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New myTouch Android Commercial Stars Whoopi Goldberg, Phil Jackson & Jessie James

TechCrunch Aug 26 09

T-Mobile will unveil "the largest product launch advertising campaign in T-Mobile history" for the Android myTouch tomorrow with a television, online, cinema, print and search advertising campaign. The stars? Whoopi Goldberg, Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson and TV personality/motorcycle maven Jessie James. Shocked? Me too. I can't believe they didn't ask me to participate. I mean, I'm actually using the phone. And like Phil Jackson, I'm a huge Lakers fan. Ridiculous. I'm firing my agent. You can see the TV commercial below, which I've uploaded to YouTube without any permission whatsoever. Full story...

Tagged: advertising campaign, cinema, coach phil jackson, endorsements, jessie james, los angeles lakers, maven,

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