http://www.metafilter.com/tags/bencurtis Posts tagged with 'bencurtis' at MetaFilter. Mon, 10 Feb 2003 09:40:48 -0800 Mon, 10 Feb 2003 09:40:48 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/23449/Dude%2DYoure%2DUnder%2DArrest <a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/delldude1.html">Dude, You're Under Arrest</a> Ben "Dell Dude" Curtis, was arrested in New York last night on charges of criminal possession of marijuana. Thanks to The Smoking Gun we now have something to make us laugh on a Monday. tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.23449 Mon, 10 Feb 2003 09:40:48 -0800 ads advertisements advertising adverts bencurtis cannabis dell drugs marijuana mkelley http://www.metafilter.com/18333/ <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/business/DailyNews/dell_dude_020124.html">Steven.</a> <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/31/dell.guy/index.html">Steven.</a> <a href="http://www.dell.com/us/en/dhs/topics/segtopic_steven_home.htm">Steven.</a> I can't get enough of this incredibly-cute-but-I-don't-normally-go-for-such-obvious-twinkiness pitchperson for Dell Computers. Apparently, neither can anyone else, as Steven (or more properly, <a href="http://images.google.com/images?q=dell+guy&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en">actor Ben Curtis</a>) has been Dell's most successful advertising, uh, tool ever. Why do we love him? His Bill'n'Ted vocabulary? His toothy grin? Whatever the reason, at least now I no longer have to glue myself to the television to <a href="http://webevents.broadcast.com/dell/stevencommercial021102">watch his latest commercial </a> <small>overandoverandoverand</small> Dude, I'll get a Dell if you deliver it to me personally. So to speak. Is it wrong to love a fictional character so much? Is there a support group? Any other MeFites have a strange attraction going on here? I can't be the only one, can I? tag:metafilter.com,2002:site.18333 Tue, 09 Jul 2002 15:51:12 -0800 ads advertisements bencurtis commercials dell dude fan steven WolfDaddy