Super Greg is a fictional DJ created by

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Linus Karlsson and

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Paul Malmström for the

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Fallon McElligott as part of a

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campaign for American

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Lee Jeans Lee is an American brand of denim jeans, first produced in 1889 in Salina, Kansas. The company is owned by Kontoor Brands, a spin-off of VF Corporation's Jeanswear Division. Since 2019 its headquarters has been in Greensboro, North Carolina, r ...

in 1999. The campaign launched with a one-page website (www.supergreg.com)"Mirror" (online copy) of original website
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where Super Greg has a showdown with Lee's mascot,

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. Super Greg was portrayed by

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. Super Greg might have contained inspirational elements in creating his next persona,

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. Super Greg was a site in a set of 3 sites, they were:
Super Greg, Concept Site

Curry, Rubberburner

Roy, Born to Destroy
They were all teasers for a campaign for Lee Jeans. After the campaign the sites directed to Lee Jeans.

References

External links

Mirror of the original Super Greg page

A tribute site with a collection of fan spin offs
Clothing advertising characters Male characters in advertising Fictional characters introduced in 1999 {{Fict-char-stub