Re: Commercials

Michael M. Butler (butler@comp-lib.org)
Sat, 22 May 1999 00:36:40 -0700

Umm, sorry, but Rogers and Hammerstein *didn't write* _West Side Story_.

Leonard Bernstein did.

Somebody should tell Intel.

MMB
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At 02:16 1999/05/22 -0400, you wrote:
>10 seconds on deja.com revealed:
>
>"wryguy wrote:
>>
>> This is a silly question, but I can't find an answer anywhere else, so....
>>
>> In the new Intel Pentium III commercial with the robot, who sings the
background song??? the one that goes "I'm so pretty"
>>
>> thanks
>
>Wryguy,
>
>Our "robot" commercial includes the song "I Feel Pretty" from Rogers and
>Hammerstein's Westside Story. However, we had our music house re-record the
>original song and our version is not available for retail sale.
>--
>Joseph K
>Intel Technical Support
>*All brands and trademarks are the property of their respective owners"
>
>
>Chris Fedeli wrote:
>>
>> OK, here's one I've been wanting to ask someone about.
>>
>> I love the new Pentium III commercial, the one that shows a
>> robot being built and walking around to the tune of this
>> really cool song that I'm just dying to get on CD. Does
>> anyone know the name of the song or the artist who sings it?
>>
>> Do you remember the tune? It's got a cool guitar riff under
>> lyrics that go something like this:
>>
>> "I feel pretty... Oh so pretty... I feel pretty, and witty,
>> and bright.... and I'll [something]... any girl who comes to
>> me tonight [la, la, la, la, la, la la la]
>>
>> I feel charming... Oh so charming... It's alarming, I'm
>> charming, and [something, something, something, etc.]"
>>
>> PLEASE help me out, it's driving me crazy. Lately I've
>> found myself flipping around endlessly just to catch that
>> one commercial.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> P.S. I've teared up at the Cisco ads before, too. As well
>> as at the Phillips-Magnavox ads with the "It's getting
>> better all the time" jingle. I'm a sap for progess :)
>
>--
>"Knowing the path is not the same as walking the path."
> -Morpheus _The Matrix_
>
>