Verizon, Formerly Menace Mobile (opens in new tab)

Verizon has sprung for a new ad campaign set in the Austin Powers world, with four stars from the cast — Mike Myers, of course, as Dr\. Evil; Rob Lowe as Number Two \(Robert Wagner is alive but is 96\); Seth Green as Evil’s son Scott, and Mindy Sterling as Frau Farbissina — and director Jay Roach\. The premise of the two-minute spot is that Dr\. Evil is proposing “Menace Mobile”, a wireless carrier with confusing pricing and plans\. Scott pooh-poohs the idea on the grounds that “This isn’t ev...