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“'Dell Dude' Arrested for Marijuana in NY

Updated 3:10 PM ET February 10, 2003


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actor Benjamin Curtis, the Dell Computer Corp. pitchman "Steven" who says on television, "Dude, yer gettin' a Dell," was arrested for possessing marijuana in New York, officials said on Monday.

Curtis, 22, was charged with criminal possession of marijuana, a misdemeanor that carries a prison sentence of up to three months if he is convicted, a spokesman for the Manhattan district attorney's office said.

Curtis, who lives in New York and was arrested on Sunday night, was scheduled to appear in Manhattan Criminal Court later on Monday.

A spokesman for the Round Rock, Texas-based Dell said he was not familiar with the details and declined to speculate on future plans for the advertising campaign.

"We're following the situation closely and working with our ad agency to understand what's transpired here," spokesman Venancio Figueroa said. The ad agency is DDB of Chicago.

Dell, the No. 2 personal computer company, makes most of its money selling to businesses and schools. It began the TV and print commercials featuring the wise-cracking "Steven" three years ago.”

“Oh, great! Just great!!!

Artex stomps away throwing his hands up in the air in total disgust”

“no surprise here. that guy looked severly brain damaged anyway”

“why have i never seen this commercial?”

“Sweeeeeeeettttt!!!!!!!!”

“my daughter loves this moron...”

“There must be an echo in Huntsville. ;-)”

“LOL, chili. Must be the doppler effect...”

“He lives in NYC, mapleleaf...”

“figures”

“That kinda figures, Bit. My daughter does love this guy. I told her I'd like to meet him. That way I could shake his hand and then rip his arm off and beat him over the head with it for being an obnoxiuos twerp...”

“You secretly descended from Vikings, treebeard?

Anyway, no, the perfect way to off him would be to lure him to carefully prepared spot on the street, look at him and say "Dude, you're getting a Dell!" and then drop one on his head from a hundred feet.”

“but an employed obnoxious twerp (wel he was before this) Judging from the guys my sister used to date, that is a big plus.”

“will that work on my annnoying co-worker?”

“Shades of Eddie Haskell.”

“I thought it was obvious! He looked like he'd been tokin' with the camera crew while they were filming the commercials.”

“Eddie Haskell's a decorated Los Angeles cop.”

“No, he's Alice Cooper!”

“That dude is cool...he can surf with me anytime...and to boot he's in the Jeff Spicoli Club...YO DUDE...smoke a joint...”

“Not Vikings, Bit. Huns!!

j/k”

“Can just see him whacking himself in the head with his sneaker, Strat!”

“and having a pizza sent to the jail cell”

“lol, Hyway!”

“Maybe he's another Kennedy?”

“Gosh I have heard about this all day.. if you listen to my daugher she says everyone smokes pot. I agree that he did look stoned on the commercials.”

“Rather than dropping a Dell on him, how 'bout a Gateway?”

“I feel sorry for the dude. Just think of the average citizen sitting on the jury looking at him trying to give him trying to give him the "presumption of innocence". Why he is the perfect hollywood typecast of a cannabis user. His best bet is a plea bargain for an expungable probation.”

“What prosecutor said. I say we confiscate his backpacker.com hat, too!!!”

“I hope you're sitting down.... LOLOL”

“question. is the term "Drug Czar" ironic? meaning that he's a drug lord, because he controlls them? or is it really the correct word?”

“In de Oldt Country, hit vas de 'Drug Tsar'.


P.S. Rasputin was a Capricorn.”

“alrighty! anyone besides Tilt?
;-) hee hee.

how's your recovery coming along, Tiltypoo?”

“‘Dell Dude’ http://www.nysun.com/sunarticle.asp?artID=572" target="_blank">says being busted was the best thing to happen to him.

To me, the most shocking thing is that he was wearing a kilt when busted. A pot smoking, kilt wearing, annoying bastard?”

“Now that he can’t count on the money that went with the Dell contract, he is considering moving to Brooklyn, “maybe somewhere two or three stops away from Manhattan.”




LOL, thats where I live. 3 stops

No Dude your not moving in my area!!

the Q train wont stop at 7th Ave anymore!”

“Welcome to the neighborhood, Ben. (Treebeard has big, sh it eating grin)”

“Hey, he can have my apartment in Jersey!”