Apple has posted a special Christmas flavored Get A Mac ad. This ad, as you can see above, features a stop motion-esque (I'm going to assume that they are actually CGI) PC, Mac, and Santa singing a little Christmas carol for you. PC makes sure to let you know to never buy a Mac, or else Santa might not like you.
Thanks, Matthew.
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12-13-2007 @ 7:04PM
geochick said...
What a stitch! I love the little animated Mac & PC guys although PC looks like he had a bit too much pie at Thanksgiving.
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12-13-2007 @ 7:20PM
Jeff Brown said...
Outside of the concept of animated Mac & PC, kind of another dud(no real joke). I really like these ads, but there hasn't been a really good one since "Choose a Vista". "Didn't you make this?" , "You are coming to a sad realization, allow or deny?" "the other half of me is in another box" - THAT was some great stuff. How about one where PC is fighting himself(dressed as and acting like Mac) over Office 2008(Mac stands in the middle listening, pulls out iWork...)?
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12-13-2007 @ 7:23PM
makesense said...
but, the santa ad never says or suggests to buy a mac, yea I know that because the pc is fat, and apple thinks fat people are scum, that the fat pc is not to be trusted; but still, ad should say something good about a mac other than it is not fat
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12-13-2007 @ 7:33PM
YodaMac said...
I'm pretty sure that Santa's singing voice is non-other than SJ Himself... really... I'm positive...
(p.s. I guess Santa is scum according to #3... obsess much?)
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12-13-2007 @ 9:43PM
π said...
That would work if not for that Santa doesn't say anything... Other than blowing on a harmonica(?)...
12-13-2007 @ 9:45PM
π said...
Scratch that... I don't think i sounds like him anyway though...
12-13-2007 @ 7:41PM
makesense said...
looking for and finding SJ in santa's voice is not obsessing? you could be right, I am just not getting enough cues, but I can see it now, ad man says,,,excuse me sir, mr chairman, or steve or....., let's do another take
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12-13-2007 @ 8:28PM
Greg G said...
Santa should have been more angry at PC =P
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12-13-2007 @ 8:30PM
hljboss said...
I don't believe that's CGI. It's superb if it is, and doing CGI that good would probably be a lot more work than simply animating the dolls, given the limited motion.
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12-13-2007 @ 8:53PM
Marc said...
Ugh why CG?
It's called stopmotion. You've seen Tim Burtons "Nightmare before
christmas" or "Corpse Bride", right? No CG, all stopmotion.
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12-14-2007 @ 12:08PM
John Meche said...
Actually both of those films employ CG smoothing methods for in between frames.
12-13-2007 @ 9:48PM
Ian Creelman said...
Folks, this is a play on the old Christmas special from the '80 (maybe even late '70) where Rudolf, Santa, some weird rock climbing guy and the abominable snowman were shot in cheesy, stop motion.
I am sure it was cutting edge at the time but it ran every year at christmas for years and got pretty stale after a decade or so.
I guess you have to be in your 30's to get it. Still a funny ad.
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12-13-2007 @ 10:19PM
Liquidmark said...
"I guess you have to be in your 30's to get it."
Now I feel old...
My happiest childhood memories were watching those specials.
12-14-2007 @ 12:27PM
Rhywun said...
The Rankin & Bass specials have never gotten "stale", and never will.
12-14-2007 @ 1:51PM
DistortedLoop said...
Yes, clearly a "rip off" of that old holiday special. The copyrights must have just expired on them or something, because there's another ad campaign (Aflack Insurance?) using the reindeer from the show that just started airing recently.
Kind of annoying to see warm childhood memories bastardized and commercialized for someone else's profit. At least the Mac ad's not nearly as annoying as the Aflack one.
12-13-2007 @ 10:49PM
Scoo said...
A bit older than that Ian, try 1964! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rankin_Bass#Rudolph
Great ad, love when Hodgman goes "Oooooooh, c'mon, Ohhh"
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12-14-2007 @ 10:28AM
Ian Creelman said...
Wow, I didn't think it went back that far. Very cool that you were able to find the date and director/history on Rankin-Bass :) and I forgot about the little dentist kid. Weird but definitely sentimental.
It really is amazing what GE has had their hands in over the years.
I do love the line about "he sees you when you're in sleep mode". A nod to computer nerds everywhere. So funny.
12-13-2007 @ 11:17PM
Karim said...
This was cute. All it needed was Santa riding a wireless Mighty Mouse through the snow a la the Norelco electric razor.
Those of you who find Rankin-Bass parodies nostalgic should also check out the AFLAC commercial featuring Rudolph:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJbX0oPWyxQ
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12-14-2007 @ 9:47AM
Steve said...
The Office Max Rubberband Man Xmas ad was also spot on:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N-Gm4SGUYE
12-14-2007 @ 12:07AM
Alan said...
Definitely not 3D. The guys at Laika are really good at doing really smooth Stop-motion.
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