Here’s to the Crazy Ones
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"Here’s to the Crazy Ones" is the iconic Apple television commercial that launched the "Think Different" campaign, celebrating visionary misfits and innovators who change the world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Here’s to the Crazy Ones canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8416066 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Here’s to the Crazy Ones Context triple: [Think Different, notableCommercial, Here’s to the Crazy Ones]
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A.
The Crazy Ones
The Crazy Ones is an American workplace sitcom starring Robin Williams and Sarah Michelle Gellar as a quirky father-daughter duo running an advertising agency.
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B.
C.R.A.Z.Y.
C.R.A.Z.Y. is a 2005 Quebecois coming-of-age drama film that follows a young man’s struggle with identity, family, and sexuality across several decades, directed by Jean-Marc Vallée.
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C.
Crazy People
Crazy People is a 1990 comedy film starring Dudley Moore as an advertising executive who creates brutally honest ad campaigns while in a psychiatric hospital.
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D.
You're Crazy
"You're Crazy" is a hard rock song by Guns N' Roses from their landmark 1987 debut album *Appetite for Destruction*.
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E.
Crazy World
Crazy World is a 1990 hard rock album by German band Scorpions, best known for featuring their global hit power ballad "Wind of Change."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Here’s to the Crazy Ones Target entity description: "Here’s to the Crazy Ones" is the iconic Apple television commercial that launched the "Think Different" campaign, celebrating visionary misfits and innovators who change the world.
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A.
The Crazy Ones
The Crazy Ones is an American workplace sitcom starring Robin Williams and Sarah Michelle Gellar as a quirky father-daughter duo running an advertising agency.
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B.
C.R.A.Z.Y.
C.R.A.Z.Y. is a 2005 Quebecois coming-of-age drama film that follows a young man’s struggle with identity, family, and sexuality across several decades, directed by Jean-Marc Vallée.
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C.
Crazy People
Crazy People is a 1990 comedy film starring Dudley Moore as an advertising executive who creates brutally honest ad campaigns while in a psychiatric hospital.
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D.
You're Crazy
"You're Crazy" is a hard rock song by Guns N' Roses from their landmark 1987 debut album *Appetite for Destruction*.
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E.
Crazy World
Crazy World is a 1990 hard rock album by German band Scorpions, best known for featuring their global hit power ballad "Wind of Change."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Apple commercial
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television commercial ⓘ |
| advertiser | Apple Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Think Different manifesto commercial ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Apple brand identity shift in the late 1990s
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Steve Jobs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| brand | Apple Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campaign | Think Different NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| companyPromoted | Apple Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| culturalImpact |
iconic technology advertisement
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widely cited in marketing and branding discussions ⓘ |
| decade | 1990s ⓘ |
| format |
30-second commercial
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60-second commercial ⓘ |
| genre | brand image advertising ⓘ |
| industry | technology advertising ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium |
cinema
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television ⓘ |
| message | people who are seen as crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | visionary misfits and innovators who change the world ⓘ |
| notableFor |
emotional, inspirational tone rather than product features
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helping relaunch Apple’s brand in the late 1990s ⓘ |
| partOf | Think Different campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
historical innovators
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rebels and nonconformists ⓘ visionaries ⓘ |
| productCategoryPromoted | Apple brand ⓘ |
| purpose | reposition Apple as a creative, innovative brand ⓘ |
| sloganUsed | Think Different NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
black-and-white imagery
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montage of historical figures ⓘ |
| tagline | Here’s to the crazy ones ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
creative professionals
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technology consumers ⓘ |
| theme |
celebration of nonconformity
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creativity ⓘ individualism ⓘ innovation ⓘ |
| usesTechnique | voice-over narration ⓘ |
| yearOfFirstBroadcast | 1997 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Here’s to the Crazy Ones Description of subject: "Here’s to the Crazy Ones" is the iconic Apple television commercial that launched the "Think Different" campaign, celebrating visionary misfits and innovators who change the world.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Think Different