Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Sat, 29 Jun 91 0:27:00 PST From: Dave Leibold Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Sprint Commercials with Candice Bergen Reply-to: dleibold@attmail.com Message-ID: Organization: TELECOM Digest Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 502, Message 5 of 11 Lines: 25 A current syndicated entertainment column by Robin Adams Sloan deals with the question of where the current Sprint commercials were filmed. These are the ones starring Candice Bergen of the "Murphy Brown" TV series. The spots were shot at the Bradbury Building in Los Angeles, something of a popular spot for film crews. Scenes from the movies _The_Wiz_ and _Blade_Runner_ were filmed at this structure. The location is also listed in the National Register of Historic Places, whatever that publication or service is. One of Sprint's commercials promotes a service that automatically selects the discount plan to use for Sprint service. In that spot, Bergen seems to talk about the feature as if it were a substitute for comparison shopping. There are other ads in the series that appear on the tube, though. None of the other carriers' ads seem to be using high-profile people these days, although I recall AT&T featured Jack Palance (?) for its early post-divestiture commercials. .... dleibold@attmail.com .... Dave Leibold - via IMEx node 89:681/1 Dave.Leibold@f135.n82.z89.onebdos.UUCP