Stephen King & American Express (commercial)

[toddsmitts]

There's some other people who were featured in these "Do You Know Me?" ads: Mel Blanc, William E. Miller (Barry Goldwater's 1964 running mate), and Apollo 12 commander Pete Conrad. I'd love to see those if anyone's got them.

[icebaby192]

this guys mind must be so crazy

[TemplarReturns]

"The Man in Black fled across the desert, and the Gunslinger followed." No but Stephen King could pen that. King is the best!!!

[jakewuzhere05]

ok, this is random, but i was wondering if anyone remembered a commercial from the 1980s that was really creepy. I believe it was Stephen King in his home, talking about a book, and at the end of the commercial, something is on the other side of his front door, trying to get in.

[kyrastube]

oh christ. haha. XD

[xforbiddenxfruitx]

Stephen King=Best author in the whole entire world, unlike some other people coughcoughSTEPHANIEMEYERcoughc­ough. Dont bother telling me that Stephen sucks because there is no good reason why he isnt. :D

[TemplarReturns]

I think one of the creepiest parts of The Stand is where Randall goes to the prison Lloyd is in all alone during a full moon, and meets him. Lloyd is absolutely terrified of him that he is unable to look him in the face. Flagg knew every little secret Lloyd was trying to hide in that cell. Its my favorite King book ever.

[Flagg1991]

@TemplarReturns

M-O-O-N, that spells Bier Rat!

[Flaggius]

The Lincoln tunnel? Well, I finished The Stand 3 months ago, LOL. Yeah, that was a creepy part. I'm reading Nightmares and Dreamscapes now, an awesome collection of short stories. My favorite so far is The Night Flier - amazingly written.

[jto85]

You guys read Under the dome yet? very good!

[MacgyverMike1]

@jto85 ive read it its amazing

[Flaggius]

I'm reading The Stand now. It's one of his best books! God what I love it! Stephen King = Best writer ever.

[666theboogieman666]

Naive kid.

[kyrastube]

its a very good book. but take warning: DONT read it when you have a cold. LOL

[silhuetto]

LOL, too true. That said, though, everyone I know who's read it began to *think* they had a cold, while reading it. :P

[dogz1217]

Flaggius, got to the Lincoln tunnel part yet? Yag. Still makes my skin crawl.

[X4xas]

Dark Tower is better

[Qrycius]

I love The Dark Tower series too, awesome! I'm reading Pet Sematary right now and I just wanna say, WHAT A FUCKIN' AWESOME BOOK!

[iscream22]

Stephen King is the man. Im obsessed with The Dark Tower Series and It. However The Stand is his best novel (and the greatest novel ever in my opinion). Night Shift and Everythings Eventual were sweet too

[JanoSeishu420]

Im a big fan of Stephen King too and i just love the stand. Its his best book. ''It'' is a close second.

[heid138]

hrmm... i havent read the Stand but It, It is one of my favorite books EVER... but as for me, i think that It is best and Hearts in Atlantis is also best... im not choosing sides on that debate both made me feel something new and thats enough for me... wow. im rambling...

[oggendoggen2]

I've read 1 thru 5 in the DT series, The Talisman, and I'm working on Cell. Of the DT, #2 is the best, but I think the Talisman beats it.

[werytraveler]

Oggend why haven't you read parts 6 and 7 of dark tower? I'm finiching uo 6 now. Amazing series. You should finish it.

[KMBazzi]

OMG, I can't believe I've never seen this before, I must have read and watched "The Dark Half" a million times... LOL... Thank you so very much for posting this!!! :-D

[metallicaruels31]

Stephen king is the man ive read all of his books and seen all of his movies

[teeka57]

I giggled,, Never seen this before, I love this mans writting and seeing him on TV is great!

[roosevelthighschool]

I can't believe they got Stephen King who is like the best horror novelist of our time to do a commercial.

