Kudos to DirecTV for their funny new ads which recreate and re-edit scenes from well-known movies. In one, Bill Paxton is telling Helen Hunt about the benefits of DirecTV even while a tornado is throwing cattle past their truck. But my favorite is the one in which teacher Ben Stein, after calling roll (“Bueller … Bueller … Bueller … Bueller …..”), speculates that perhaps his truant student is home watching the exciting variety of programs available on DirecTV.

Funny and effective.