Seth Green, Living the Sweet Life... Literally!
Seth Green, 35, has starred in many movies over the years, including heavy hitters like Austin Powers, Rat Race and the Italian Job. He has lent his voice to Chris and Dylan's son on the Family Guy. He is also well known for palying Oz, on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Seth also co-writes Robot Chicken, and Adult Swim where he performs anywhere from 35-60 voices a week and recently finished a movie called Old Dogs with Robin Williams and John Travolta. (no comment)
This is barely scraping the surface of what this young man has accomplished. He has worked non stop since about the age of seven. You can visit his website, and read his bio, it's pretty darn amazing.
And Seth's life just got a little sweeter. Literally.
It was just announced that Seth will be the new mouthpiece for Butterfinger TV ads and their new video contest, where Butterfinger wants to know, "How far would you go to protect your Butterfinger bar?"
(Hmmmm... Sounds very close to "what would you do for a Klondike Bar" to me)
Contestants will send in their videos, and the winner with the highest number of votes will win $25,000! *sweet* And they may also have the chance to have their video aired in a 15 second spot on TV.
Looks like the voice of Bart Simpson which hasn't been used for the past decade (done by Nancy Cartwright who gave the cult of Scientology 5 MILLION DOLLARS last year) will not be used for this new ad campaign. Smart Move Butterfinger!
After all... we wouldn't want to start seeing "Way To Happiness" PR inside the candy wrappers! *snicker*
TRH.com writes:
Green is laying a finger on Bart Simpson's Butterfinger. The writer, actor, director and producer can now add Butterfinger spokesperson to his resume. Green has been tapped as the official "Butterfinger mouthpiece" for a new national TV ad campaign and video contest.
The creator of the Cartoon Network's Emmy award winning "Robot Chicken" will be the first celebrity to represent the Butterfinger brand since Bart Simpson's memorable run ended nearly a decade ago. But while the spokesperson is new, the "Nobody's gonna lay a finger on my Butterfinger" tagline will again be used in the company's national TV spots, developed by ad agency Dailey & Associates.
To accompany the familiar tagline, the brand is also running a user-generated video contest in which entrants create one-minute videos answering the question of "How far would you go to protect your Butterfinger bar?" Contestants can visit ProtectYourButterfingerBar.com to enter their videos. Visitors will vote on them. The biggest vote getter wins $25,000 and may have their video aired as a national 15-second spot for the candy bar.
Butterfinger, which spent only $125,000 on adverting last year, has beefed up its ad spend considerably in 2009. It already investing $1.6 million in advertising for the first six months of this year, per the Nielsen Company. Continued on the next page
