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Apple Made 1984 Parody Ad for Sales Force

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Apple made an in-house parody ad of its famous “1984” ad called “1944” that has to be seen to be believed. A long-ago Apple employee, Craig Elliott, provided the video to Network World’s Paul McNamara. Steve Jobs does an impression of FDR, among other bizarre moments. It was made to pump up Apple’s sales force, and may not have been seen since 1984.Generic Globefollow link

 

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Adam Engst  An apple icon for a TidBITS Staffer 2012-05-08 12:23
Here's a blog post talking about how this video got made.

http://mickeleh.blogspot.it/2012/05/1944.html