Switch ads with celebrities (and normalos) now official
<a href="http://www.apple.com/switch/ads/" target="_blank">http://www.apple.com/switch/ads/</a>
featuring Tony Hawk, DJ Qbert, Kelly Slater, Richard Ziskin and Gianni Jacklone.
[ 10-04-2002: Message edited by: Defiant ]</p>
featuring Tony Hawk, DJ Qbert, Kelly Slater, Richard Ziskin and Gianni Jacklone.
[ 10-04-2002: Message edited by: Defiant ]</p>
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<strong>Are they actually celebriities? The only one I've ever heard of is Tony Hawk.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Its sad that in this day and age there are still some people who have never heard of DJ QBert.
<strong>Its sad that in this day and age there are still some people who have never heard of DJ QBert.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I <a href="http://www.tripletsandus.com/80s/80s_games/qbert.htm" target="_blank">have</a>!
[ 10-03-2002: Message edited by: Belle ]</p>
That one is right up there with the stoned girl...
The two normal people they added are more effective than Tony and Kelly. At least they don't look jet-lagged, coffee-deprived and jaded.
YEAH BABY!!!
Kelly Slater is just a laid back surfer guy anyway. QBert says "scratch" a thousand times in 30 seconds, and then we get to hear the scratching, just in case we had forgotten what it sounds like to screw with a record. Tony Hawk was good I thought, except he fed a pet peeve of mine--people who don't inflect their speech correctly. "I'm Tony Hawk, and I'm a professional skateboarder?"
[ 10-04-2002: Message edited by: pusherman ]</p>
:eek:
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Its sad that in this day and age there are still some people who have never heard of DJ QBert.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Why? You've probably never heard of Dream Theater. It's another semi-obscure musical act which a dedicated fan base, but it's still NOT MAINSTREAM. Why is it sad? Why is "scratch-djing" a form of art that NEEDS to be noticed in this day and age?
Sorry, I just found your tone of voice a bit offensive to everyone out there who has an opinion.
"So my agent suggested I call Apple about doing a Switch ad and they actually asked me if I really made the switch, which I hadn't. I said I'd give it a whirl and bought an iMac for the hell of it. Surprise, within a week I was hooked. Yeah, I switched because of a Switch ad...isn't that nuts? My iMac, it just works. <optional: I love the widescreen for watching all the incredible movies I star in.> Everything just makes more sense. If my Mac were a movie, my Windows PC is the sequel that should have never been made. ... I'm <Harrison Ford|Tom Cruise|Brad Pitt|Natalie Portman|Charlize Theron|whoever> and people worship me."
I originally posted this in an <a href="http://arstechnica.infopop.net/OpenTopic/page?q=Y&a=tpc&s=50009562&f=8300945231&m=408095153 5&p=1" target="_blank">Ars Forum thread</a> where I put in my two cents about the Tony Hawk, Kelly Slater and DJ QBert ads. The 'celebrity' ad selection just seems too focused on grabbing the tragically hip kids.
[ 10-06-2002: Message edited by: Eugene ]</p>
<strong>Who here has every Apple Switch Ad downloaded??? Just wondering... I just recently went though and downloaded all of them it took a little time, but it was worth it. They are a good edition to my Apple Movie Collection.</strong><hr></blockquote>This is just weird. I bought a tivo so I woulnd't have to watch commercials. Why would you collect advertisements? I've watched that fish ad with the bear-attacking-man, and some crazy foreign ads, but I don't archive them.
Oh, and it's spelled addition.