Recently the spot was named the top ad in “The Funniest Commercials of 2005.”, a TBS special hosted by Kevin Nealon. The American public as a whole seem to be attracted to the antics of monkeys. Camera work and digital editing enabled the director to give the impression of an office full of chimpanzees. The key performers in the Careerbuilder advertisements are clearly the four chimpanzees who are trained at Bob Dunn’s Animal Services in Sylmar, California. The office worker is played by Griffin Creech, part time actor and copywriter from Helotes, Texas. Text animation was done at Somersault by graphics animator John Montgomery and producer Ross Woods. Sound was designed by Stephen Dewey at Machine Head and mixed at Crescendo Studios by engineer Craig Helmholz. Music was composed by John Adair at Admusic (now Emoto Music). The CareerBuilder Monkeys campaign was created by advertising agency Cramer-Krasselt, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, whose team included executive creative director Marshall Ross, creative directors Pat Hanna and Ted Jenkins (copywriter and art director) and agency producer Ben Latimer.įilming was shot by director Bryan Buckley via Hungry Man with producer Kevin Byrne and director of photography Scott Henriksen.Įditor was Jay Herda at Mad River Post, assisted by Kevin Southey and post producer Heather Gibbons. No judgments.” He walks back to his seat which has been booby trapped with a whoopee cushion. “Hey guys I can hear you from over there and I don’t think it’s polite. Click on the image below to play the video.Ĭhimpanzees in the tea room chatter away, appreciating the female talent walking past. ![]() One of his colleagues leans over and kisses the ass of the boss. “It’s very creative but sir I just think it’s a bad idea to name a product ‘The Titanic’.” The boss grunts and the rest of the staff throw banana skins and papers at our man. He heads to the boardroom to take part in a discussion on a new project. Our office worker emerges from the elevator, coffee-to-go in hand. Once again we see the face of the office worker, clearly ready to search for a new job. The chimps erupt into their own form of laughter. Finally he sits down and discovers he’s been set up with a whoopee cushion. The waiting chimpanzees are building up to his arrival. Our office worker is heading into the board room, late for a meeting. Chimpanzees are classified as apes rather than as monkeys.Ĭlick on the image below to play the video. It’s just that I work with a bunch of monkeys.” Voiceover: “Visit the largest job web site. Our office worker is on an outside phone line… “I apologize. “It didn’t ring.” “You’re not talking to anybody.” In the photocopier room a chimp’s taken his pants off to copy his behind. Our office worker reads through a colleague’s report. In the office a worker is reading ‘Chimps’. ![]() ![]() He’s accompanied by chimpanzees in business suits. The campaign is designed to appeal to people who are frustrated in their work, rather than those already looking for new jobs.Īn office worker walks out of the elevator into the offices of Yeknom Inc. , the USA’s largest online employment network, continues to both entertain and annoy the viewing public with its four ‘monkey ads’ first shown at the 2005 SuperBowl.
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