In Ad War With Microsoft, Apple Calls on Puddy, Scooby-Doo

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It's an ad war--everyone's thinking outside the box!
So Apple beat up Microsoft via a bumbling John Hodgman, then Microsoft beat up Apple via peppy, thrifty shoppers who liked the lower price of a PC, then Apple threatened to sue Microsoft if it didn't get Apple's prices right in those peppy, thrifty shopper ads, and now, in a stunning escalation, Apple strikes back with not just David Puddy (aka Patrick Warburton, aka Seinfeld's Mr. 8-Ball), but also a trick straight out of the playbook of Scooby-Doo. Check it out:

Puddy:

Old Man PC's up to his old tricks. It's Scooby-Doo:

Now that the gloves are off and the words "mutually assured destruction" beginning to tickle lips, the real question is, who'll be the first to go "Urkel"?

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