1980
The Soap Opera Crossover

Ad directors increasingly borrowed from television dramas to sell household products.

Jed cast an actual soap opera cast in a dish soap ad. Half the audience thought it was a wedding episode. The twist ending involved a sponge. He considered it his most grounded work.

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