# Help me I.D. the people in the CoD black ops commercial

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-i-d-the-people-in-the-cod-black-ops-commercial/560343>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 11, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-i-d-the-people-in-the-cod-black-ops-commercial/560343 "2010-11-11T19:25:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-i-d-the-people-in-the-cod-black-ops-commercial/560343/1 "2010-11-11T19:25:32Z")

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[This one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB1JQ_tfbHM). I recognized Kobe Bryant and Jimmy Kimmel but that was it, are the others just regular people?

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**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-i-d-the-people-in-the-cod-black-ops-commercial/560343/2 "2010-11-11T19:29:29Z")

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Given that the video description only identifies Kobe and Jimmy, they probably are just regular folk.

That said, it’s a great commercial. I think the only video game commercial that surpasses it is the one where an imaginary gunfight breaks out in the middle of a city.

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**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-i-d-the-people-in-the-cod-black-ops-commercial/560343/3 "2010-11-11T20:16:14Z")

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I figured at least the guy at the end was some sort of celebrity, i guess not.