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A video clip purportedly showing actor and martial arts master Bruce Lee expertly playing ping-pong using nunchaku (also called nunchucks or nunchuks) rather than a paddle has amused and astounded viewers for years now: However, as a full version of the video shows, this clip is not a recording of a real event; it's just a digital creation intended as a viral advertisement for the Nokia N96 Limited Edition Bruce Lee cell phone, produced in 2008 (thirty-five years after Lee's death) by the Beijing office of the JWT (J. Walter Thompson) advertising agency. The video employed a Bruce Lee look-alike actor pretending to play ping-pong against an opponent, their movements sychronized to the sounds of a genuine table tennis match, with the final audio and the visual image of the ball being added to the clip in post-production. Polly Chu, the JWT Chief Creative Officer responsible for the promotional spot, discussed its creation in an interview with Agency.Asia:
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