# Bruce Lee and ping pong **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 13, 2009, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bruce-lee-and-ping-pong/489310 "2009-03-13T07:24:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jakesteele](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed8c4c/32.png) [@jakesteele](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jakesteele)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bruce-lee-and-ping-pong/489310/1 "2009-03-13T07:24:33Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/VbzzcpsAPo8/hqdefault.jpg "Re: Bruce Lee playing ping pong (full version)????") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbzzcpsAPo8) This video looks impressive but I have heard it’s fake made for a Nokia ad. What’s the story behind this? ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bruce-lee-and-ping-pong/489310/2 "2009-03-13T11:41:03Z")
One of the comments to that video claims that it’s Shi Tian Long, a top Bruce Lee double and Jeet Kune Do master. It’s definitely a [Nokia ad](http://www.renegadefanboy.com/2008/12/bruce-lee-ping-pong-nokia-ad/), and the ping pong looks enhanced to me, but I’m no expert. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bruce-lee-and-ping-pong/489310/3 "2009-03-13T12:30:08Z")
Yes, it’s a fake. Bruce Lee footage was added in after the ping pong scene was shot, although some reports are that it was a Bruce Lee impersonator. It’s viral advertising for a new Nokia phone. [http://www.topsintech.com/nokia-n96-bruce-lee-special-edition-phone/](http://www.topsintech.com/nokia-n96-bruce-lee-special-edition-phone/)