Apple Mac/PC Political Parody: Better (Democrat/Republican I)

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First in a series of 12 Political Parodies of the Apple Mac/PC ads ("Get A Mac") originally starring John Hodgman as PC and Justin Long as Mac. These commercial parodies were created in 2006 during the mid-term Congressional Campaign which saw the US House of Representatives and the US Senate switch over from Republican control to Democratic majorities. They also continue into the beginnings of the US Presidential election of 2008 where we see the beginning of Sen. Barack Obama's rise to the top tier of Presidential candidates, alongside John Edwards and Hilary Clinton.
Starring Aaron Sjoholm and Shawn Girvan.
Directed by Jeff Hadick. Written and Produced by John T. Kramer.
The Get a Mac (2006--2009[1]) campaign was a television advertising campaign created for Apple Inc. by TBWA\Media Arts Lab, the company's advertising agency. Shown in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Japan, the ads in the campaign have become easily recognizable because each ad follows a standard simple template: against a minimalist all-white background, a man dressed in casual clothes introduces himself as a Mac ("Hello, I'm a Mac."), while a man in a more formal suit-and-tie combination introduces himself as a Windows personal computer ("And I'm a PC."). The two then act out a brief vignette in which the capabilities and attributes of Mac and PC are compared, with PC—characterized as formal and somewhat polite, though stuffy and overly concerned with work—often being frustrated by the more laid-back Mac's abilities. The older ones shifted focus away from comparing features of the computer systems to a more general comparison. The even later ones, however, mainly concerned Windows 7.

The original American ads star actor Justin Long as the Mac and author and humorist John Hodgman as the non-Mac PC, and are directed by Phil Morrison. The American ads also air on Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand television,[citation needed] and at least 24 of them were dubbed into Spanish, French, German, and Italian. The British campaign stars comedic duo Robert Webb as Mac and David Mitchell as PC while the Japanese campaign features the comedic duo Rahmens. Although several of the British and Japanese ads originated in the American campaign, they are generally slightly altered to suit local sensibilities. Both the British and Japanese campaigns also feature several original ads not seen in the American campaign.

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[LastElement]

Both sides are just as fucking stupid. we had a clown before, and we have one now

[tikiedit]

For the record: Integration was accomplished by Eisenhower & The EPA and Affirmative Action was established by Richard Nixon.

[ANZUS777]

@AGreasedUpFatty

Lincon fought primarily to preserve the Union. Besides that, are you trying to imply that the modern Republican party is the same as that of the 1860s?

[ANZUS777]

@tikiedit

I think you mean the '60s when the Dixiecrats left the Dems for the Republicans.

[ANZUS777]

@tikiedit A pretty sweeping generalization me thinks, with inaccuracies to be sure.

[Jean0987654321]

@LastElement This

[ss2thepenney]

@spiderpig85 The government shouldn't be involved in it at all in the first place.

[100198videos]

stop fighting and accept what people are. you certainly aren't going to make someone think you're right when your saying they are such horrible things on the internet. it really makes you look foolish. it goes on from generations. people tend to be what their parents were. and that kind of loyalty won't be broken by some dude on the youtube.

[tikiedit]

@spiderpig85 ??? I'm sorry but you're incorrect. The Democrats had at one time a strong conservative contingent. Over time the bolshevik faction took over the party. So those conservatives switched to the Republican party. Remember the big shift during the 1990's?

[spiderpig85]

@morgan6196 Democrats are blocked in every vote by Republicans when they try to fix the shit healthcare system.

[spiderpig85]

@tikiedit In the late 60's Republicans flipped sides. What you see today is not the way it always was, nor is supposed to be.