Duncan Footbag Commercial

Moxie · Post by **Moxie** » 14 Apr 2006 16:00

Click here to see Ashley, Chris, Sam, and Emily play a little footbag.

This is the version that's on TV right now. I got an e-mail and a phone call today from two East Coast footbag players who were like "...did I see you on tv today?" The commercial ran during the world juggling competition. Neat.

sen · Post by **sen** » 14 Apr 2006 16:09

That's really cooll!

Props to everyone involved. How were the bags to kick with??

Moxie · Post by **Moxie** » 14 Apr 2006 16:23

I think the Spider is a fairly okay beginner bag. The bags could all be a lot better, but right now Duncan is working on improving all of the bags. They said that their goal is to produce a quality footbag. I feel good about promoting for them because they are interested in helping with the growth of the sport. It's neat, because since they're so into yo-yo's, the guys at Duncan understand the footbag world a lot better than just some faceless corporate guys would.

brinard · Post by **brinard** » 14 Apr 2006 16:28

yeah, duncan understands freestyle. look at yoyo comps...

props on being on tv and playing footbag at the same time! you rock!

Pete · Post by **Pete** » 14 Apr 2006 16:35

http://www.yo-yo.com/footbags/footbags.html

wow. thats cool. i'd really want to know if they're playable. i mean better than ones made by the great stitchers here.

imagine now that every kid will be able to pick one up and start playing with a 32! wow. no more hackysack! haha.

BalinorNZ · Post by **BalinorNZ** » 14 Apr 2006 17:26

PROPS! Man footbag is gettin out there! That's awesome

Man it is so good they called them footbags! www.footbag.org will be getting so many hits right now!

Good stuff guys

Just one question... was that you guys with the voice over?

sen · Post by **sen** » 14 Apr 2006 17:30

BalinorNZ wrote: Man it is so good they called them footbags! www.footbag.org will be getting so many hits right now!

Or www.footbag.com will be... *shudders*

Lazytowner · Post by **Lazytowner** » 14 Apr 2006 18:40

sen wrote:
BalinorNZ wrote: Man it is so good they called them footbags! www.footbag.org will be getting so many hits right now!

Or www.footbag.com will be... *shudders*

OMG...I forgot about that site. *sigh* I fell for that one as a beginner.

Moxie · Post by **Moxie** » 14 Apr 2006 19:01

Pete wrote:i'd really want to know if they're... better than ones made by the great stitchers here.

Of course not, silly.

And the voice overs were done by other people.

ashleyd · Post by **ashleyd** » 14 Apr 2006 19:08

Yesssss, meeee, girl wearing hat!
Oh, the fun memories of shooting that. I will never forget my free trip to LA!

It turned out well I think.

ps: Emily, wheres that picture of us at California Pizza Kitchen?

Moxie · Post by **Moxie** » 14 Apr 2006 19:10

Camera didn't turn out.

Muffinman · Post by **Muffinman** » 14 Apr 2006 20:05

I was wondering that too.
It didn't sound like their voices

The bags look really crappy, and my first impression was that it looked like bad publicity, but from the way you're talking about it it sounds like it could be a really good thing (especially regarding their involvement with yo-yo?)...

EDIT: Oh, I didn't see the post before where Emily said it wasn't their voices.

pips · Post by **pips** » 14 Apr 2006 20:08

DUNNNNCAN! Hehe. Nice. I hope I see it on TV soon.

shredzilla · Post by **shredzilla** » 14 Apr 2006 20:11

Haha cute

<-- 'Daredevil' lol.

Skippy! · Post by **Skippy!** » 15 Apr 2006 07:02

Lazytowner wrote:
sen wrote:
BalinorNZ wrote: Man it is so good they called them footbags! www.footbag.org will be getting so many hits right now!

Or www.footbag.com will be... *shudders*

OMG...I forgot about that site. *sigh* I fell for that one as a beginner.

I know this has nothing to do with the actual subject here. But I saw the link for footbag.com and randomly went there and checked out a trick description. I dunno...maybe everyone else will get as much a kick out of it as I did:

footbag.com wrote: 16. Stepping ATW Clipper - You drop the footbag into a normal clipper. Plant your clipper leg quickly. From there you do a clipper in front of your standing leg. After that you do a clipper from there and you circle the footbag (perform an Around the World) with the clipper leg. Catch the footbag with the inside of your foot like a pickup and toss the footbag in the air waist high. Plant the clipper leg quickly and perform a clipper behind your stalling leg and catch the footbag in your hand! Practice Makes Players

Uurrrgh.

As far as the ad is concerned, it's actually a really neat ad if you ask me. I think it'll definitely appeal to kids, maybe even more than any of the ads that I've seen so far. And if duncan is gonna push to produce really solid products, then it's an even better thing. Way to go!!

ShredOnLawn · Post by **ShredOnLawn** » 15 Apr 2006 23:02

So wait, How much did Duncan Yo-Yo's spend shooting this commercial?

I mean, How much did Duncan spend on flying the footbag players out and everything associated with that?

Pepsi did this in LA 3 years ago but never even aired the commercial in Japan like they had orinally planned.

Have Sam or Ashley received interesting phone calls in response to the commercial???

Splint · Post by **Splint** » 16 Apr 2006 01:08

Did you guys get money for it?

ashleyd · Post by **ashleyd** » 16 Apr 2006 11:11

Im not sure how much Duncan used for it. But everyone was paid 200 bucks a day. There were 4 players and 2 actors. Also they paid all eating expenses. Originally planned, Sam wasn't going to come. But instead, I had them pay to fly him out there (about 400 dollars for the ticket) insead of paying me 400 dollars to do it. So I wasn't paid anything, I just had a free trip. (TOTALLY WORTH IT)
And neither of us have recieved a phone call yet about it, I'm wondering if it will be on around here and what channels. I dont really watch TV, so I wont know.

Like I said, it was a reall fun shoot. We went to a lot of places and I got to meet people Ive wanted to meet for a while. I cant wait to go back to California. I think I want to right after I graduate.

RawSko · Post by **RawSko** » 16 Apr 2006 12:21

props! that's great for Footbag

I don't watch any TV either, but I'm looking forward to somebody from school being like "BENNNN!! I SAW FOOTBAG ON TV!!!!" ...that'll be a glorious moment.

keep it real

funklovesfootbag · Post by **funklovesfootbag** » 16 Apr 2006 18:10

i'd really want to know if they're playable

I've played around with the duncan bags emily has, they're obviously no where near the quality of a hand stitched 32, but they're much better than a crocheted beanbag.