One Giant Leap For HBO

Some poor bugger always bites it at the beginning of Six Feet Under, but none has croaked yet by falling off a trampoline. Which is good, since the show’s actors had to log some time on one to shoot the ad shown here.

Told by creator Alan Ball that this season would be more lighthearted, HBO and L.A. boutique And Company chose the jumping theme for print promos. They were inspired by photographer Philippe Halsman, who believed people were less guarded—that their true selves could be glimpsed—in the act of jumping.