Last night I stopped the DVR, mid-fast forward, mid-program interruption, to watch a commercial. Yup. It was a short version of this Logitech spot featuring Kevin Bacon playing an unlikely (or likely, as the case may be) Kevin Bacon devotee. Then I watched it again. It’s a very well done, engaging ad and, I think it made me care a little about Google TV.

The spot’s tag: “…add Google TV to your television with a Logitech Revue…” Ok, it’s a little redundant to add TV to your TV. And I’m not sure I’m going to opt to kick it, Footloose-style, with a keyboard while watching my TV-within-my-TV because Kevin Bacon, playing a guy infatuated with Kevin Bacon, makes it seem more accessible in this commercial. Then again, I’m considering Google TV today—so: Score, Logitech/Google!

Regardless, this entertaining ad for a product with the potential to facilitate or, at least, represent significant change in the way we consume content, caused me to microcosmically change the way I watch TV for few moments. That’s good for at least a field goal, right?

So, of course, more Bacon! And, in the next installment, please do incorporate Quicksilver. Seriously, do it.

As a postscript—do you know if Bacon’s truck in the video is a Bacon film reference? Nevada tags? If so, please comment and I’ll reward you with a virtual high five or a 1983 Zenith 11-inch tube TV or some such gift of similar value TBD.

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