Ellen Feiss is an American high school student who rose to Internet fame after her television commercial for Apple Computer's Switch campaign became a cult hit among Macintosh aficionados. In the commercial, the then-15-year-old Feiss complains that her father's Windows PC "devoured" her school paper, which she then had to rewrite quickly, which was a "bummer."
Fueling the popularity of the advertisement was her attractiveness and the speculation that Feiss was under the influence of illicit drugs during the filming of the commercial, due to her slurred speech and disoriented eyes. In the only interview she was to give, Feiss denied these claims in the Brown Daily Herald and noted she was only taking allergy medication.
Feiss' popularity grew to the point where she was offered appearances on both David Letterman's and Jay Leno's shows, both of which she turned down.
External links
- The original television commercial (QuickTime format, 3.5 MB)
- Apple: Switch - Ellen Feiss
- Ellen Feiss .net ("The Real Reason To Switch")
- Ellen Feiss Fan Club: beep beep beep
- Ellen Feiss Soundbytes - Ellen Feiss archive with icons, interview, both commercials, & sounds
- Apple 'Switch' Star Flies High - Article explains the Internet phenomenon. (Wired)
- Apple 'It' Girl Breaks Silence (Wired)
- Ellen Feiss humor
- "Ellen Feiss Makes Me Hot" tribute song by Request-A-Song.com.
- Ellen Feiss also appeared in another, never-aired, commercial. (QuickTime format, 1.7 MB)