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Several TUAW readers have written in to let us know that the UK just debuted its own "Get a Mac" adverts, starring Peep Show comedy act Mitchell and Webb as Mac and PC. After the US and Japanese offerings, these UK ads have a distinctly British feel to them. Some videos will feel familiar and are basically re-do's of the original US ads; others are brand new to the UK market. Fantastic!
Thanks everyone who wrote in.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
John Russell said 8:30PM on 1-28-2007
The new ones are much better than the old; no doubt about that.
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Ross said 8:32PM on 1-28-2007
I was one of those people. Woo!
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john russell said 8:33PM on 1-28-2007
PS: The link is broken. Looks like you typed it wrong.
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Charles said 9:23PM on 1-28-2007
OMG those are bad, the worst of any international versions.
"Hello, I'm a Yob. And I'm a Double-chin."
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Jonathan Allen said 9:57PM on 1-28-2007
pretty lame. I really like the US versions. I don't think it was the actors so much as the content.
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David said 10:03PM on 1-28-2007
Mitchell and Webb are the funniest double team ever (thats numberwang for all the cool kids who watch that Mitchell and Webb look)
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stephen p. said 10:25PM on 1-28-2007
mark and jez do mac adverts! brilliant! "peep show" is one of the funniest shows ever watch it on BBC America in the the US and you'll understand why these ads are fantastic.
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Daniel said 11:11PM on 1-28-2007
Why are British people so un-funny?
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LJD said 11:25PM on 1-28-2007
Hey! Brittish people are funny, we're just a little... slow. Not in a mental way, but in a 'Why has it taken, what, a YEAR after the U.S. before we got any new Mac adverts?" kinda way. The way things are going, we should be getting TV shows sometime in 2008 and Feature length Movies around about, when, the 33rd Century? That sounds about right.
I think the Mitchel and Webb ads ARE good, bearing in mind that most people who are going to see them won't have seen the origional ones, so the jokes will be as old as they may seem now.
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LJD said 11:40PM on 1-28-2007
WON'T be as old as they seem now. Dammit.
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Kevin said 11:35PM on 1-28-2007
Amazingly, the PC is the friendlier of the two yet again.
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Matthew Sandoval said 11:52PM on 1-28-2007
"tentacle" and "pie chart" = awesome.
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Quix said 11:57PM on 1-28-2007
My vote would have been for Ricky Gervais (Mac) and Martin Freeman (Mac) from the original BBC The Office.
That would have been a brilliant combo.
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Silver said 11:58PM on 1-28-2007
Geez, what is my problem tonight?
I meant Ricy Gervais (PC) and Martin Freeman (Mac).
Need...sleep...
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Kane said 1:02AM on 1-29-2007
"Fantastic!" Hmm... is someone a Who fan?
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L said 5:31AM on 1-29-2007
I think these are great, and work a lot better than the American ones simply because Mitchell and Webb are essentially playing characters they've already established with Peep Show. Having seen and loved Peep Show I, and most everyone else I know that watch it, already have a dislike for Mitchell's character (PC) and a like for Webb's (Mac) before the advert even starts.
Of course, if you haven't seen Peep Show and don't know who they are then I think these fall as flat as the American ones.
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Damer said 3:54AM on 1-29-2007
These fail in the same way the US ones do: the PC smiles more than the Mac. It's basic sales. No one likes a grump. If you smile more, people will be happier dealing with you (although not if you over-do it). People like nice people. Macs are nice. They're DAMN NICE. So why are the US and UK anthropomorphisms of a Mac sour jerks?
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Martin Sketchley said 4:01AM on 1-29-2007
I think the PC guy (Mitchell) is pretty on the button, but Webb isn't so good as the Mac guy. I'd say they've tried to remove the "smugness" that was criticised by many in relation to the US ads, and the Pie Chart ad has been well tweaked to be a little more English, but I think I prefer the US ads. Webb just isn't quite *cool* enough to be Mac.
Interesting comments from Damer. I felt like the US Mac guy; I don't feel like the UK Mac guy. (But having said that, I don't smile much...)
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scott said 4:48AM on 1-29-2007
"Why are British people so un-funny?"
we are still on comedy rations after the war.
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Gav said 4:57AM on 1-29-2007
"Why are British people so un-funny?"
Yeah, because Britain is famous for not producing any comedy.
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