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Steve Jobs Seething With Jealousy

Celebs and Media, Tech

Via James Urbiniak comes this leaked Microsoft self help video on hosting your own Windows 7 party! Double You to the Oh to the Oh to the Tee!

It’s all kinds of suck mixed with “you gotta be kidding” which makes me call bullshit! on the “leaked” part. I can’t imagine Windows Marketing team sitting around thinking “Hey lets get excitement for W7 by holding Tupperware Parties!”

Well, actually, judging by their ads in the last 5 years, I stand corrected. Their marketing department is fucked.

Imagine Apple trying something this incredibly lame. I can’t wait for the day when I dump this 6 yr old computer for a Mac.

Dream Cast

Celebs and Media

From James Fowler’s Facebook page…

Who would you cast in a movie version of Gilligan’s Island?

If it were being directed by a reuniting Merchant and Ivory production house:

Gilligan: Johnny Depp

The Skipper: Brian Dennehy

Professor: Kevin Spacey

Ginger: Gweneth Paltrow

Mary Ann: Cameron Diaz

Mr Howel:  Sir Anthony Hopkins

Mrs Howel: Dame Judy Dench

Or if it were mounted by Spielberg:

Gilligan: Shila LeBeouf

The Skipper: John Goodman

Professor: Rick Moranis

Ginger: Whoopi Goldberg

Mary Ann: Dakota Fanning

Mr Howel:  William Hurt

Mrs Howel: Julian Moore

Imagine Christopher Nolan’s cast:

Gilligan: Christian Bale

The Skipper: Morgan Freeman

Professor: David Bowie

Ginger: Carrie Ann Moss

Mary Ann: Katie Holmes

Mr Howel:  Michael Caine

Mrs Howel: Scarlett Johansson in old makeup

Tim Burton’s cast would be like this:

Gilligan: A bug

The Skipper: An animated burlap sack

Professor: Johnny Depp

Ginger: Helena Bonham Carter

Mary Ann: A bug that has a corset on

Mr Howel:  A British Bug with a corset on

Mrs Howel: Dianne Wiest

If George Lucas were to do it:

Gilligan: A digitized Mark Hamill

The Skipper: A digitized Harrison Ford

Professor: A digitized General Akabar

Ginger: A digitized Natalie Portman

Mary Ann: A digitized Carrie Fisher

Mr Howel:  A digitized Alec Guiness

Mrs Howel: A real Shelagh Fraser