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Gossip Girl And MoveOn Cut Ad For Obama
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
MoveOn.org released a new television ad on Tuesday that, like some other Democratic-leaning groups this election season, encourages youth to persuade their parents to vote for Barack Obama.
The spot, part of MoveOn's Youth Vote program, attempts to harness the cultural reach of Gossip Girl, the much-beloved (and oft-spoofed) CW hit about over-privileged New York highschoolers. Featuring some of the show's actors (including Penn Badgley and Blake Lively -- a couple in real life), it is a satirical play on the drug prevention spots that occupy a memorable place in television lore. Only this time around, the message is a bit more political: ...
Gossip Girl And MoveOn Cut Ad For Obama
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
MoveOn.org released a new television ad on Tuesday that, like some other Democratic-leaning groups this election season, encourages youth to persuade their parents to vote for Barack Obama.
The spot, part of MoveOn's Youth Vote program, attempts to harness the cultural reach of Gossip Girl, the much-beloved (and oft-spoofed) CW hit about over-privileged New York highschoolers. Featuring some of the show's actors (including Penn Badgley and Blake Lively -- a couple in real life), it is a satirical play on the drug prevention spots that occupy a memorable place in television lore. Only this time around, the message is a bit more political: ...
MoveOn's 'Gossip Girl' Ad
Real Clear Politics - TIME.com —
Now I'm not sure who or what "Gossip Girl" is (I swear!), but apparently some of its stars have cut this ad for MoveOn.org: The ad will air nationally during "Gossip Girl" and on Comedy Central and...
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MoveOn and 'Gossip Girls' Stars: Tell Parents to Vote Obama
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MoveOn and 'Gossip Girls' Stars: Tell Parents to Vote Obama MoveOn.org has a new ad that features 'Gossip Girls' stars urging young viewers to tell their parents to vote for Barack Obama. Penn Badgley and Blake Lively, who star in The CW teen drama, appear in the spot along with other young actors. It's a take-off on the public service announcements in which parents profess to talk straight to their kids about a controversial issue. But instead of cautioning people against drugs or drunk driving, the actors warn against voting Republican. The spot will air during "Gossip Girls" and on MTV and Comedy Central. Underscoring the new electoral map, MoveOn ...
Youth: The Anti-McCain
The Latest on Air America —
MoveOn just released a very clever email riffing on the "Parent: The Anti-Drug" campaign:
Gossip Girl Stars Blake Lively and Penn Badgley Go for Obama
Firedoglake —
Blake Lively and Penn Badgley two of the stars of Gossip Girl join other young actors in a new pro-Obama television commercial. The ad, a parody of drug prevention ads, encourages young people to talk to their parents about the consequences of voting for John McCain.
The joke is continued on ...
'Gossip Girl' Stars Featured in New MoveOn Ad
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Channel 08 'Gossip Girl' Stars Featured in New MoveOn Ad By Ed O'Keefe and Garance Franke-Ruta Spoofing antidrug public service announcements that target teens and their risky behavior, the latest commercial from MoveOn.org Political Action stars two actors from the hit CW teen soap opera "Gossip Girl" encouraging parents to just say no to a behavior common to their age group: Voting for John McCain. "Mom, Dad, I found this in your room," opens Penn Badgely, who plays bookish "Lonely Boy" Dan Humphrey on the show, holding up a "Drill, Baby, Drill" hat. "Just because other people are doing it, doesn't make it cool," says another -- and not famous -- youngster ...
XOXO, Gossip Girl
Hotline On Call Part Deux —
Gossip Girl actors Penn Badgley and Blake Lively star in a new 30-second ad, released by MoveOn.org, that “encourages young people to talk to their parents about the consequences of voting” for John McCain. The ad will air nationally during Gossip Girl as well as on MTV and Comedy Central in university towns in NC and NV. The ad is directed by Bourne Identity/ Mr. and Mrs. Smith director Doug Liman and accompanies a new website, http://www.mccainfreewhitehouse.org/.
(NORA McALVANAH)
Item: Gossip Girl Stars in MoveOn Spot
The Caucus —
Spotted: Lonely Boy and S. sharing the spotlight once again. Dan Humphrey and Serena van der Woodsen might have broken up for like the 12th time earlier in “ Gossip Girl’s ” second season, but the actors who play them, Penn Badgley and Blake Lively, are moving on together in a new spot from MoveOn.org. In a spoof of ads encouraging parents to talk to their children about drugs, alcohol, smoking, etc., the CW teen drama stars join some random other youngsters in encouraging young people to “talk to your parents about John McCain.” “Mom, Dad, I found this in your room today,” says Dan—we mean Mr. Badgley, who plays the smart-but-merely-middle-class kid ...
Vote! Just Not for McCain. If You’re Planning to Do That, Stay Home.
Deceiver.com —
How many times do I need to say this?
