Do you remember where you were when it happened? When you first heard that Justin "I'm a Mac" Long was apparently getting booted from Apple's "Get a Mac" ad campaign while John "I'm a PC" Hodgman would stick around for a new round of the spots. I know where I was – sitting in front of my PowerBook.
But what of Justin Long himself? Where was he? Um...he apparently still hasn't heard. Because he's still being taped in a set of "Get a Mac" spots right now. So says his agent David Guillod, who contacted Radar to contradict the site's report of Long's imminent Shut Down.
And Long himself popped by a fan site to deny the report.
As for the Mac commercials, I don't know where that report came from that said I wasn't going to do it anymore – I’m literally setting my alarm right now to wake up for a Mac shoot tomorrow -we're doing some holiday spots now which I think will be pretty funny. They’re easy to do, I love John (the pc guy) and working with him is so effortless and fun that I definitely wouldn't rule out doing some more.
Or, well, that's the cleaned up version that's on the site now. MacRumors got ahold of the unedited stream of consciousness, and it's glorious:
as for the mac commercials, i don't know where that report came from that said i wasn't going to do anymore - i literally setting my alarm right now to wake up for a mac shoot tomorrow - if i'm not doing anymore i guess i can sleep in on my day off - that'd be nice. but yeah, we're doing some holiday spots now which i think will be pretty funny - not nearly funny enough to justifiy the money they're paying me though, i'll be honest with you. as for the future, i really don't know what i'm going to do - i'm surprised, frankly, that the campaign hasn't become tired and they've just ended it on their own - but i try to live as much in the present as i can considering the future doesn't exist, i'm not really sure. they're easy to do, i love john (the pc guy) and working with him is so effortless and fun that i definitely wouldn't rule out doing some more - and, as i said, they pay us nicely. i don't know - all of this is such unchartered territory for me that i'm just kind of holding on to my seat and hope i don't fall off anytime soon.
I no longer even care how this shakes out. The drama alone is enough to keep watching. And it's just so zen.
