Tony Hawk had 10 minutes.
We needed a whole campaign.
Flaviar booked Tony Hawk for a Father's Day spirits campaign, and the entire shoot was 10 minutes at his house. One take, no resets. So the copywriter and I built a shot list that pulled double duty. Every setup had to land a joke, a product beat, and a call to action at once.
The trick was writing around Tony instead of at him. We listened for the bits he already did when he talked about spirits, then wrote gags that lived in his world. Best one: he's by his ramp and says, "Want to see a new trick I came up with?" You brace for a skate move. The trick was: Ice plant to 540. He swirls the ice in his glass and lands the line.
Ten minutes later, we had a full Father's Day campaign.