Penn Badgley and Blake Lively from Gossip Girl star in a new McCain-focused ad from MoveOn.org, made in the style of an anti-drug commercial.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxvHkFLmqRk
Yes, they really say, “Voting Republican even once can have disastrous effects ...
Stop The ACLU — Because tweeners who idolize celebrities like Penn Badgley and Blake Lively are infinitely wiser than their parents… you know, those people with jobs and mortgages who pay taxes and have life experience and all. This might quite possibly be the stupidest political ad I’ve ever seen. The smug arrogance of the teenage hipsters alone makes me want to vomit. And of course, don’t ever — EVER!! — vote Republican. It doesn’t matter if Osama bin freakin’ Laden is running for President, as long as he has a “D” next to his name, it is better than voting for a Republican. The obvious comparison here is that voting Republican is the same thing as becoming a drug ...
"Young Voices" tell their parents how to vote
Wizbang —
Because tweeners who idolize celebrities like Penn Badgley and Blake Lively are infinitely wiser than their parents... you know, those people with jobs and mortgages who pay taxes and have life experience and all. This might quite possibly be the stupidest political ad I've ever seen. The smug arrogance of the teenage hipsters alone makes me want to vomit. And of course, don't ever -- EVER!! -- vote Republican. It doesn't matter if Osama bin freakin' Laden is running for President, as long as he has a "D" next to his name, it is better than voting for a Republican. The obvious comparison here is that voting Republican is the same thing as becoming a drug ...
Late Afternoon/Early Evening Open Thread
Daily Kos —
Clever. The latest from Move On:
It's 10pm, Do You Know Who Your Parents Are Voting For?
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This is what that college tuition fund is paying for, parents.
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
No, really.
Cassy Fiano of Wizbang calls this the stupidest
political ad that she's ever seen, and she has reason.
MoveOn.org, of course. These days, encountering MoveOn is like
coming across an old enemy who is now dressed in rags and dead
drunk in a muddy ditch: you vaguely feel like the fellow's let you
down, somehow. I mean, this is just embarrassing:
they're both insulting a bunch of people who are already none too
thrilled about the way that the colleges are filling their kids'
heads full of pap, and trivializing the "don't be afraid to talk ...
Okay, kids. It's time to have that talk with your parents.
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
The Great Schlep is shaping up to be a success. Grandparents are voting for Obama. Now it's time to have a serious talk with the parents:
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McCain may have Heidi on "The Hills," but not the "Gossip Girl" set
Anne Schroeder's Blog —
Wow. Has everyone seen this?
MoveOn.org brilliantly partnered up with some "Gossip Girl" folk to tell all the voting age youth of America to vote for Obama.
Arguably the most popular actors for the high school/college set, Penn Bagley and Blake Lively, star in the video - and are joined with some other less recognizable faces - mainly pleading that voting Republican is bad, bad, bad.
Or, in their words:
"Voting Republican even once can have disastrous effects that last for years."
"You're not only risking your future, you're risking mine."
"Talk to your parents about John McCain."
"For my sake, please, vote for Barack Obama."
And the ...
Today in The Nation: Voting: The Anti-Drug
The Nation: Top Stories —
We've all seen the signs in those we love--the abandonment of hope, the furtive worry about skin tone, the sleeplessness and sudden loss of teeth. But it took MoveOn to step forward and attempt an intervention: Simplistic anti-drug public service announcements, notably those from the corporate-sponsored, Bush 41-spawned Partnership for a Drug-free America, have been setting up spoof-ready targets for a couple decades now. But this MoveOn spot up-ends the usual worried parent/at-risk child equation with such precision that the cameos by Gossip Girl stars Penn Badgley and Blake Lively are just icing on the cake. But yummy icing: The two will grab eyes, ...
“Young Voices” tell their parents how to vote
Stop The ACLU —
Because tweeners who idolize celebrities like Penn Badgley and Blake Lively are infinitely wiser than their parents… you know, those people with jobs and mortgages who pay taxes and have life experience and all. This might quite possibly be the stupidest political ad I’ve ever seen. The smug arrogance of the teenage hipsters alone makes me want to vomit. And of course, don’t ever — EVER!! — vote Republican. It doesn’t matter if Osama bin freakin’ Laden is running for President, as long as he has a “D” next to his name, it is better than voting for a Republican. The obvious comparison here is that voting Republican is the same thing as becoming a drug ...
New MoveOn ad: The kids from “Gossip Girl” hate McCain so you probably should, too
Hot Air » Top Picks —
New MoveOn ad: The kids from “Gossip Girl” hate McCain so you probably should, too posted at 7:45 pm on October 15, 2008 by Allahpundit Send to a Friend | printer-friendly On the other, a fair chunk of the cast of “The Godfather” loves him . Vote accordingly. The cast of Degrassi Junior High? Foreigners , and therefore ineligible to vote. Except in Ohio .
