To prove the speed of VW cars, Deutsch asks people who know the meaning of “fast” to co-star in their latest TV spots. Four YouTube sensations—a Rubik’s Cube wizard, a beatboxer, a speed reader, and a lightning-finger guitarist—accompany Eric Norris (son of Chuck) around a race track, aiming to complete tasks in their various skill sets before the VW cars complete a lap.

Granted, it’s far easier for a car to get around a track than for a vulnerable human to read the Gettysburg address while in said screeching, speeding car. The race might not have been very fair. But, these spots are still fun, and the quickness of the VWs is nothing to scoff at. Also, can we pause for a second to appreciate “speed cuber” Anthony Brooks, who can solve a Rubik’s cube with one hand (above)?! I can’t even look at a Rubik’s cube, knowing that as soon as I touch it I will be met with total frustration and humiliation.

Deutsch did well by choosing Internet-famous individuals with awesome, unusual talents. Their presence gives us the impression that VW cars aren’t just fast, they’re original and inventive, too.

Credits and more spots from the campaign after the jump.

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McCann NY has unveiled what the agency’s calling the Safe Breath Alliance, a fictitious organization that features Marlon Wayans as its spokesperson and promotes the agency’s ongoing “Practice Safe Breath” movement

Apparently, Wayans has always been considered as a “ladies’ man” (we thought that role was reserved for Shawn, or was it Keenan?), therefore making him an expert in having good breath. In this piece, Marlon is not encouraging you not to breathe; he just wants the world to breathe safely by chewing on some Dentyne and join the alliance.

What is this alliance really all about? I don’t even think McCann knows yet. Additional content will be rolled out online that will continue to explain the mission of the SBA and encourage people to join. Visit the Facebook page and join the alliance or at least get the guy in your office with that yuck mouth to sign up. Peep agency credits after the jump.

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