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Nov 25, 2002, 06:30 PM
 
Will Ferrell as St. Nick.

http://www.apple.com/switch/ads/will/



I found the link at Apple Insider's forum, attribute: Dogcow, I believe--wanted to avoid plagiarism...
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Nov 25, 2002, 06:45 PM
 
That right there is why I love Apple so much.
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Nov 25, 2002, 06:51 PM
 
will ferrell was in one at MMNY this summer also so they have already parodied them once

see it here
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Nov 25, 2002, 06:52 PM
 
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Nov 25, 2002, 06:55 PM
 
The iPod one made me laugh!! The other was good to, but I couldn't hear the last word he said. S something...

Apple cut him short.
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Nov 25, 2002, 06:58 PM
 
Originally posted by voodoo:
The iPod one made me laugh!! The other was good to, but I couldn't hear the last word he said. S something...

Apple cut him short.
I had the same problem with the first video. I thought it was the beer but I guess not.

BTW : The first video ended with "switcher"
     
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Nov 25, 2002, 06:58 PM
 
His MWNY ad was far greater
     
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Nov 25, 2002, 07:03 PM
 
LMAO! Those are great! I hope they air those on TV. I could watch Will Farrell watching paint dry and laugh myself to tears. That guy is just plain funny!
     
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Nov 25, 2002, 07:08 PM
 
The second one about the iPod might air, but the first one has "ass" in it. Might not sit well with middle-America; whereas, Victoria's Secret ads are wholesome fun.
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Nov 25, 2002, 07:12 PM
 
I was siked when I thought they were gonna air the porn actor one...these don't do much for me...come on add the porn actor one!! even if it is just for saternite live comercials or mtv...

and since they are going for celebs now there are so many celebs that are mac fanatics....hmmm pamela anderson...Moby would do one in a second...

let's see I would like to see...

The dell dude doing a switch ad...
the girl from 24 elisha somthing she is hot...
Ron Jeremy
Austin Powers...
Bill Gates...ok that is the least reasonable
spiderman
the characters from monsters inc
Howard Stern
a cute lil kid..wouldbe funny..:im nathen and im a toddler...(ok maybe not that lil)
a monkey (with translation text)

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Nov 25, 2002, 08:19 PM
 


now i attach those to some emails and that's it for this years xmas cards!!!
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Nov 25, 2002, 08:26 PM
 
I think he's a comic genius, but that's just me I suppose...

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Nov 25, 2002, 08:35 PM
 
Originally posted by iDriveX:
I think he's a comic genius, but that's just me I suppose...
I wouldn't say a comic genius, but he's pretty damn funny.

Score yet another for Apple!
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Nov 25, 2002, 08:54 PM
 
"Santa got hit with a lawsuit. I got my ass handed to me."
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Nov 25, 2002, 09:05 PM
 
Originally posted by Manifest:
"Santa got hit with a lawsuit. I got my ass handed to me."
Apple rules so much.
Meanwhile, the Wintel world has a blue fool flying around like a butterfly (the sort of thing is normal in Greenwich Village, but not in ISP advertisements ) and that dork.. err, dude.
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Nov 25, 2002, 09:33 PM
 
will ferrell is funny. i liked the ipod one better.
     
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Nov 25, 2002, 11:11 PM
 
Tsk tsk...

First a porn star... now santa? What are we teaching our children? THINK OF THE CHILDREN!
     
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Nov 25, 2002, 11:29 PM
 
iPod one is the funniest ... "and 20 doobie brothers". Gawd, that line drew the perfect image of a stoned Santa blazing across the land with a trail of smoke behind him.
     
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Nov 25, 2002, 11:34 PM
 
Yeah, I cracked up listening to the iPod one ... so cool. Only Apple would post that, which is why we love 'em.

So I guess I've been living in a cave lately or something -- what was the porn star switch movie? Is it available someplace?
     
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Nov 25, 2002, 11:57 PM
 
Originally posted by Montanan:
Yeah, I cracked up listening to the iPod one ... so cool. Only Apple would post that, which is why we love 'em.

So I guess I've been living in a cave lately or something -- what was the porn star switch movie? Is it available someplace?
here ya go ... (directory of parodies)
switch directory .. contains the "porn actor" one

some of 'em aren't so funny .. my favorite is the Kristofer Straub one. The guy has great timing and delivery.
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Nov 26, 2002, 12:13 AM
 
They should have a Bill Gates one too
     
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Nov 26, 2002, 12:14 AM
 
Originally posted by Krusty:


here ya go ... (directory of parodies)
switch directory .. contains the "porn actor" one

some of 'em aren't so funny .. my favorite is the Kristofer Straub one. The guy has great timing and delivery.
Hey, thanks, Krusty ...

I guess we do live in caves up here in Montana ...
     
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Nov 26, 2002, 12:24 AM
 
Originally posted by brien:
Tsk tsk...

First a porn star... now santa? What are we teaching our children? THINK OF THE CHILDREN!
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Nov 27, 2002, 03:31 AM
 
Originally posted by suhail:
They should have a Bill Gates one too
Maybe if we keep saying this 50 more times it will suddenly be funny.

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LOL!
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