"Twins" with Danny Devito and Arnold S? Are Adam and Tyler actors?

February 19, 2008 3:49 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

I'll let you decide which one is Danny or Arnold...

Hello there friends, there have been some interesting comments about Tyler and I being actors, putting too much effort into this and trying too hard to be slick, reading from a script, etc. I'll respond from one of my favorite lines in movie history..."Well allow me to retort" (Pulp Fiction)

1) Adam and Tyler are actors - I'm not sure how to take this as anything but a compliment. I'm sure both of us would like to believe that we're the next Harrison Ford, but I can assure you that neither Tyler nor I are actors. In an attempt at full disclosure, I did take an acting class when I was an undergrad at the University of Wisconsin, but mainly focused on my "dramatical work"...(I know, dramatical isn't a word). I can't speak for Tyler and his acting experience, but I'm pretty sure he's clean too.

2) Trying to be too slick - Totally appreciate the feedback on this one, because one never knows how one's humor will be received by the masses. I guess we wanted to do something fresh, but still wanted the site and the quality of what we were doing to be high quality. To put it into perspective, we spent less than a week going through the site design, planning the trip, and the really high level idea of what we were going to do. Seriously. Obviously a lot of the "scenes" are full of tongue in cheek, sarcastic, and irreverent humor, but either fortunately or unfortunately that's pretty much how Tyler and I are. Obviously things have a comedic bent to them, but that's the type of sense of humor that comes naturally to Tyler and I, and that we throw around everyday, for better or worse.

3) Reading from a script - Again, I guess I'll take this as a compliment. This one actually has kind of a funny story to it. During the brainstorming session, we did actually have some stories and scenarios that we received from a couple of places that had all these crazy storylines, sub plots, etc. Although creative, we both thought that all of that stuff was too premeditated, and we'd be much better off just taking people along with us as we tried to launch the product. We laid out a phrase for each day for a couple weeks that would give a general direction, but other than that everything was developed "on location." In fact, we didn't even discuss what we were going to film until about 3 minutes before we shot it.

The bios are obviously an attempt to be humorous, but the info there is true. Believe it or not, Tyler and I are just a couple of guys who work in Brand Management at Kraft, who wanted to build some awareness about a new product. Honest.

-Adam