In 1996 or 1998 - I cannot precisely remember myself - I wrote and realized this commercial for a fictional funeral company called "Mr. Sandman's Finest Funerals".
Here is the link:
It was very hard to get it on air. I discussed this matter with a news channel. They were not interested in broadcasting it, even not in the usual commercial breaks. I would have paid for it. "You know, we are a news channel. We cannot have that!" said the woman from the advertising sales department. I replied: "You know, there is one big thing funeral companies and news channels have in common and that is that they are making money with other people's death." End of discussion.
At least MTV EUROPE was so nice to broadcast it - only once - in the middle of the night.
Anyhow: thanks to new technology, I can send it around now.
Thanks for listening
Hamlet Hamster
