When a group of original new products comes along, it takes a truly creative shop to give them a proper launch. TEAK did exactly that recently, working from concept to completion to produce a 2:00 promo in a direct-to-client relationship with Joby to introduce their innovative magnetic tripod products.

In Bodyguard, the latest MasterCard spot out of McCann Erickson NY, Mr. T looks as tough as ever (albeit a little older), standing, arms crossed, beside a woman as she goes to the dry cleaners, the beauty salon, and the grocery store.

We have a correction to an article published October 6, 2000 regarding Sunwoo Entertainment’s hiring of Regis Brown as vice president of international television & video. Korea’s Sunwoo Entertainment was listed as being purchased by Germany’s TV Loonland, however it was actually New York-based Sunbow Entertainment that was acquired by TV Loonland in their recent deal with Sony Wonder.

In last week’s Animation Flash, London-based Passion Pictures was mistakenly credited for three 30-second animated spots for travel agency Lunn Poly/Thomson, animated by Mic Graves, Robin Shaw and Joris van Hulzen. The spots were, in fact, produced by aka Pizazz, a different animation studio in London.