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K-fee received a lot of complaints from their viewers, and soon after that, the ads stopped being aired on television. Some people say that on some other occasions, a warning message was displayed before the advert played, informing any young children, individuals who are easily scared and people with heart conditions to not view the footage, however this could never be proved. | K-fee received a lot of complaints from their viewers, and soon after that, the ads stopped being aired on television. Some people say that on some other occasions, a warning message was displayed before the advert played, informing any young children, individuals who are easily scared and people with heart conditions to not view the footage, however this could never be proved. | ||
An episode of 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' featured a segment where the audience and Jay reacted to K-fee's ''Car'' commercial. It was hosted on K-fee's official website back in 2004 to 2007 along with the other adverts. | An episode of 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno', aired in April 2005 (two weeks after the release of the commercials), featured a segment where the audience and Jay reacted to K-fee's ''Car'' commercial. It was hosted on K-fee's official website back in 2004 to 2007 along with the other adverts. The K-fee Car commercial was also featured in 2005 on ''Tarrant on TV'', a famous British show. | ||
== '''The commercials''' == | == '''The commercials''' == | ||
Each commercial had a German version and an English version, with the captions at the end in the respective language. There were also either a zombie or a gargoyle at the end of each advert. The zombie was played by American actor ''Adam Johnson'', and the gargoyle was played by his brother, ''Brad Johnson''. [[File:K-fee_zombie.jpg|thumb|250px|The K-fee zombie actor.]] | Each commercial had a German version and an English version, with the captions at the end in the respective language. There were also either a zombie or a gargoyle at the end of each advert. The zombie was played by American actor ''Adam Johnson'', and the gargoyle ''(known as Batboy)'' was played by his brother, ''Brad Johnson''. [[File:K-fee_zombie.jpg|thumb|250px|The K-fee zombie actor.]] | ||
'''<u>Commercials featuring the zombie</u>''' | '''<u>Commercials featuring the zombie</u>''' | ||
* '''Car''': The commercial begins with a relaxing scene of a white car driving down a grassy hillside to soothing music. When the car getting passes behind a large tree, the camera follows. When it pans off the tree, the car is gone. Then, a zombie with a frightening scream then suddenly pops into the scene very briefly. scaring the viewer. | * '''Car ''(Auto in German)''''': The commercial begins with a relaxing scene of a white car driving down a grassy hillside to soothing music. When the car getting passes behind a large tree, the camera follows. When it pans off the tree, the car is gone. Then, a zombie with a frightening scream then suddenly pops into the scene very briefly. scaring the viewer. | ||
* '''Fishing''': This shows a man fishing, and not long afterwards the zombie appears, surprisingly not looking directly into the camera as he screams. | * '''Fishing''': This shows a man fishing, and not long afterwards the zombie appears, surprisingly not looking directly into the camera as he screams. | ||
* '''Yoga''': This shows a person practicing yoga on a cliff, and as soon as the person lifts his hand, the zombie seemingly appears out of nowhere, screaming. His face is obscured by the dark. This is probably the scariest of all ads. | * '''Yoga''': This shows a person practicing yoga on a cliff, and as soon as the person lifts his hand, the zombie seemingly appears out of nowhere, screaming. His face is obscured by the dark. This is probably the scariest of all ads. | ||
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[[File:K-fee crew.jpg|thumb|220x220px|The '''K-fee crew''' on recording set, June 10th, 2004.]] | [[File:K-fee crew.jpg|thumb|220x220px|The '''K-fee crew''' on recording set, June 10th, 2004.]] | ||
*'''Director''': Kai Sehr | *'''Director''': Kai Sehr | ||
*'''Actors''': Adam Johnson ''( | *'''Actors''': Adam Johnson ''(Zombie)'', Brad Johnson ''(Gargoyle / Batboy)'' | ||
*'''Producer''': Kai Stoecker | *'''Producer''': Kai Stoecker | ||
*'''Advertising Agency''': Jung von Matt (Hamburg, Germany) | *'''Advertising Agency''': Jung von Matt (Hamburg, Germany) | ||
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==== <u>'''German'''</u> ==== | ==== <u>'''German'''</u> ==== | ||
*''' | *'''Auto''': youtube.com/watch?v=NNb6o0ULC4c | ||
*'''Fishing''': youtube.com/watch?v=5L5nLvPsb38 | *'''Fishing''': youtube.com/watch?v=5L5nLvPsb38 | ||
*'''Buddha''': youtube.com/watch?v=n6iOXV_fHTY | *'''Buddha''': youtube.com/watch?v=n6iOXV_fHTY | ||
