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Patrick Stewart doing UK DS ads

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http://kotaku.com/gaming/marketing/patrick-stewart-to-captain-nintendo-ds-uk-ad-campaign-318022.php
Nicole Kidman isn't the only celeb that loves the Nintendo DS under contractual obligation, as Gamespot writes that British actor Patrick Stewart has joined the paid ranks of those enamored with the dual-screen device. He'll be featured in a series of ads this holiday season that include "who's who" types like current pitch woman Nicole Kidman and "who?" types like Julie Walters, Phillip Schofield, Fern Britton, Zoe Ball, and Johnny Ball.

Stewart's certainly got the nerd cred to pitch video games, that's for sure. His roles in Dune, Star Trek: The Next Generation and X-Men have earned him legions of fans who also like staring at screens indoors. We can only hope he's been tapped to pitch the just-announced Sight Training: Enjoy Exercising and Relaxing Your Eyes. An hilarious send up in which he's tortured for days and asked how many lights he sees behind his Cardassian tormentor practically writes itself.
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Someone's beaten us all to it.

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^ And very funny they were, too. Shat's done quite a few adverts on British tv over the years.
 
DS I can live with. Why Patrick Stewart opted to provide the voiceover for Domestos Toilet Bleach I will never know...

Toilet Bleach?

Really, Patrick. I'll lend you £20 if you are that hard up.
 
I am saving that pic! Shatner, Stewart and Brooks have all been in some pretty good advertisments over the years. I've never forgotten "I was promised flying cars! I don't see any flying cars!" :D
 
Seriously??? At the very least everyone can catch those on Youtube, which is what I will most definitely be doing. (I rarely see ads for DS these days, since those are in kid-friendly timeslots usually and I don't watch TV that much anymore. Plus, for all I know these could be UK only.)
 
I must say, the Patrick Stewart/Julie Walters combination is a rather odd choice. Although it works.

Are they in a play together?
 
I don't think so - probably just got grouped together as "british theatrical types". I like the Philip Schofield and Fern Britton DS ad too.
 
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