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• A viral video featuring what appears to be martial artist Bruce Lee playing ping pong with nuchucks was making the rounds on video sharing sites in Mid-November, 2008.Gizmodo Australia: Bruce Lee Nunchucks the Crap Out Of Ping Pong... (November 21, 2008)Shot in black-and-white, the video is shaky and the face of the person with the nunchucks cannot be seen.

  A 10-second clip of the video footage was first uploaded to Youku.com, the Chinese version of YouTube. A longer version of the clip was later added. The video turned out to be part of an advertisement for a Nokia phone. The phone, a version of the Nokia N96 called the Bruce Lee Edition, will be released in China and Hong Kong only. The Bruce Lee Edition includes the phone engraved with Lee's likeness and signature, a Bruce Lee action figure and mini nunchucks.Just Press Play: Bruce Lee Plays Ping Pong with Nunchucks (November 24, 2008)

• Fast Facts

  1. Bruce Lee lookalike wearing an outfit similar the yellow tracksuit Lee wore in "Game of Death"
  2. Unknown if computer effects were used in the video
  3. Unknown if footage is actually Bruce Lee
  4. Nokia 96 Bruce Lee Edition costs $1,290Just Press Play: Bruce Lee Plays Ping Pong with Nunchucks (November 24, 2008)

• Quotes

  "I love the visual look of this Bruce Lee piece, though — the blurry black and white makes this game of ping-pong almost look like a dream." -- Liz Shannon Miller, NewTeeVeeNewTeeVee: Luke 11:17, Bruce Lee Plays Ping-pong: NTV Station Today (November 24, 2008)

  "Yes, it's an ad, and quite likely CGI, although I'm pretty sure Bruce Lee could have very well done this, while covering both sides of the table." -- Brad Frenette, The AmpersandThe Ampersand: Real or fake? 'Bruce Lee' plays Ping Pong with nunchuku (November 21, 2008)

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  Bruce Lee | Nokia N96 | Ping Pong | China | Hong Kong | Cell Phones | Nokia

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