I’m a bit slow with this, but David Mitchell and Robert Webb of Peep Show fame (That Mitchell and Webb Sound is great also, but That Mitchell and Webb Look is not so good) are the front men for the new Apple UK Get a Mac ads.

These ads are essentially re-workings of the original US ads with a more British ‘bent’ and they work pretty well in my opinion. David Mitchell makes a great PC but I’m not so sure about Robert Webb as the Mac, maybe he needs a revised wardrobe - more casual and ‘slacker’. I look forward to some Peep Show style “what I’m really thinking of you” ads - but I doubt they’ll do them.

4 comments

Bob · Posted 1 year, 9 months ago · subscribed to comments Quote

What do you mean, saying more British ‘bent’?
Matthew · Posted 1 year, 9 months ago Quote

Bent;

noun: an artistic bent - inclination, leaning, tendency; talent, gift, flair, aptitude, facility, skill, capability, capacity; predisposition, disposition, instinct, orientation, predilection, proclivity, propensity.
PHRASES bent on - he’s bent on going to law school, intent on, determined on, set on, insistent on, resolved on, hell-bent on; committed to, single-minded about, obsessed with, fanatical about, fixated on.
Jim Acroyde · Posted 1 year, 9 months ago Quote

I don’t like this ad. Too obvious and very annoying
Martin · Posted 1 year, 9 months ago · subscribed to comments Quote

Thanks for pointing out these new ads, well, “newish”.

Quite fun to see that two of them had a totally different story than any of the original ones.

Oh, and if you haven`t yet seen the spoofs, have a look here:
http://modifoo.com/2006/11/22/refurbished-apple-ads.html