Fake Sean Connery letter to Steve Jobs is Twitter sensation

[Goldeneye]

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By Hayley Tsukayama

James Bond does not hawk computers.

That’s the gist of a fake letter from Sean Connery to Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs that went viral on Twitter this morning. Wishful thinkers have been delighting in actor Sean Connery’s pointed refusal to be Apple’s iMac spokesman.

“Mr. Jobs,” the letter reads, “...You have nothing that I need or want. You are a computer salesman — I am (expletive) JAMES BOND!”

The exchange is, of course, too good to be true.

The letter originates from the humor site Scoopertino, which has other items of Apple “news”such as the shocking report that Arnold Schwarzenegger is the father of Apple design head Jony Ive.

The site says the letter is the last of a series of communications between Connery and Jobs — revealed in the “book” iMaculate Conception: How Apple’s iMac Was Born — as the Apple CEO tried to get the film star to appear in iMac ads.

Scoopertino even has a fake ad with the delightful tag­line, ”The children are snuggled. Santa’s opened his pack. The man is Sean Connery. The gift is iMac.”

“Sean Connery” was trending on Twitter this morning as users shared the correspondence, many calling it the “best letter ever.”

Well done, Scoopertino. Well done.

[Goldeneye]

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San Francisco, CA — It’s easy to appreciate iMac’s place in Apple history today.

Not so much back in 1998.

In fact, Apple’s concerns over the brand-new computer’s viability had the company scrambling.

The surprising story comes to light in iMaculate Conception: How Apple’s iMac Was Born, a new book from former Apple marketing executive, Frederica Woods.

As Ms. Woods spins the tale, it was just weeks before iMac’s first Christmas in 1998 when slowing holiday sales rang the alarm in the CEO’s office.

Steve Jobs, a lifelong fan of James Bond (he’d originally wanted to name the revolutionary computer “Double-O-Mac”), instructed his agency to begin work on a special celebrity Christmas ad featuring 007 himself, Sean Connery — even though Connery had yet to be signed.
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An exasperated Sean Connery gives Steve Jobs a piece of his mind

“The ad was of dubious quality, clearly not one of the agency’s finer moments,” says Woods.

Though Steve had a thing for Sean Connery, the feeling was not mutual. Connery was appalled by the “advert” Jobs sent across the pond and declined to participate in the misadventure on at least three separate occasions.

Connery’s final rejection was accompanied by a note revealing one mightily peeved film star (see letter on right).

Needless to say, iMac managed to “survive” without extraordinary measures.

iMaculate Conception reveals a number of other interesting iMac-related stories. Ms. Woods details the true origin of the failed “hockey-puck mouse”design — a burnt English muffin. She also tells the heart-thumping tale of Jony Ive’s hernia, suffered when he attempted to actually pick up an iMac by its handle.

The book will be available at Barnes & Noble and other stores on June 27th.

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[Mazer Rackham]

Bloody love this! I am going to use the letter head and signature for everything I send out. f**king brilliant! So unbelievable it takes a moment to appreciate how absurd it truly is the finishing touch has to be the 007 watermark at right bottom corner.

[katied]

As a Seanney fan, and as a Mac user, I approve(even if it is fake!)

[Dr. No]

It's something SNL should of thought up.

[Thunderpussy]

Sir Sean would onlt endorse, Scotch Tape, Scotch eggs and scotch whisky. But only if you buy him the whisky

[Dr. No]

Sir Sean would onlt endorse, Scotch Tape, Scotch eggs and scotch whisky. But only if you buy him the whisky

What about Scott paper towels ?

What was the car ad he did a few years ago? HE got in old and exited looking like he step off teh goldfinger set ?