Comments on: John Lennon’s New PSA For Laptop Charity Kinda Creepy

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Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:55:56 +0000

[...] Those ads you do see appear to be for non-profit orgs — the first one I spied was the creepy John Lennon PSA for the One Laptop Per Child [...]

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Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:33:00 +0000

[...] last we spoke of John Lennon, he was headlining a new PSA for a laptop charity. We found it kind of creepy — since they had to do some digital manipulation to have Lennon [...]

By: RemyC

RemyC — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:21:01 +0000

I wonder if Yoko had to give her OK for this, and if so, how much money she derived from it, and where the money went.

By: VeggieTart

VeggieTart — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:09:51 +0000

That’s very creepy. Oy. And hil, I agree; there are plenty of children in the U.S. who could use better educational tools.

By: Sustainify

Sustainify — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:47:10 +0000

It’s like that uncanny valley…

By: hil

hil — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:23:49 +0000

Yeah that is kinda creepy. I wonder if there is a similar program for kids in the US? I know that there are a lot of inner city schools that can’t provide books to their students so a laptop would help if the teachers based assignments on electronic information instead…

By: Sunfloweryoga

Sunfloweryoga — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:38:23 +0000

I’m all for the charity but the whole John Lennon thing seems wrong

By: Sunfloweryoga

Sunfloweryoga — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:37:29 +0000

Um, no….

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Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:15:21 +0000

[...] John Lennon’s New PSA For Laptop Charity Kinda Creepy – Ecorazzi.comDon’t get me wrong, I love John Lennon — but there’s something about digitally bringing back celebrities from the dead to promote today’s causes that’s a bit macabre. Nevertheless, twenty-eight years after his death, the former Beatle is [...]