Filed under: Cult of Mac, Odds and ends, Apple, Stocking Stuffers
Justin Long not saying so long?
If Justin Long has been ditched from the Get a Mac campaign, no one told him. At the very least he's sticking around for Apple's holiday spots, According to his agent, David Guillod, who gave a statement to Radar, as well as Long's own website, as MacRumors points out. After that, your guess is as good as mine.On his fan site, Justin says (at the bottom of a long, rambling forum post with very little "white space," which makes me crazy!) the following about the reports of his Apple demise:
"as for the mac commercials, i don't know where that report came from that said i wasn't going to do anymore - i literally setting my alarm right now to wake up for a mac shoot tomorrow - if i'm not doing anymore i guess i can sleep in on my day off - that'd be nice. but yeah, we're doing some holiday spots now which i think will be pretty funny - not nearly funny enough to justifiy the money they're paying me though, i'll be honest with you. as for the future, i really don't know what i'm going to do - i'm surprised, frankly, that the campaign hasn't become tired and they've just ended it on their own - but i try to live as much in the present as i can considering the future doesn't exist, i'm not really sure. they're easy to do, i love john (the pc guy) and working with him is so effortless and fun that i definitely wouldn't rule out doing some more - and, as i said, they pay us nicely. i don't know - all of this is such unchartered territory for me that i'm just kind of holding on to my seat and hope i don't fall off anytime soon. "
Thanks for clearing that up, J-Long. I know we'll all sleep better now knowing that you'll be continuing to annoy us for at least one more month.
Thanks to everyone who sent this in!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Fire "J-Long" NOW. said 6:40PM on 11-13-2006
Boy, if I didnt hate him before... I certainly hate him now after reading that "Statement" of his.
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Anatoli Papirovski said 6:40PM on 11-13-2006
"I know we'll all sleep better now knowing that you'll be continuing to annoy us for at least one more month."
More bitching, eh? First we had the post about Mail today, now it's this. Has this become an The Unofficial Bitchin' Weblog?
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Thayne Miller said 6:45PM on 11-13-2006
I agree with Anatoli. Enough with the negativity!! It's making TUAW sound like a bunch of arrogant pricks. Ironically, isn't that the image you claim Justin portrays of mac-heads?
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Max said 6:58PM on 11-13-2006
Good to know he's paid nicely! Isn't it strange he mentioned that...twice?
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Patrick said 7:04PM on 11-13-2006
"I know we'll all sleep better now knowing that you'll be continuing to annoy us for at least one more month." Why do you have to be so rude? This is a young guy living his life and trying to pay the bills. You should try instead to focus your attention on getting some news for your readers as part of your job. I for one would appreciate it.
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Chris said 7:28PM on 11-13-2006
What the hell is your problem Laurie? Everytime I read a crappy bitchy rant the author is always you. I've never said to myself "oh god, who wrote this?" to anyone else but your posts.
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Mark said 8:28PM on 11-13-2006
Anyone know when he'll get busted for weed like the Dell kid? Wait...since Mac might as well be a designer computer, it might as well be a designer drug. :) I personally enjoy these commercials. Although I have to say that the recent 3 weren't as funny as the previous ones.
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Query said 9:31PM on 11-13-2006
The page is down, now.
And I agree. You don't need to be rude about it, Laurie.
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Biff Buffington said 9:41PM on 11-13-2006
Jesus, get over yourselves, guys. This post was spot-on and pretty damn funny, too. I'm pretty sure Laurie can't hurt Annoying Mac Guy's feelings too much ... remember how much he's getting paid. You do remember, right? Since he mentioned it TWICE!
On another note, I'd guess Mr. Annoying's publicist is currently seeking work. She's the pinhead who last week said this guy was moving away from the Apple ads because he "is a movie star."
Man, speaking of funny ...
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Richard said 9:42PM on 11-13-2006
I like the guy and I am glad he is doing more ads.
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Shane said 11:22PM on 11-13-2006
Yeah, I think the guy's great in the ad's. I'd really prefer more cleverness and less negativity in TUAW post's as well.
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thomas said 11:43PM on 11-13-2006
I know we'll all sleep better once we know when you and your bitchy posts will be gone from TUAW.
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samfish said 12:22AM on 11-14-2006
You know, now that I think about it, he'd make a really good Peter Parker if Tobey Maguire really does decide to bail on Spider-Man 4.
...Not as good a choice as Topher Grace, of course...but he's playing Eddie Brock/Venom.
Such a waste!
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Gyve Safavi said 3:13AM on 11-14-2006
you gotta love the photo...killer!
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JoeBob said 6:43AM on 11-14-2006
I enjoyed the ads. My wife and most of our friends thought they were a hoot. But then again we've been enjoying our Macs while the PC's and networks shut down routinely for the problem of the month. And I agree that the bitchy attitude of the writer does not paint her in a positive light.
Justin's poor writing skills certainly don't leave a good impression either. His website is filled with his endless prattle. Jeez Justin...I liked you better before I tried reading what is going on in your head (or not going on).
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The Terminator said 7:36AM on 11-14-2006
Get a life you geeks - iMacs and PC's are not people. I'm a Mac I'm hip and cool - yeah right, so why is it that most of the people that use Macs look like geeks or unabombers. I know I wouldn't want to buy a piece of hardware associated with that no talent loser. I can't believe there are 35 responses to an advertisment? - do you not have anything interesting to comment on like - how to topple Microsofts strangle hold on the computer market?
Get a life - and no I don't want to know that your Mac does everything including making you breakfast in the morning or looks ssooooo good. What are you a chick??
There is a reason the PC market share is so big.
Windows is so insecure nah nah nah....Windows is as secure as any other OS - its market share is much greater than OSX so more holes are going to be found -What do you expect??. I can't wait until OSX gets a bigger market share and numerous holes are pointed out - maybe then you'll all see the sun doesn't shine out of Apples ass, neither does it shine out of Microsoft's. Maybe then you Mac fanatics (I mean fans) will stop telling everyone Macs are so friggin great - I don't tell you my PC is the s**t do I??
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The Terminator said 7:50AM on 11-14-2006
By the way - JoeBob maybe you should think about getting a new IT admin in your organisation if you are describing your company because it sounds like he's a dummy. Or those people that are using PC's or designing those networks you've described are dummies. Rocket science is not involved when securing windows...
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Grover said 11:03AM on 11-14-2006
@The Terminator
"Maybe then you Mac fanatics (I mean fans) will stop telling everyone Macs are so friggin great - I don't tell you my PC is the s**t do I??"
Ummm...I know you're trolling and all, but isn't this exactly what you just did?
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marc said 11:47AM on 11-14-2006
i do not know what is worse... laurie's bitchy, sarcastic posts or david chartier's idiotic and ill-informed ones. TUAW is rapidly becoming a joke of bad personalities making bad posts. Laurie, take some Midol before you post, and David, there is no helping you, you are just an ignorant moron.
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Dave said 12:39PM on 11-14-2006
He doesn't annoy me one bit. Speak for yourself.
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