John narrates new Apple ad

Monday, April 9th, 2007

Take a listen to Apple’s new commercial for its Apple TV gadget, and weigh in on whether it’s John Krasinski doing the narrating.

(Update: I’ve confirmed it’s definitely him. The man does love his Apple products.)

Link: First Apple TV Ad On, Well, TV

Tipsters: dragracer28, Michael

82 comments

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  1. Here’s the youtube link if you’re interested:

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=1HpHyMQR058

    Wonder how much he gets paid for those three little sentences. God I’m in the wrong profession.

  2. I was curious about all the conspicuous Apple product placement (Jim and Ryan have macbooks, and I recall at least four episodes with iPods). Here is a recent article from the Washington Post that talks about the Office, “Apple Gets a Big Slice Of Product-Placement Pie”

  3. john has such an awesome hot voice. those talking heads alone are great because of this.

    not sure about the commercial, but i do feel like watching School of Rock now. heh the George of the Jungle part made me chuckle.

  4. And John gets paid for every single time it runs. Everywhere. Cha-ching!!

  5. I’m not sure what appleTV is, or that I even need it. Frankly, I’m suspicious. But if John Krasinski tells me it’s awesome, I may have to believe him.

  6. Just saw the commercial on VH1

  7. #75 - I think it’s supposed to be a little ambiguous, but I could be wrong.

  8. Meh. I have no need for an Apple tv, even though I love my Mac and iPod. I haven’t used ask.com. John Krasinski’s magical voice can pimp something, but it doesn’t mean I’ll buy it.

  9. The guy with the iPod is not the same guy who’s sitting down watching tv. Neither of the guys is John. The commercial is alright and I’ve watched it on tv and online but both ways I thought that the sound from School of Rock was way too loud and overshadowed not only the voice over but the point they were even trying to make. If anything, it made me want to either watch School of Rock again or go listen to Deep Purple. It was obviously skewed to Apple consumers only, too. I’m not following what all Apple is making (though that iPhone looks awesome) so I was unsure what this was even for? Are they making a tv of their own or what? That didn’t come across from the ad. All it said was “Now you can watch it on your tv.” To me, that implied I can watch it on any old tv. John K. aside, didn’t think it was all that clear of a commercial.

  10. BigTurkey-

    I’m totally with you on this one, the hair is all wrong…the guy watching the computer almost has BJ Novak hair.

  11. Wow Jenny, you’re good. I am amazed at all of the things Office fans remember! I’m a pretty new Office fan and I was awfully proud of myself for having remembered the Windows chime during the Pavlov experiment with Dwight. But you’ve outdone me! :)

  12. I don’t think it’s him in the commercial… if he was actually in it, they definitely would’ve gotten a shot of him, you know?

    Just voiceover work, I think, and some guy to make us think it might possibly be him… :-) (the hair is all wrong, am I the only one who thinks that?? it looks too curly or something.)

  13. So I’ve watched it and can’t decide whether he’s actually ‘in’ the commercial. The voice is a given, and I possibly buy that he’s holding the iPod and walking away (complete with his signature ‘hand in the pocket’ walk), so it would make sense that he’s in the other scenes. But I’m still not sure. And there’s not enough of a profile shot to verify.

    If Apple didn’t put him in the commercial, it missed an awesome marketing op. :)

  14. Ya officemommy - you’re right - they do use Windows at The Office. But, when we saw Jim’s room in Email Surveillance we see an ibook on desk. So personally he likes Apple…but I doubt he has any choice on what type of computer he uses at work!

  15. gahd his voice is sexy….

    jeeezus

  16. Uhm, It’s not John Krasinski in the commercial, it’s the same guy who was watching the computer and the tv. Which is clearly not J.Kras.

  17. How could you mistake that voice? What I wouldn’t pay to have him be the voice in my head… yum.

  18. I hope no one made this joke already…
    We should all watch our new Apple TV’s (commercial voiced by John) on our new Aquous Liquid Crystal Television (commercial voiced by Ed).

  19. The ad is posted over at gizmodo…here’s the link…

  20. Sigh. John Krasinski is the perfect man. He loves his Apple products, he listens to the Shins, he reads DFW…is there anything this man does that isn’t adorable?

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