- Hillary 1984
"Hillary 1984" is the title of the
viral video that combines the footage of the 2008 presidential campaign web announcement byHillary Clinton with the1984 Super Bowl commercial byApple Inc. for the launch ofMacintosh . The video shows the same blond female athlete from the 1984 Super Bowl commercial updated with an iPod. The Big Brother image that she throws the sledgehammer at is replaced with HillaryClinton announcing that she is running for president.cite web | author =Carla Marinucci | url =http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/18/MNGHNONEPS1.DTL&feed=rss.news | title =Political video smackdown: 'Hillary 1984': Unauthorized Internet ad for Obama converts Apple Computer's '84 Super Bowl spot into a generational howl against Clinton's presidential bid | publisher =San Francisco Chronicle | date =March 18 ,2007 | accessdate =March 19 | accessyear =2007] It ends with the original text replaced with, "On Jan. 14, the Democratic primary will begin. And you'll see why 2008 won't be like 1984." The Apple symbol is a morphed into an "O", which is followed by a logo forBarack Obama 's presidential campaign website.cite web | author =Carla Marinucci | url =http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/18/MNGHNONEPS1.DTL&feed=rss.news | title =Political video smackdown: 'Hillary 1984': Unauthorized Internet ad for Obama converts Apple Computer's '84 Super Bowl spot into a generational howl against Clinton's presidential bid | publisher =San Francisco Chronicle | date =March 18 ,2007 | accessdate =March 19 | accessyear =2007] Barack Obama's presidential spokesman Bill Burton has said "Hillary1984" was not created by the Obama campaign. "It's somebody else'screation," he said.cite web | author =Carla Marinucci | url =http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/18/MNGHNONEPS1.DTL&feed=rss.news | title =Political video smackdown: 'Hillary 1984': Unauthorized Internet ad for Obama converts Apple Computer's '84 Super Bowl spot into a generational howl against Clinton's presidential bid | publisher =San Francisco Chronicle | date =March 18 ,2007 | accessdate =March 19 | accessyear =2007]The author of the video was later exposed as Phillip de Vellis who resigned from his position at
Blue State Digital due to the video. [cite web | author =Blue state digital | url =http://www.bluestatedigital.com/2007/03/on_the_1984_video.html | title =Our Statement On The 1984 Video | date =March 22 ,2007 | accessdate =March 22 | accessyear =2007]References
External links
* [http://hillary1984.blogspot.com Hillary 1984]
* [http://www.hillaryclinton.com/video/2.aspx/ "I'm In" - Hillary discusses her plans to form an exploratory committee]
* [http://www.theapplecollection.com/Collection/AppleMovies/mov/1984.mov 2 MB Original 1984 Commercial] (also [http://www.inetfilm.com/movies/commercial/1984.php here] )
* [http://www.uriahcarpenter.info/movies/Apple.1984.mov 13 MB Original 1984 Commercial] (also [http://www.inetfilm.com/movies/commercial/1984.php here] ) and ( [http://www.esm.psu.edu/Faculty/Gray/graphics/movies/1984-2004_m480.mov here] )
* [http://www.esm.psu.edu/Faculty/Gray/graphics/movies/1984.mov 17.5 MB 17.5 MB Original 1984 Commercial]
* [http://www.hillaryclinton.com/?splash=1/ Hillary for President]
* [http://www.barackobama.com/ Obama '08]
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