In this unusually short Scooby-Doo adventure, the Mystery Machine is parked outside of a haunted house. The gang has captured the villain known as Creeper and have tied him to a lounge chair. Velma unmasks the villain only to discover that it was really…the cable guy? “Zoinks!” Shaggy screams, while Velma reminds viewers that DIRECTV now has more HD channels than cable—which perfectly explains the motive of The Creeper/The Cable Guy who was involved in a massive conspiracy trying to stop everyone from switching their cable to DIRECTV. (In addition, you know he could have gotten away with it, if not for that meddling dog!)
However, DIRECTV’s campaign has not only exhumed Scooby Doo and friends but also Captain Kirk and Spock from Star Trek—starring the original actors William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, looking unusually youthful thanks to cutting-edge CGI visual effects. What other iconic TV shows did DIRECTV salute in their 2006-2007 campaign? Bill Harding of the film Twister returned as played by Bill Paxton, while The Economics Teacher from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off was revisited courtesy of Ben Stein. Dr. Emmett Brown (as played by Christopher Lloyd) traveled to us from 1985, while Baywatch’s favorite lifeguard, C.J. Parker, (Pamela Anderson) scolded us for watching HDTV while she was saving some poor drowning beach-dweller. Other cameo appearances included Rick Vaughn from Major League and Turtle from Entourage. The best DIRECTV recreation? Ellen Ripley of Aliens fame as Sigourney Weaver reappears to fight off aliens while speaking directly to us on the great features of HDTV. You have to figure that all those great cinema and TV heroes were fighting for more than just truth and adventure—who doesn’t take time off saving the world to watch TV?
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