Charismatic Guitarist Peddles for Ribs on Open Mic Night

Steve Hall

May. 13, 2008
1 min read

I’m not really sure what to say about “Spare a Rib” for KC Masterpiece (agency: DDB, SF). I guess I’d argue that if some guy solicits you for food with a catchy chorus, then compels everyone around you to leap up and perform choreographed dance moves, you should probably leave, because that’s some unnerving Pied Piper shit, and we all know how that story ended.

Oh, and nice touch with the ragey guy breaking his banjo over the anvil.

Steve Hall

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