[seonidh]

Whats even more disturbing is that his librarys on fire and he didnt even notice it!

[angelasga]

That was funny! I've never seen this commercial before! Thank you!

[darkmagickian]

How about you quit wasting YOUR time telling us what to do and learn some REAL job skills? Does your mother know that you're scamming and spamming people? Do you know ANYTHING?

[rosedsunset]

Stephen King is The Master of Horror!I love him! I have read lots of his books!

[groovyboomstick]

So funny

[mightykingkon7]

W...T...F...?

[Eirelav111]

LMAO! i didn't know he made a commercial!

[dragoons9009]

yeah i know i was like WOW. fucking hilarious.

[acca3656]

I love Stephen King too...

[raven22290]

Great to see this!!! I love the Dark Tower series, too. And IT, and The Talisman. Does anyone on You Tube have a copy of him singing "Sailing"?

[KukujusPL]

lol

King of horror in reklam :D

[extrezha]

I LOVE STEPHEN KING.

[batwest4life]

Yeah me too, I'm more a fan of his fantasy stuff, the Dark Tower series is my favorite.

[epittman23]

dude, of course hes a freelance writer.

he writes awesome books that a lot of people read.

He's cool...

[skateorflyhigh]

man i love this. haha.

[GorgeousinPink08]

Oh, this is amazingly camp -- I adore it! Thanks for posting this:)

[Villefranche]

he must be pretty loaded.

[baarbear]

Hi there. I know you did commercials with other celebrities like voice grand master Mel Blanc. How many others did you do and what celebrities did you use in them?

[jlasf]

Hi. Many, many celebrities were used over the years. From William Miller, who had been a Vice-Presidential candidate, to Tom Landry. In addition, this same campaign was used around the world with local celebrities in each country. I did a fun spot in Argentina with Lalo Schifrin, who wrote the "Mission: Impossible" theme music. It was shot like a spy movie. I inherited the campaign and many great writers and art directors worked on it over the years. I can take credit for only a few.

[darkmagickian]

One of those celebrities was the late Don Adams from "Get Smart" and "Check It Out" fame who did a credit card commercial. Was it AMEX or another card that we saw? It would have come out around the early 90's.

[jlasf]

Thanks for posting this. Actually, I wrote this commercial when I was at Ogilvy & Mather in New York. It won a few awards and was featured in

Bernice Kanner's book, "The 100 Best TV Commercials." The moving

candlelabras were inspired by Cocteau's film, "Beauty and the Beast."

Stephen King was a bit creepy in real life too. Credits: Jeff Atlas, writer.

Paul Pracilio, art director. Tom Rost, creative director.

[amg11020]

thats cool are you like a freelance writer?

[Sangiath]

You got to meet him? :D

[jlasf]

Of course. Spent a day with him shooting at a mansion

on Long Island.

[Sangiath]

Dude, that's awesome. :D Why was he actually doing the commercial, though? Just for the hell of it?

[jlasf]

Don't know his motivation for doing the commercial. Some people do them for the recognition. Some just liked the commercials. They didn't get paid that much, so it wasn't done for the money.

[Sangiath]

As a huge King fan, I hope you don't mind my little interrogation. :o

But was he like, cool? From reading his first-person introductions, that's my impression.

[jlasf]

To be honest, he kind of kept to himself and wasn't very sociable. He was a good performer and we appreciated

that, but wasn't very friendly, as I recall.

[Diomedes44]

Why are you guys talking about him in the past tense? He is still alive, and he is publishing another book towards the end of January called Duma Key.

[jlasf]

Of course, he's alive and kicking. I was using the past tense because I am referring to a time - in the past - when I worked with while making this commercial.

[darkmagickian]

Just a generalization of past work, nothing more. I didn't like the format of "The Green Mile," but enjoy his work in general; I'd like to see what comes next. "Christine" was my favorite book.

[EGarrett01]

Thanks, I was looking for this one.