Did you see the Nike commercial with Kobe Bryant as Einstein?
It is part of a series with the theme “genius” in which he plays a variety of historical figures with a reputation for innovation. More (including the video) on Bryant’s website, and there’s a breakdown by fliptomato on his blog (where I found this).
Given the opening line of fliptomato’s blog post, I wonder if he (or the commercial makers) knows about the excellent Gary Larson cartoon from very many years back (an old favourite of mine – so old I can’t find a copy of the image on the web anywhere). Does anyone else remember it? The caption can be found, and it is:
“Unbeknownst to most historians, Einstein started down the road of professional basketball before an ankle injury diverted him to science” –
— Gary Larson
(If anyone can find a copy of the cartoon online, please let me know.)
-cvj
Yes… that is the most funny aspect of it. I wish I could find it…
-cvj
what’s especially funny about that Far Side cartoon is that the visual depiction of Einstein playing basketball is the “old Einstein” rather then the “young Einstein” one would expect at the stage before his scientific career.