Jeff Goldblum Is Out of His Mind in Tim & Eric's Loony Ad for GE Lighting

Brand does a 180 with fake infomercial

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GE has been doing a lot of poignant ads through BBDO New York lately—the dreamy fantasy world of “Childlike Imagination” (an Emmy nominee this year); the haunting dystopia of “Ideas Are Scary”; the adorably odd science fiction of “The Boy Who Beeps.”

So, obviously it was time to completely change things up—and hire Tim & Eric (aka, Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim) to direct a barely clothed but great-haired Jeff Goldblum in this totally bonkers fake infomercial for the GE Link lighting solutions.

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