing a video clip from Jimmy Neutron where the character quotes the first line of the novel by saying, "Call me Ishmael". They then use a mapping app to find Nantucket, Massachusetts which is where the story begins. We are shown pictures of a lighthouse, and then the Blackberry Torch spins around with its camera flash on like it is a tiny light house. We then see they are looking at Captain Ahab's (a main character from the book) Facebook profile, and they post a status update on his Wall. The responses to the wall post soon generate some responses including some pictures of whales including on (supposedly from flickr) of a huge whale jumping out of the water next to a tiny boat. We then see that the Torch has voice recognition, and the phone's owner says, "Moby Dick" and the phone starts searching and returns an eBay listing for a large old fashioned sail boat/ship. As the picture of the ship is shown on the screen, it slides across (like it's actually sailing) and comes back on the other side of the screen. From another mapping program, we see that the ship is sailing around the southern edge of Africa like in the novel. A calendar application is shown with the days scrolling from June 24 (2010) to August 12, and then the message, "Thar she blows!" The user searches for "White Whale", and we can see a video of a whale jumping out of the water followed by several Twitter updates. On a Scrabble game, someone puts "Yikes". Numerous illustrations are flipped through creating an almost animated view of a whale jumping and smashing through a ship, and then a real photo and news story is shown of the recent images of a whale jumping onto someone's boat. Finally, the commercial ends with an ASCII art animation of a whale jumping. Moby Dick Searching for Moby Dick AT&T and Blackberry have teamed up to evolve the smartphone. AT&T, rethink possible Lyrics: People they come together AT&T and Blackberry tell a whole new story. Herman Melville Moby-Dick Mike and the Molly's - Come Back Moby - We are All Made of Stars Grantigos - Ship's Ahoy Jimmy Neutron - Ishmael Mitch & Marcus Show Maps, Driving Get Map and Directions - Nantucket Facebook - Captain Ahab - Searching for Moby Dick I want to go! Me too! I'm in. Is this him? (picture of whale) No. This is http://www.flickr.com/photos/moby-dick Flickr - Moby Dick Seriously? Ship's Ahoy! Say a command moby dick - searching nearby... eBay - 90ft Sailboat - Bid, Watch AT&T Family Map August 12 - Thar she blows! White Whale - Whales in Antarctica, Whale watching summer vacation Twitter: Starbuck - There he is! Flask - He's huge! Stubb - Take a photo! Yikes Whale crashes into boat The End AT&T Blackberry Torch Rethink possible

The commercial begins with a bunch of people waiting at what appears to be a subway station. As the train pulls into the station, we can see that instead of a subway train, it is a rollercoaster. We then see a view of the city street, but instead of normal cars and taxis, all the vehicles are bumber cars. In an office building, we see someone roller skating instead of walking down the hall past cubicles. As the woman skates by, tons of bubbles are being blown from one of the cubicles. The elevators in the building have over-the-shoulder safety bars, and drop suddenly like amusement park rides. The lobby has a teacup ride. At the airport, the airplanes look like old Fischer Price toys. The whole time all the people featured in the ad are holding/using the new Blackberry Torch. AT&T and Blackberry have teamed up to evolve the smartphone. Business meet fun... fun, business. AT&T rethink possible. Taxi Zone. Rethink Possible att.com/blackberrytorch 866.Mobility

"Wanna Bet" This commercial begins with an iPhone sitting on a table. He answers it (on speaker phone), and we see he is at a restaurant, and the waitress just walks up. Before letting they guy (Kenny) who called say anything, the guy at the diner says that "it was 1995". Kenny insists that "it was 1993". As the conversation continues, we learn that they are arguing about what year a particular song was released. While he's talking on the phone, the guy with the iPhone starts looking up the answer on the internet (Wikipedia). He types in "Whoomp" which brings up the results and when he starts looking at the page, we see that Kenny was right - it was released in 1993. Instead of admitting defeat, the man says that the restaurant on fire and he'll have to call him back later. Guy: Before you say anything, it was 1995. Kenny: It was 93. Guy: Kenny, 1995 was the year the song came out. Kenny: It was 1993. Guy: That was your fifth year of high school. It was 1995! Yeah, well that's 10 bucks you're gonna have to put in my pocket. Kenny: Whatever. Whoomp There It Is was 93. Guy: It was clearly nineteen ninety... Kenny, the restaurant's on fire. I'll call you back. Announcer: In the network, AT&T lets your iPhone talk and surf the web at the same time. Kenny Whoomp! (There It Is) Single by Tag Team From the album Whoomp! (There It Is): The Album Released: May 7, 1993 Format: 12 inch single Recorded: 1993 Genre: Miami Bass Length: 3:56 Only AT&T's network lets your iPhone talk and surf at the same time. Rethink possible