In the 42-second ad for ESPN's 'SportsCenter', Left Shark and Right Shark can be seen driving to work on a snowy day.
- Feb 11, 2015
AceShowbiz - Days after Katy Perry's Super Bowl sharks made a guest appearance on "Late Late Show", ESPN releases a commercial featuring the cute sharks for its sports network "SportsCenter". The 42-second advert is titled "This Is SportsCenter - Sharks."
The commercial begins with Left Shark and Right Shark driving to work on a snowy day after performing at the Super Bowl with Katy. The two lovable dancing sea creatures then enter their office and take off their shark head masks, revealing themselves as "SportsCenter" anchors John Anderson and Bram Weinstein.
"I can't believe they sent us down there to work," John tells Bram. "Me either," Bram replies, before adding, "Hey, I wasn't too out of sync, was I?" John then responds, "No, and if you were, I bet nobody even noticed."
The video is captioned with, "Halftime is over and it's time for the sharks to go back to work. Shark costumes designed by Katy Perry, Baz Halpin and Marina Toybina."
Katy's Super Bowl sharks have gone viral on internet since their halftime performance. Recently, an Orlando resident named Fernando Sosa got into a legal trouble after selling Left Shark figurines online. The "Roar" hitmaker's lawyer sent Fernando a cease and decist letter, demanding that he should stop selling the figurines.
However, Fernando has now hired a lawyer to battle against Katy. He wrote in a blog post on Monday, February 9, "Usually when it comes to small business owners, when the lawyers come after you the outcome is usually pretty predictable. Lawyer sends you a threatening letter and in fear of legal action you do whatever the lawyer tells you to do. I decided to finally take a stand and break the usual cycle of rolling over or giving into legal threats."
According to CNN, Fernando's reps claim that the sharks cannot be copyrighted and NFL may have had more control over the halftime show more than the "Dark Horse" songstress. "Going ahead with these very dubious copyright claims will not benefit Katy Perry," Fernando's lawyer Chris Sprigman wrote in a letter sent to Katy's legal team. Fernando allegedly will continue to sell the figurines for the time being.
