Published 18:30 IST, January 30th 2020
Ellen DeGeneres' new commercial shows life before Alexa, netizens all hearts
In a recent Amazon's Super Bowl 2020 commercial, Ellen DeGeneres teamed up with wife Portia in which they imagine life before virtual assistant Alexa.
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In a recent Amazon's Super Bowl 2020 commercial, show host Ellen DeGeneres teamed up with her wife Portia de Rossi in which couple imagines a life before virtual assistant Alexa. advertisement has w become an instant hit on internet and has been shared by Amazon's founder and CEO, Jeff Bezos. one minute 30-seconds video has already been viewed over 90,000 times and has received almost 4,000 likes.
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commercial will reportedly run during Super Bowl football championship. In clip, one can see couple getting ready to leave house and DeGeneres asking Alexa to turn down rmostat. She furr asks her wife, “What do you think people did before Alexa?” and n advertisement launches into make-believe, a pre-voice-assistant history lesson.
scene immediately shifts from comedian's living room to an indeterminate time period where a maid 'turns down' temperature by throwing to flaming logs out of window. From old-timey maids, courts jesters, newsboys, friends, secretaries and more, all are asked to do everything that modern-day Alexa pulls off with voice commands. In commercial, all se people also have a similar name, ranging from Alexine to Alessa to Alicia.
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'Pure gold'
commercial furr also take a dig at 'fake news' set and even impeachment history when 'President Nixon' asks his secretary to remind him to 'delete those tapes'. advertisement also features a dragon and depicts life before Alexa. new commercial has received several praises as well. One internet user wrote, “Creative director needs a raise”, while ar said, “That was gold. Pure gold”.
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18:30 IST, January 30th 2020