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Subject: Name of person in a TV ad?
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Television
Asked by: mortamer-ga
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Posted: 28 Feb 2003 06:32 PST
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Question ID: 168330
What is the name of the Clerk in the Barber Twins Visa TV ad? (Actress Name)
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Subject: Re: Name of person in a TV ad?
Answered By: bobbie7-ga on 28 Feb 2003 08:01 PST
 
Hello Mortamer-ga,

Thank you for your question.

According to Bob Garfield in his recent article dated January 06, 2003
 “Annual Awards Honor Best Performances in TV Ads”,  the clerk in the
Barber twins Visa commercial was played by Jenny Lamia.

Here is a short excerpt from the article:

“So is Jenny Lamia, as the ditzy sales clerk in the BBDO, New York,
spot for the Visa Check Card. Her eyes shift back and forth between
identical-twin football stars Tiki and Ronde Barber. "This looks like
you ... but it could be him," she says, stealing the scene, the spot,
the game and the entire football season.”
Source: Adage Website
http://www.adage.com/news.cms?newsId=36825


Here’s an interview with the Barber twins where they mention that it
took them ten hours to make the Visa commercial.

“And the commercial?  It was 10 hours long," Ronde said. "I couldn't
act. It was a little stressful trying to get all the smirks and smiles
and everything else to coincide. But we got it done."
Source: The Official Super Bowl Website
http://www.superbowl.com/news/story/6147295


According to Eric Deggans, Times TV Critic the best uses of an athlete
in a commercial is “tied between Reebok's fictional "Terry Tate:
Office Linebacker" -- who tackled office workers for taking long
breaks or making long-distance phone calls -- and Visa's spot with
twins Ronde and Tiki Barber, who face a store clerk who isn't sure
whether the ID Tiki presents is of the New York Giants running back or
his brother, Buccaneers cornerback Ronde.”
Source: St. Petersburg Times
http://www.sptimes.com/2003/01/27/Bucs/Ads_didn_t_live_up_to.shtml


You may view the "Barbers" TV Commercial here:
Visa U.S.A. Website
http://usa.visa.com/microsites/nfl/50_timeout/tv_barbers_index.html


Search Criteria:

Visa “Barber twins” commercial
Visa Check Card commercials +Tiki
Visa Check Card commercials 2003
Visa ad campaign Super Bowl 
Visa Check Card ads BBDO
Jenny Lamia


I hope you find this helpful and if there is anything that I've
written that needs clarification, please ask before you rate this
answer.

Best Regards,
Bobbie7-ga
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Subject: Re: Name of person in a TV ad?
From: humblepryer-ga on 01 Mar 2003 03:54 PST
 
from Bartleby.com

lamia

NOUN: Inflected forms: pl. laˇmiˇas or laˇmiˇae (-m-)
1. also Lamia Greek Mythology A monster represented as a serpent with
the head and breasts of a woman that ate children and sucked the blood
from men. 2. A female vampire.
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English, from Latin, from Greek.

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