Dude from Dell ads steps back for now

[Utterman]

From Startribune

Steven, the blond-haired character who has shilled for Dell Computer Corp. the past two years, is moving aside -- at least temporarily -- at what may be the height of his popularity....


...Branding expert Jeff Lotman of Global Icons in Los Angeles believes the slogan "Dude, you're getting a Dell" is more important to Dell than the actor who has made it into a catchphrase.

"My guess is that Dell found he was not hitting the demographic as strongly as they wanted him to," Lotman said.

Hopefully Steve's 15 minutes are up

 

[Geekbabe]

Dude from Dell ads steps back for now

Maybe there really is a God after all ?

 

[Kaervak]

From one obnoxious jackass, comes three. Oh well, at least the intern chick is hot.

 

[JC]

Yeah, well the 'Dell Interns' commercials are lame, too

JC

 

[NFS4]

Dude, you're getting a pink slip

 

[RossMAN]

I'd like to see some friendly competitive ads.

Like Gateway vs iMac.

 

[tm37]

Originally posted by: NFS4
Dude, you're getting a pink slip

FOllowed closely by "dude, would you like fries with that"

 

[badluck]

FOllowed closely by "dude, would you like fries with that"

He's annoying as fvck, but he's probably a million or two richer.....I bet that's why they dropped him.....they probably didn't want to pay him more....from what I've seen, Dell's sales are up since running those lame ads....

 

[wolf papa]

did he remind anyone else of the Eddie Haskell character from "Leave It To Beaver"?

 

[John]

Ugh, here's what I think........

 

[fluxquantum]

Originally posted by: wolf papa
did he remind anyone else of the Eddie Haskell character from "Leave It To Beaver"?

come to think of it he does remind of that guy from leave it to beaver. LMAO

 

[Mani]

Originally posted by: JC
Yeah, well the 'Dell Interns' commercials are lame, too

JC

I interned at Dell last year - I can tell you it was nothing like that.

 

[yakko]

Originally posted by: baffled2

Dude from Dell ads steps back for now

Maybe there really is a God after all ?

You doubted dad's existance? :Q

 

[Rob9874]

The Dell dude ads are no more annoying than "Where's the beef", Domino's Noid, or Old Navy. He'll be replaced by a new annoying pitch-man.

 

[WW]

what's the point that the 'dells interns' ads is supposed to make? that Dell hires a bunch of idiots that have no idea what dell does? why would you buy a computer from a company that hires morons as interns???

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Originally posted by: John
Ugh, here's what I think........

Humm, I always thought he was a little...

 

[ReiAyanami]

dell guy: dude, where's my car?!
repo man: it wasnt your car in the first place. *your* car is belong to dell.

 

[bmacd]

Reuter's news link

-=bmacd=-

 

[LuNoTiCK]

Good. About time. They should have never got him in the first place.

 

[FeathersMcGraw]

"Dude, you're getting a contract renegotiation."

 

[ElFenix]

theres interns? which intern chick? hot girls in ads?


anyone see the amstel light ad?

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: LuNoTiCK
Good. About time. They should have never got him in the first place.

Damn straight! What was Dell thinking when they ran the most successful ad campaign in the history of their company?

What the hell were they thinking when they ran the ad campaign solely responsible for them being the only major computer company to increase sales in the tech slump?

Fools.

 

[Darein]

The latest commercial is so annoying I refuse to ever buy a Dell. I hate that commercial.

 

[Placer14]

Heh....easy as hell.

 

[lilFajita]

Steven, the blond-haired character who has shilled for Dell Computer Corp. the past two years, is moving aside -- at least temporarily -- at what may be the height of his popularity....

that was the height of his popularity??? man, sucks to be steve!