The final contracts in the Barger for Senate ad campaign have been written, and the last check signed. Here are the ads:
I was particularly pleased to have ads during the season premiere of South Park on October 27, and to have been in some small way a sponsor of the series premiere of Drawn Together.
In the end, I managed to squeeze my modest budget to get ads on a dozen networks:
Comedy Central
CMT
BET
MTV
FX
Animal Planet (with dedication to Tori, the animal shaver)
Lifetime
History Channel
Headline News
SciFi
TVLand
CNBC
Article comments
1 - RJ
Congrats!
Good luck, Al. I'm hoping for a double-digit "Al Barger" result.
What is your prediction? (Assuming you wanna offer one...)
2 - Al Barger
RJ- Thanks for funding the South Park ads. I figure to credit your donations for those couple of ads.
As to predictions, I believe it was in a philosophy textbook that I picked up the adage, "You never count your money while you're sitting at the table. There'll be time enough for counting when the dealing's done."
3 - bob2112
Good luck tomorrow, Al! Thank you for not being a Bushican! Change the world for good. When you win, the fighting begins!
4 - boomcrashbaby
Al, I watched Drawn Together and didn't see any ad?
5 - Al Barger
The ads weren't running nationally, just in central Indiana.
6 - boomcrashbaby
oh, I see. It's interesting to see the market(s) you were going after. (and I don't mean that in a judgemental way).
Although I disagree with your philosophy, from one person to another, best of luck to you tomorrow.
7 - Mark Saleski
after the election, do we get to see the al barger tv ad outtakes?
c'mon, there's gotta be somethin' funny in there.
8 - Mark Saleski
we won't make fun of 'em, honest.
9 - Al Barger
I think I've locked up Patty and Selma's votes. My ad on TVLand today came during McGyver. I was hoping for Bewitched, or perhaps I Dream of Jeannie, but hey.
I also landed a SciFi channel ad during Star Trek.
There are two orphaned ads that I shot but didn't get to use, money and all. The actual filming of all four ads was done in one continuous take in not much more than the running time, with one extra take of the main Social Security ad.
In short, the entire process of filming took less than 10 minutes, so there wasn't much time for outtakes. At $135/hour for production time, I wasn't screwing around.
10 - Jim Carruthers
I liked the gold robe, the beard and the head-wrap, plus, getting the ads run on Al-Jazeerra, bonus!
Seriously, though, it would have been great if you'd offered us a butterscotch candy. Not that I'm saying you look like Cartman, I'm just sayin' is all.
11 - Al Barger
They cut directly from my ad to Cartman in his suit and tie going door to door urging the citizens of South Park to vote Turd Sandwich, because this was the most important election of their lifetime. You know I had that in mind all the time I was out doing door to door this evening.
Except of course that I wanted them to vote for me rather than a Turd Sandwich.
Yeah, I know. Help yourself.
12 - Jim Carruthers
Al, good luck tomorrow, and on Wednesday, at least you can call Parker and Stone about a development deal about "Mr. Cartman Goes to Washington".
13 - Al Barger
Think I won't? Thank you for your kind regards.
Boom- Thank you, too.
14 - Shark
Wow, what a coincidence!
Seven people in America watch TVLand, and seven people in America also vote Libertarian!
Are they the same seven?
Just wonderin'...
PS: Seriously, Al, best of luck -- and after campaigning as a Libertarian, I hope you feel as marginalized and lonely as a "liberal".
15 - Eric Olsen
best of luck Al, hope all goes well for you and you surprise a few!