# Dell's Steven Must Die!!!!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dells-steven-must-die/75208>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 7, 2001, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dells-steven-must-die/75208 "2001-08-07T00:54:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dells-steven-must-die/75208/1 "2001-08-07T00:54:38Z")

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Are all ad agencies this far behind the times? Dell’s latest series of commercials has “Steven” (or possibly “Stephen”) trying to convince another teen’s parents to buy the kid a Dell computer. Did anyone tell Dell that the Keanu Reeves accent is waaaaaayyyyyy out of date? And just why the hell should I listen to Steven anyway?  
Jeez…

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**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dells-steven-must-die/75208/2 "2001-08-07T00:59:32Z")

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Have you seen the TechTV Screensavers parody?

“. . . and, Mrs. Nortonbean–”

“–that’s Nortoncorn, actually . . .”

Leo’s in the background, peeking over their shoulders.

Fuckin’ precious.

(Okay, I’m a Screensavers nerd-type fan-woman . . . sue me.)

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**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dells-steven-must-die/75208/3 "2001-08-07T04:03:56Z")

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Yeah…those commercials annoy the shit outta me. I’d like to see somebody shove a large cast iron pipe up Steven’s ass and pour flaming alcohol down it 'til he screams for an iMac.

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**Author:** ![City\_Gent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a87d85/32.png) [@City\_Gent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/City_Gent)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dells-steven-must-die/75208/4 "2001-08-07T04:18:26Z")

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I hate that fucking kid. Carry on 🙂

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**Author:** ![Sterra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Sterra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterra)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dells-steven-must-die/75208/5 "2001-08-07T04:30:42Z")

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I love techtvs version of it. Its such a good parody that I heard it several times and thought it was the dell commercial before actually noticing it was different.