Thass wight... Kwedit.
Gawer ’round, gawer ’round, kiddie widdies… have I got somefing fo’ you. Not a stowy wike your vewy bad dwunk Uncle Sean might tell, but a vewy big suwpwise…
A CREDIT CARD!
…er, I mean…
KWEDIT!
And what’s Kwedit, you might be asking, hence the what at the start of the sentence and the question mark at the end? Well, howzabout I let Uncle Stephen tell you all about it. Uncle Stephen?
Vodpod videos no longer available.When these commercials first came out, I loved them. I’ve worked in IT for almost ten years, and the lowest moment for me was the release of Windows Vista.
Which is why the Mac Vs. PC commercials always made me smile – they had a point. In reality, if I had to deal with issues involving Vista any more than I did, I would have switched to Apple’s operating system (and more expensive equipment) in a heartbeat.
But now, with the release of Windows 7, which is getting reviewed way higher than its predecessor, are these commercials going to be obsolete:
Will they be like The Daily Show with John Stewart in a post-Bush era? (Still funny, but not as biting…) Or will Windows 7 fail to impress in the long run, thus providing continual fodder for the mocking ads?
I think the jump ship mentality that Vista wrought has come to an end, and I have had limited interaction with 7 so far. I have another friend that works at a different level of IT than I do, and he claims to love it (out of 700 pc’s he’s worked on at clients, less than 2% used Vista… or at least thereabout).
So is the campaign still ripe with humor? Or has something that was The Shit become Just Shitty? I’m inclined to think Apple’s advertising team needs to go back to the drawing board or whatever high-end technology they have, despite how funny I think John Hodgman is, or how funny Justin Long arguably may be.
One question remains though. How did they count to Windows 7?
By my count:
But Windows 3.1 was Version Three-Point-One. And what about this Windows 2 that’s mentioned in the commercial above? That’s either Just Shitty writing, or it’s flat-out Just Shitty.
Exhibit "Ay... how you doin'?"
Don’t judge me on this short list of unexplainable crushes… unless you’re Judge Marilyn Milian, of course. As the host of People’s Court, Judge Milian hands out her decisions with a sexy rasp (and huge gold hoop earrings) every weekday, and I get weak in the knees. Whenever I catch her show, I can’t catch my breath. It’s not uncommon for me to wonder what she’s wearing under that robe… (I’m thinking, three-piece pantsuit… you?)
CRUSH #2
McCain is McAble (I don't know what that's meant to imply... I'm still in pun mode)
As it was with the political-minded girls in high school (and especially college), Meghan McCain is no exception to the “she’s cute but kinda annoying” rule. Whether on Fox News or the Colbert Report, unless you’re really interested in her viewpoints, I have a crush on her more because she’s so passionate about “things” that I guess are kinda important, than because of what her stances are on said “things.” Sexist? Probably. But unless Meghan’s telling me why (or a comely coed, for that matter), I’m not listening. Well, I’m not listening either way, at least for some, I’d pretend.
CRUSH #3
As for my crush on Kseniya Simonova… I still don’t know much about her other than this video. Perhaps the performance is explanation enough:
CRUSH #4
Pink hair is so 2000-late, but Erin still works it well.
I have no excuse for my crush on Erin Esurance, but be warned: do not Google Image her with SafeSearch off.
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