scripts for vroom TV ad spots featuring guest NBA talent
Client wanted comedic scripts centered around the concept of flaky car buyers
FLAKY BUYERS SPOT 2: THE ONE
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EXT. SUBURBAN HOUSE - MORNING.
The seller, MIKE, stands next to his car that’s for sale and looks wistfully at it. The NBA STAR walks into frame, observing and narrating.
NBA STAR: This is Mike. Mike is trying to sell his car to someone online.
Mike looks at his phone where he has a message from a buyer: I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS CAR EVERYWHERE AND I THINK YOU’RE THE ONE!
NBA STAR: Mike thinks he’s found “the one.”
Mike looks at his car and smiles, this is going to be perfect.
Cut to: Mike sitting on his porch swing a little later in the day. He checks his phone and sees another message from the buyer: I CAN’T BELIEVE I FOUND YOU AND THIS CAR! JUST WHAT I’VE BEEN LOOKING FOR!
NBA STAR: It seems too good to be true.
Cut to: It’s late afternoon and Mike is still in the swing, looking wistfully out, waiting. He gets another message from the buyer: THIS IS A GREAT MATCH! BE THERE SOON!
Cut to: It’s now evening. Melancholic music plays as Mike sits in the swing, still waiting. He checks his phone: NO NEW MESSAGES.
NBA STAR: Probably because it is.
Cut to: It’s full-on night. Crickets chirp, an owl hoots. Sad music plays as Mike sits alone. He texts the buyer: ARE YOU STILL COMING FOR THE CAR??? No response. He looks hopelessly out into the night, heartbroken.
NBA STAR: Stood up again. Heartbreaking. Mike needs to use Vroom to sell his car.
CUT TO: Morning. A Vroom truck is taking away Mike’s car and he’s holding a check.
MIKE: Wow, that was easy.
VO: Vroom. Never wait on flaky buyers again.
NBA STAR: I knew you could do it, Mike.
FLAKY BUYERS SPOT TWO: “THE MOONROOF”
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EXT. SUBURBAN HOUSE - DAY.
The seller, SANDRA and BUYER are looking over her car for sale. The NBA STAR enters frame and observes and narrates.
NBA STAR: This is Sandra. Sandra is trying to sell her car to some random guy from the internet.
SANDRA: I’m asking fifteen thousand firm, it’s in excellent shape.
BUYER: Mmmm doesn’t have a moonroof though…
NBA STAR: This model never had a moonroof.
BUYER: I really wanted one with a moonroof. I don’t really want to pay full price if it doesn’t have one.
SANDRA: ...This model didn’t come with one. It wasn’t even an option.
NBA STAR: This guy is haggling over an option that never existed.
BUYER: Yeah, but I was hoping to find one with a moonroof.
SANDRA: Well, you won’t, unless someone cut a hole in the roof of their car.
BUYER: If you do that I might go up a hundred.
NBA STAR: This guy is the worst. And there are thousands more just like him out there. Sandra needs to use Vroom to sell her car.
The NBA Star sets a pick blocking the buyer from following Sandra and he wanders off. Sandra opens the Vroom app on her phone, and when she looks up, the annoying buyer is gone and the car is being taken away on a Vroom truck. She has a check in hand.
SANDRA. Whoa. That was easy.
VO: Vroom. Never deal with painful payments again
NBA STAR: If Sandra can do it, so can you.