Apple chairman shilling pumpkin seeds in Taiwan

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Apple chairman shilling pumpkin seeds in Taiwan

2 September 2011 1,532 views 6 Comments

Steve Jobs doppelgänger guy is back and he’s skinny as ever. However, this time around he’s selling fragrant pumpkin seeds, which are a lot tastier than you might imagine — I once ate a whole bag (there was a typhoon and all the shops were closed).

Anyway, Qia Qia Fragrant Pumpkin Seeds are a Wei Dan product. Who are they? A Taiwanese foobev conglomerate.

Why the heck would they be using a Steve Jobs look alike to sell pumpkin seeds? Well, maybe they need a little of Steve’s magic as their image has suffered in recent years following the discovery of excessive industrial solvent concentrations in the Qia Qia Pumpkin Seeds sold in China. Really.

Do you know how toxic something has to be before officials in China or Taiwan will act upon it? Yeah, it can be scary (Simplified Chinese).

Thereupon, the last time we saw Steve Jobs doppelgänger guy he was shilling bottled tea for Taiwan’s President Group, yet another Taiwanese foobev conglomerate. However, aside from excessive use of corn sweetener, there’s nothing toxic about President Tea…

via Cult of Mac

6 Comments »

dan bloom said:

might be the same guy who did the tea ad…..BRook Hall is the name…longtime Taipei expat in theater and dance circles…came here in 2001…..has done 60 tv ads since 2004…….but cannot confirm if he is the same dude in both ads….for now, until confirm, must go with Cult of Mac piece, which i sent to her….

# 3 September 2011 at 10:01 am

dan bloom said:

btwm, is this foodbev firm in taichung that does these bags of pump seeds, is it a Taiwan firm or a China firm with a Taiwan office? where is HQ and who is CEO, a TW man or a CH man? that story about industr solvents int he bags, OUCH…that needs to get out. i will tell Cult of Mac now…and Allthings D too

good catch, good eye

the bags come in two varities one is spicy the red bag , right. what is in the green bag, dare i ask? SMILE

do they go good with Taiwan beer? maybe i will try some tonight!

# 3 September 2011 at 10:04 am

dan bloom said:

wow, 180 views, not bad, mate! the video on youtube of the pump seeds went from 33 hits to 300 hits to over 1000 today

# 3 September 2011 at 10:06 am

dan bloom said:

btw……a Taiwanese woman was also hired to look like
the chairwoman of HTC ……Cher Wang, HTC’s co-founder.

So this advert is a two-fer: a fake Jobs and a fake Cher Wang.

re the woman is the ad is supposed to be Cher Wang, CEO of HTC……very funny! good casting!

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