Switchblog Parodies Now on WordPress

January 22nd, 2007

This is the original SwitchBlog - PARODIES page pasted into the first post in the new format using WordPress

The
Will Ferrell “Switch” Ad from
MacWorld Expo NYC 2002

Very funny,
very Will Ferrell!
hosted at technojunkie.org

Ubergeek.tv
- Mac “Switch” Parody. Move
to Iceland!

Move to
Iceland! This is by far the funniest “Switch” Parody
I have seen. Brilliant!
Also see: target=_blank>Mark Frauenfelder on apple.com/switch
Mark’s blog.
As an interesting footnote, check out this story on target=_blank>Wired.com - Iceland Is Hot for Macworld.
Brave
New World - by Aldous Huxley
IMDB -Brave New World (1980)
(TV)
IMDB - Brave New World
(1998) (TV) with Leonard Nimoy

Macboy.com
-Very clever Parodies lovingly animated.

target=_blank>Big Brother - What? Big Brother from the 1984
ad switches.
target=_blank>Dell Dude - This… er, Rules Dude!
Bill
Gates - Great Bill Gates Voice!

MacRumors.com
“Switch Video Contest”
Winners

1st
Place
Monkey Switch
Ad.
Monkey Switch Ad was recently featured on target=_blank>TechTV’s Screensavers.

2nd Place
target=_blank>Grow-Up….With a Mac

3rd Place
Tweek
South Park Lots of “excessive bandwidth errors”, hosted on
.Mac

Honorable Mention
Lego
Switch Lots of “excessive bandwidth errors”, hosted on .Mac
Ballmer
Switch

Other Entries
Bill
Gates
Spock
Switches
Microsoft
Convention
Bad
Day
Pong
Q
& A With Bill Gates
Crack
Switch Doesn’t work sometimes, hosted on .Mac
Toasted
Pentium Guy Doesn’t work sometimes, hosted on .Mac
HomePage:
Member’s Web Site Not Found Doesn’t work sometimes, hosted
on .Mac
DickDog
Digital - Porn
Richard
Larue, .Mac diatribe

A real Apple ad from the old days with “Switch”
added
Switch
Ad by pheezik (kind of) Does work sometimes, hosted on .Mac

Click
for more info on the contestants

Got Mirrors? If you are mirroring any of the parodies that
don’t work on .Mac
Email me - martin@switchblog.com

OReilly Conference
Parodies

Sarah
Switches to XP Not! One of several VERY GEEKY parodies done
at the conference. O’Reilly
Network: Mac Switch-Back, In-Progress [September 22, 2002]

More Parodies

DrunkGamers.com
Drunk Gamers indeed. A very PC-centric parody that redeems itself
with good comedic timing.
Apple Switch
Parody - “Big Macs” This Chris Farleyesque parody about a rather
sick nerd who loves Big Macs, ends rather disturbingly. Very funny.
The
Joy of Tech! A still cartoon parody of Bill Gates
ANI MOLLER
This one parodies Ellen
Feiss, Very funny.
BENBROWN.com/switch
Ani Moller’s husband doing parody in the “raunch is clever” vein.
This is just WRONG! You have been warned.
A
quirky parody The charm of this one is in the deadpan acting.
The timing isn’t as good as the Drunk Gamers parody, but it’s still
funny.
Switch
the Stonefish MOV Whatever…
Fury.com:
Bait and Switch: A Moral Dilemma LAME! This is little more than
venting… boring venting.
Bitter Video Editor He says he gets accused of being a Windows apologist. Well, duh, give us a parody on the “Blue screen of
death” and spyware infestations prevalent on Windows and you’ll nip that right in the bud. This parody is funny because computer problem ARE so universal, and believe it or not,
Microsoft doesn’t have monopoly on that.

TechTV
is using "Switch" parodies for their promos of the "ScreenSavers."

sunspot.net
- maryland news
Inspired by the “Switch” adds. Definitely! Switch
to PowerLogix! Another Switch ad parody or, in this case, tribute
might be a better word.

Know any
more Parodies? Making a Parody?
Email me - martin@swichblog.com

Apple’s
Switch campaign has
become something of a cultural phenomenon, inspiring a multitude of
parodies and personal stories. I find them Interesting so I’m putting
them in a place where I can easily find them. Oh yeah, now you can
find them too.

The parodies are only a small part of the story
though. Switching computing platforms can be either a trivial decision
or a major one depending on your individual circumstances. I can
be as easy as figuring out two websites with different interfaces
or as hard as learning a new language. What makes switching easy
and what makes it hard are what this blog is about. So look for:

Links to people who are blogging their “Switch”
experiences ie. Switchblogs.
Tips and tricks for Switching
More Parodies

and lots and
lots of Ellen
Feiss. (Because I want traffic. Thanks Ellen!

Entry Filed under: All Parodies, Switch Parodies, iPhone Parodies, Apple Parodies, Not a Parody? Really?, Get a Mac Parodies, iPod Parodies, SNL, Mad TV