A few of you (meaning anyone who is not Senator Stevens) may be familiar with this duo:
But how many of you have seen these geeky guys:
Or these two?
[Clicking the images takes you to a different version of the “pie chart” ad.�� It’s so worth the downtime. ]
Even if we beat them in a couple of wars (they did burn the White House down–we’ll give them that), in the humor department, the Brits kick our butts.
The French, Spanish and German ones are just voiceovers of the original U.S. version (the Deutsch is just for you, Miko), but they all make us English speakers sound verrrry slooooow.
Apple came up with a few commercials specific to Japan and the UK. They are entertaining (and, if you need an excuse, they provide valuable cultural insights) Check out the Japanese site and the British ads. There’s even a ‘tentacle’ commercial (ironically, not from Japan).
(hat tip to Joe for the UK ad)
3 responses so far ↓
1 Miko // Jan 30, 2007 at 9:11 am
“tomfoolery”
2 nee // Jan 30, 2007 at 3:06 pm
Well, many of our good sitcoms started off there such as The Office.
Canada rules, though, for producing kick arse comedians.
3 Elise // Jan 30, 2007 at 11:41 pm
LOL. Thanks for the links.
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