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Following “Home for the Holidays,” McKinney’s holiday spot for the Samsung Galaxy Tab S starring Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard, the agency has brought the Hollywood couple back for a pair of spots showing off Samsung’s home appliances.

In “Crushing Dinner Parties with Samsung Home Appliances,” Kristen and Dax frantically prepare for a dinner party for “six adults, four toddlers and a baby” (or, as Dax puts it, “We’ll host a circus.”). The 60-second spot shows how, with help from Samsung appliances, the seemingly impossible task is not all that hard. In fact, it’s easy enough that when all their friends cancel on them, Kristen and Dax don’t even seem to mind. Another spot shows Samsung’s Activewash Top Load Washer coming to the rescue when their baby’s stuffed doll, Lamby, takes a juice box to the face. The approach is very much the same as with McKinnney’s previous spots starring the couple: integrating Samsung products into snippets designed to portray the couple’s everyday life. If you found the cuteness overload too much to take before, you’d be advised to skip these. If, on the other hand, you can’t get enough of Kristen and Dax, there’s also a behind-the-scenes clip that runs almost ten minutes long (featured below, following the Samsung Activewash spot).

Back in September, McKinney created an ad for Samsung starring the almost-too-cute Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard preparing for a night out only to stay in wasting time on their Galaxy Tab S. Now the couple has returned in a holiday effort for Samsung, presumably also from McKinney that sees Dax decorating the house with a little help from a very pregnant Kristen.

In the spot, entitled “Home for the Holidays,” the couple communicates via video as Dax scours the attic for decorations and goes to the store for holiday treats and Dax shows off Samsung’s smart watch when he takes a call from Kristen while setting up lights on the roof. When they finally complete decorating and switch the lights on Kristen says suggestively, “You know what this gets me in the mood for?” — but it’s not what you think. Viewers who enjoyed the cutesy appeal of the couple’s previous Samsung ad will find plenty to like here. Those who found that spot a little cute for its own good will probably want to skip this one.

If you’re wondering how close to real life the couple’s antics in the spot are, the answer is pretty close. According to Todd Pendleton, chief marketing officer at Samsung Telecommunications America, “Kristen and Dax go big for the holidays and their traditions from wearing matching pajamas and sweaters to decorating the house Griswold style are all true to what they do in real life.”

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W2O Group has a new campaign for Apollo Endosurgery, Inc., “the leader in minimally invasive endoscopic surgical products for bariatric and gastrointestinal procedures,” aimed at “rejuvenating the LAP-BAND® System” — which was acquired in late 2013 by Apollo Endosurgery, Inc. of Austin, Texas, from Allergan, Inc. — “and educating a broad range of patients about the benefits of the minimally-invasive weight loss procedure.”

Entitled “It Fits,” the multi-channel campaign features television spots, digital, print, a new logo, revitalized website, and the launch of @LAPBAND. The 60-second television spot, entitled “Moments,” features a series of individuals enjoying their newly found weight loss in various situations: receiving a hug from a daughter, putting on a plane seatbelt, slipping on a ring. “Discover how thousands of people are fitting into old, and new, things,” intones the voiceover — so long as you aren’t worried about the (rare) possibility of “re-operation, band-slippage, stomach injury, removal and fatalities” and aren’t scared of a little “vomiting and heartburn.” “Moments” is pretty much exactly what you’d expect for an ad in this category, complete with obligatory sentimental piano music.

“With the increasing prevalence of obesity in the United States, the Apollo Endosurgery team decided that it was time to refresh the brand and inspire people who have tirelessly tried everything else to lose weight, with little to no success, to finally conquer their weight issue with the LAP-BAND® System,” said Dennis McWilliams, president and chief commercial officer of Apollo Endosurgery. “The LAP-BAND® System’s benefits speak for itself, so now is the time to raise awareness and let people know this could potentially be their weight loss solution.” Stick around for credits after the jump. continued…

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